Du Fu's "Little Solstice": "The weather, people, events, and the sun are urging each other, and the winter solstice is full of sunshine and spring comes again. Add weak threads to the five patterns of embroidery, and blow the flying ash with six pipes of Jia. The bank is waiting for the wax general to Shuliu, The mountains are cold and the plum blossoms are blooming. The clouds are different from the country, and the children hold the cup in their hands. "Winter Solstice": "Every year, I am a guest, and sometimes I am poor and worried about the people on the river!" Describing me as an old man, the customs of the sky are close to each other. After the snow, I stand near the Dan Valley. When the jade comes, my heart is broken. Where can I see Sanqin? "

Bai Juyi? "Handan Winter Solstice Night": "On the winter solstice in the Handan post, the shadows in front of the lamps hugging the knees are with me. I think of sitting at home late at night, and I should talk about people who have traveled far away." "Winter Solstice Night Embracing the Hunan Spirit": "There is no reason to be beautiful. See, you can't be close to each other in cold quilts.

How can we spend the longest night sleeping alone? . A glass of New Year's wine and two poems from an old friend. When the willows are about to turn yellow and the beards are half white, the smell of spring is gone. "As the saying goes, "The winter solstice is like the new year."

Introduction:

Winter Solstice (alias: Shujiu, Winter Festival, Long Solstice Festival, Ya Sui, English name: Winter Solstice) is the 22nd of the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" The solar term, when the sun's longitude reaches 270°, falls on December 21, 22, or 23 of each year in the Gregorian calendar. It is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

The winter solstice is the extreme point where the sun travels southward. On the winter solstice, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn. The sun's rays are most tilted toward the northern hemisphere, and the sun's altitude angle is the smallest. It is the day with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. .

The winter solstice is also the turning point when the sun's direct point returns north. After this day, it will "turn back". The sun's direct point begins to move northward from the Tropic of Capricorn (23°26′S), and the daytime in the northern hemisphere will change day by day. increase. The winter solstice marks the beginning of the cold season, and the folk begin to count nines to calculate the cold weather (folk proverb: "The summer solstice is three Geng, and the winter solstice is Ren, count nine).

There is a folk saying that "the winter solstice is as big as the year" However, different places have different customs during the winter solstice. Most people in the north have the custom of eating dumplings, while most people in the south have the custom of eating sweets.