Is the winter solstice the coldest time?

The winter solstice is not the coldest time.

The winter solstice is the beginning of the coldest period of the year. We call this period "three nines", which means that after the winter solstice, the coldest period of the year will usher in.

Generally speaking, the temperature will get colder and colder after the winter solstice, entering the coldest period of the year. The recent winter solstice means that the coldest period of the year is coming.

Although after the winter solstice, the direct point of the sun gradually swings northward from the Tropic of Capricorn, because the solar radiation energy received by the earth is much less than the energy lost, the weather trend in the northern hemisphere will become colder and colder in the next month or so. . The winter solstice, and the following three solar terms, Xiaohan and Dahan, are the coldest periods in our country, so these three solar terms are collectively called "midwinter" among the people.

In mid-winter, cold air moves southward once every 5-7 days on average. Cold waves, freezes, and blizzards are the three main disastrous weather conditions in mid-winter.

Winter Solstice Customs

1. Cantonese people eat roast pork and ginger rice during the Winter Solstice. On the Winter Solstice, most Cantonese people have the custom of eating winter solstice meat with "added vegetables". There is a folk proverb in Chaoshan area that "Dongjie pills can celebrate the New Year as soon as they are eaten", which is commonly known as "adding years to the year". Hakka people believe that the water tastes most mellow during the winter solstice, so it has become a custom for the Hakka people to make wine during the winter solstice.

2. Hangzhou people eat rice cakes during the winter solstice. From the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, Hangzhou people like to eat rice cakes during the winter solstice. On every winter solstice, three meals of rice cakes with different flavors are made. Eating rice cakes during the winter solstice will make you grow taller every year, which is auspicious. In Sichuan, mutton soup is eaten during the Winter Solstice. In the Hunan and Hubei areas, red bean and glutinous rice must be eaten on the day of the winter solstice.

3. In some areas in the south, it is more popular to eat Dongzhi Tuan (Dongzhi Wan), which means reunion. Every winter solstice morning, every household grinds glutinous rice flour, stuffs it with sugar, meat, vegetables, fruits, shredded radish, etc., and wraps it into winter solstice dumplings, which are not only eaten by their own family, but also given to relatives and friends as a token of blessing.

In fact, eating glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice is a traditional custom in my country, and it is even more common in Jiangnan. There is also a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls makes you one year older."

4. In many areas of northern my country, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year.