In the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, the day before the winter solstice was the end of the year, and the next twenty-four solar terms were the winter solstice. Therefore, there is a saying among Chinese people that "the winter solstice is as big as the new year".

The Winter Solstice is also called the "Little Year". First of all, it means that the New Year and the winter solstice are coming. Second, the importance of the winter solstice. The winter solstice has natural and cultural connotations. It is not only a point of solar terms, but also a traditional ancestor worship festival.

Winter Solstice Festival, due to the solar term "the sun rises at the winter solstice", the ancients believed that the sun rose at the winter solstice, and the sun rose at the winter solstice. Therefore, the ancients regarded the Winter Solstice as an auspicious day, and worshiped gods and ancestors on the Winter Solstice, forming festival customs.

Winter Solstice is a very important solar term in my country's lunar calendar and a traditional festival. There are still many places that still have the custom of celebrating Winter Solstice. Winter Solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Long Solstice Festival", "Yasui", etc.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago, our country had used Tugui to observe the sun to determine the winter solstice. It was the earliest formula among the twenty-four solar terms. The time is between December 22 or 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year. During the winter solstice, people celebrate the New Year, worship gods and ancestors, eat glutinous rice balls, make waxed glutinous rice, kill chickens and ducks and stew eight delicacies.

Winter Solstice Yang Sheng is considered to be the natural transformation of Yin and Yang and is a blessing from God. Winter Solstice has been the most valued solar term among the twenty-four solar terms since ancient times.