Is it the same day as beginning of winter when it snows?

Snow and beginning of winter are not the same day, but two solar terms.

Heavy snow, a solar term

65438+ On February 7th or 8th every year, when the longitude of the sun reaches 255 degrees, it is the "heavy snow" which is one of the 24 solar terms. Heavy snow, as the name implies, has a large amount of snow. The ancients said: "The great man is prosperous, and the snow man is prosperous here." . At this time, it often snows heavily and widely, hence the name heavy snow.

In ancient China, heavy snow was divided into three periods: "A cuckoo gull doesn't crow;" Second, wait for the tiger to pay; Wait for you to stand out. " This means that because of the cold weather at this time, Hao Han birds no longer sing; Because this is the peak period in Yin Qi, the so-called peak turn, Yang Qi has sprouted, so the tiger began to courtship; "Liting" is a kind of bluegrass, and it also feels the spiritual germination of the sun and pulls out new buds.

Beginning of winter solar terms

Beginning of winter is one of the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar and one of the traditional festivals of the Han nationality. The time point is between the Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8, that is, the sun is located at 225. At this time, the earth is located at declination-16 19', and the noon sun height in Beijing is only 33 47'. After beginning of winter, the sunshine time will continue to shorten, and the height of the sun will continue to decrease at noon. During beginning of winter's period, the Han people took beginning of winter as beginning of winter, so it was necessary to supplement the dietary customs in order to survive the severe winter.

Li also means that winter begins. Winter means the end, which means that the crops should be harvested after harvest. China regards beginning of winter as the beginning of winter.