When is the winter solstice in 2018 and what is its significance?

When is the winter solstice in 2018 and what is its significance?
When is the Winter Solstice in 2018? The Winter Solstice is also known as the Winter Festival, Big Winter, Little New Year, and Luchang Festival. With the Winter Solstice as the node, a new cycle of solar terms begins. In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the north wind was biting and the cold current was rolling, brewing a heavy snow. Shuimoxiansheng.com presents you with wonderful content for November 2018 of the lunar calendar.

When is the Winter Solstice in 2018?

Lunar calendar time: November 16, 2018 06:21:42
Gregorian calendar time: Saturday, December 22, 2018 06:21:42

Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches: Wuxu Year, Jiazi Month, Wuzi Day Five Elements: Earth Earth, Wood Water, Earth Water Eight Characters: Flat Earth Wood, Sea Gold, Thunderbolt Fire [According to the Old Almanac]
Marrying, traveling, migrating, taking up a post, building a house, moving into a new home, opening a business, offering sacrifices, coming of age, attending school, seeking a partner [Taboo in the old almanac]
Planting, building, property purchase, digging, damming, releasing water, accepting marriage proposals, praying for children, shipping, laying beams, erecting pillars, burials, drilling, lifting and sailing. Auspicious gods to follow: Sui De, Guan Ri, Jin Kui, Jing An, Long De, Tian Cai. Evil spirits to avoid: Di Huo, Tu Fu, Yue Jian, Yue Yan, Chong Ri.

What is the significance of the Winter Solstice?

1. In ancient times, there was a saying that "Yang is born on the winter solstice", which means that from the day of the winter solstice, Yang energy slowly begins to rise. As a modern poem says: Winter is here, can spring be far behind? In ancient times, people who lived away from home would return home to celebrate the winter festival at this time of year, the so-called "having a home at the end of the year." The Book of the Later Han records: "Around the winter solstice, gentlemen rest themselves and keep quiet, officials stop working and do not attend to government affairs, and they choose auspicious days to do their work." Among the common people, relatives and friends visit each other and give delicious food to each other.
2. Winter Solstice is a traditional day for sacrifice. It is said that after the Song Dynasty, the Winter Solstice gradually became a festival for worshiping ancestors and gods. During the Tang and Song dynasties, the winter solstice was the day to worship heaven and ancestors. The emperor would go to the suburbs to hold a grand ceremony to worship heaven, and the people would worship their parents and elders. During the winter solstice in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emperor would hold a grand ceremony to worship heaven, which was called "Winter Solstice Ceremony to Heaven." During this period, people also have customs such as ancestor worship and family gatherings. Therefore, the winter solstice is called "Little New Year".
Winter Solstice, also known as Winter Festival, Big Winter, Minor New Year, and Luchang Festival. The ancient solar terms began a new cycle with the winter solstice as the dividing point. The Huainanzi records: "Spring begins forty-six days after the winter solstice.

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