The year of 2024 is the Year of the Loong in Jiachen, and the specific time of the winter solstice is 20241February 2 1 day (November 21st of the lunar calendar),17: 20: 20, and the ending time is 0 1 May 5, 2025.

The winter solstice, also known as the southern solstice, winter festival, sub-year-old, etc., is one of the four seasons and eight festivals, and is regarded as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. The custom of winter solstice is different in content or detail because of different regions. In southern China, there is the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors and feasting on the winter solstice. In the northern part of China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice.