Why is the solstice in winter a ghost festival?

The winter solstice is called Ghost Festival because:

The winter solstice is the year with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. The ancients said to the winter solstice: When the cathode arrived, Yang began to grow. Many areas have the custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors from the winter solstice. Usually they go home early that day, because it gets dark early and the cathode arrives, so it is called Ghost Festival.

However, Jia Qinglu, an ancient land in Qing Dynasty, recorded: "Qingming, July 30th and October 30th are ghost festivals. Dragon Boat Festival, Winter Solstice and New Year's Eve are human festivals. Therefore, the winter solstice is a festival for people, not a ghost festival.

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Climatic characteristics of winter solstice;

Climatically, during the winter solstice, the average temperature in the northwest plateau is generally below 0℃, and the southern region is only about 6℃ to 8℃. In addition, the winter solstice begins to count to nine, and the winter solstice becomes the first day to count to nine. About "Counting Nine"

The folk song goes like this: "Don't make a move in September, walk on the ice in March and April, see willows along the river in May and June, open the river in July and September, and cattle come in August and September." However, in the southwest low-altitude valley area, even in the coldest local165438+ in early October, the average temperature is still above 10℃. It can be said that autumn goes and spring comes, and there is no winter all year round.

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