Twenty-four solar terms belong to winter

Beginning of winter: Celebrate festivals between165438+1October 7-8. The climate began to transition from autumn to winter. Stand still, build the beginning; In winter, everything will be collected in the end. In the middle of winter, the sun's spirit retreats to the yin, life closes, and everything begins to harvest.

Xiaoxue is the twentieth of the twenty-four solar terms. The time is165438+1October 22nd or 23rd in the Gregorian calendar every year. The ancient book "Qunfangpu" said: "The light snow is cold and it will snow, but the ground is not even cold and the snow is not big. Entering this solar term, the northwest wind began to become a frequent visitor in China, and the temperature dropped.

Heavy snow is 2 1 solar term in the 24 solar terms. 12 The arrival of heavy snow from February 6 to 8 in Gregorian calendar means that the weather will get colder and colder and the precipitation will increase gradually. In winter, the snowfall in some parts of the south is small, but the north is frozen for thousands of miles.

The winter solstice is the 22nd of the 24 solar terms. In all parts of the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice has the shortest days, the longest nights and shorter days. Therefore, the ancients believed that winter was the weakest day of the year, and then the yang gradually picked up. From the solstice of winter, people began to count to nine to calculate the cold weather. As the folk proverb says, "The solstice in summer is the third watch, and the solstice in winter is the ninth watch."

Slight cold is the 23rd solar term in 24 solar terms and the 5th solar term in winter. 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. During the slight cold season, most parts of China have entered a severe cold period, with frozen soil and rivers frozen. In addition, the cold air in the north continues to go south and the weather is cold. People call it "counting nine cold days"

The Great Cold is the last of the 24 solar terms. Gregorian calendar 65438+1October 20th -2 1. Great cold is an extremely cold season in traditional solar terms.

As soon as the great cold is over, the solar terms of the New Year come again. As the saying goes, winter goes and spring comes. At this time, people are busy getting rid of the old decorations, pickling New Year's dishes, preparing new year's goods and all kinds of sacrificial supplies, and packing things, because the Spring Festival, the most important festival for China people, is coming.