No, the winter solstice is not a ghost festival.

Some people will think that the solar term of the winter solstice is a ghost festival, mainly because there is a custom of offering sacrifices on the day of the winter solstice. In addition, they will go home early on the day of the ancient winter solstice, because it gets dark early and the cathode comes, so some people think that the winter solstice is a ghost festival.

But in fact, the winter solstice is not a ghost festival. According to Gu Lu's record in Qing Dynasty's "Qing Jia Lu", the Qingming Festival, July 30 and October Dynasty are regarded as ghost festivals. Dragon Boat Festival, Winter Solstice and New Year's Eve are human festivals.

The four major Halloween festivals in China are:

There are four festivals: Shangsi Festival (March 3), Tomb-Sweeping Day, Zhongyuan Festival and Hanyi Festival.

Therefore, the winter solstice is not a ghost festival.

What are the taboos and taboos on the day of the winter solstice?

You can't go back to your mother's house on the winter solstice.

In some cities in northern China, it is considered that you can't go back to your mother's house on the winter solstice.

You can't get married on the winter solstice.

Generally speaking, it is not suitable to get married before and after the solar terms. The ancients thought that the wedding day should be avoided from four days to the day before, that is, beginning of spring, long summer, beginning of autumn, beginning of winter and the day before the vernal equinox, autumnal equinox, summer solstice and winter solstice in the 24 solar terms, and the universe was in a state of chaos. In traditional customs, it was considered as the four-day and four-day departure, so it was unlucky to get married at this time.

You can't travel far on the day of the winter solstice.

In the legend of the winter solstice, it is not impossible to go out, it is impossible to travel far.