1, not the same.

2, the winter solstice and the difference between winter:

(1) the time is different

During the winter in the annual calendar on November 8 or so to come, winter is the "time of the cross" is located at the turn of the autumn and winter, is the first season of winter, this time the sun rotates to arrive at the yellow longitude of 225 °, marking the beginning of the winter climate. The beginning of the winter climate.

The winter solstice comes around December 22 in the annual calendar, the winter solstice is one of the most important of the twenty-four seasons, commonly known as the "winter festival", "long solstice", "subyear", etc., at this time the sun's rotation to reach the yellow longitude 225 °, marking the beginning of winter weather. "and so on, at this time the sun rotates to reach the yellow longitude 270 °, the beginning of the year the coldest period of nine.

(2) different meanings

"Li", the beginning of the construction also. There is the beginning of the meaning of the proverb, "autumn harvest and winter storage", after the winter festival, to start preparing winter food, autumn harvest crops are to be dried up collection.

"To" to also. The winter solstice is the beginning of nine cold days, when snowfall increases, freezing conditions intensify, and the winter weather of short days and long nights begins.

(3) the sun's position is different

Winter solstice, the sun rotates to the 225 ° position of the yellow longitude, after the winter solstice, the sun's point of direct sunlight continues to move southward, from the seasonal point of view, the day began to formally enter the winter season, but China's vast territory, the climate of the north and the south is not the same, the north is already a frosty dewy weather, and the south is still a small sunny spring weather.

Winter solstice season, the sun rotates to the position of 270 ° longitude, winter solstice this day, the sun directly south of the Tropic of Cancer, the winter solstice will move to the north, seasonally, with the movement of the sun will slowly turn the climate to the spring climate, and then cold 2 each will begin to become warm again.