What are the solar terms in winter?

There are six solar terms in winter: beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, slight cold and severe cold.

Beginning of winter, a seasonal solar term, means entering winter from now on. Bucket handle points to the northwest, and the longitude of the sun reaches 225, which intersects the Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8. Beginning of winter means wind and rain, dry and wet, light, temperature and so on. At the turning point, the climate began to transition from autumn to winter. "Autumn harvest and winter storage", everything is harvested in winter, and winter is the season to enjoy a bumper harvest and recuperate. Beginning of winter is one of the four seasons and eight festivals among the people. In ancient times, some places in China held sacrificial ceremonies, banquets and other activities at the beginning of winter as important festivals to celebrate.

Light snow is the second solar term in winter. The time is165438+1October 22 or 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year, that is, when the sun reaches 240 degrees of the yellow meridian. "Light snow" is a solar term reflecting the climate characteristics. There is no necessary connection between the light snow in solar terms and the light snow in the weather. The meaning of "light snow" in solar terms is different from that in daily weather forecast. Xiaoxue solar term is a climate concept, which represents the climate characteristics during Xiaoxue solar term. The light snow in the weather forecast refers to the snow with less snowfall intensity. Light snow solar term is a solar term with high frequency of cold wave and strong cold air activity. Entering this solar term, the northwest wind began to become a frequent visitor in China, and the temperature dropped.

Heavy snow is the third solar term in winter. Heavy snow, fingers crossed, the sun reaches 255 degrees of the yellow meridian, and the node time is February 6-8, 65438. Like light snow, rain, Grain Rain and Xiaoman, heavy snow is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation. The arrival of heavy snow in solar terms means that the weather will get colder and colder and the precipitation will gradually increase. The most common solar terms in heavy snow are cooling, rain or snow. Snow solar term is a climate concept, which represents the climate characteristics during the snow solar term, namely temperature and precipitation. The significance of heavy snow in solar terms is different from that in weather forecast. In fact, the snow in heavy snow solar terms is often not as big as that in light snow solar terms, and the solar terms with the largest amount of snow in the whole year are not in light snow and heavy snow solar terms.

Winter solstice, also known as short solstice, winter festival, year-ending, winter worship, etc., has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk festival in China. The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. There is an ancient saying that the solstice in winter is as big as a year, so the ancients called it "off-year" or "off-year". The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions. In some areas along the southern coast of China, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors during the winter solstice; In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.

Slight cold is the fifth solar term in winter. Fighting fingers; The meridian of the sun is 285; Gregorian calendar 65438+1October 5-7. The slight cold marks the official start of the season and winter. Cold air is cold for a long time, and slight cold means that the weather is cold but not extreme. It is the same as great cold, slight summer heat, great summer heat and summer heat, and it is a solar term indicating temperature change. The weather characteristics of slight cold are: it gets cold, but it is not cold yet. As the saying goes, "cold is in March 9th", and because the March 9th in the middle of winter is basically within this solar term, there is a saying that "slight cold is better than severe cold".

Great cold is the last solar term in winter. Fighting refers to ugliness; The longitude of the sun is 300; Gregorian calendar 65438+1October 20th -2 1. Like slight cold, great cold is also a solar term indicating the degree of cold weather. There is a folk saying that "a slight cold is the most important thing, and it is cold without wind." Great cold is an extremely cold season in traditional solar terms. In some parts of China, severe cold is not as cold as slight cold, but in the southern coastal areas of China, the lowest temperature will still appear in the severe cold solar terms.