Is it better to have sunny or rainy weather during the winter solstice? What is the saying about the weather during the winter solstice?

As we all know, the Winter Solstice is the last solar term at the end of each year and also a solar term in winter. During the Winter Solstice, different places have different customs. Some places eat dumplings, some eat mutton, etc. So is it better to be sunny or rainy during the Winter Solstice? Let's take a closer look!

Is it better to have a sunny day or a rainy day during the winter solstice?

That's not necessarily the case.

There are many folk proverbs about rainy and sunny weather on the Winter Solstice, which respectively summarize the weather conditions of rainy and sunny weather on the Winter Solstice. However, there is no scientific basis for these proverbs. They are just people’s experience summaries, so their accuracy cannot be judged.

For example, "If it rains on the winter solstice, it will be sunny until the end of the year" is also an agricultural proverb, which means that if it rains on the winter solstice, then the weather will turn sunny and will remain sunny until the end of the year. Of course, the weather will not be that good in reality, but it still means that it will be a warm winter, so you can spend the New Year with peace of mind without worrying about rain and snow disasters.

So don’t really think that if it rains on the winter solstice, it will be sunny until the end of the year. This is an exaggeration. There are actually many such agricultural proverbs. For example, if it is sunny for one day on the winter solstice, it will rain and snow during the Spring Festival. This is the opposite of the situation. It means that if it is sunny for one day on the winter solstice, it will rain and snow a lot during the Spring Festival, and it will not be a good weather.

Of course, whether it is a sunny day on the Winter Solstice, continuous rain and snow on the Spring Festival, or rain on the Winter Solstice and sunny until the end of the year, these agricultural proverbs are actually outdated. After all, they could be used in the past when there was no scientific basis, but now we have weather forecasts, and these are the most accurate.

Farmer's proverbs may only become a kind of cultural heritage and are no longer applicable to modern farming. Of course, for the older generation of farmers, they have experienced the time when there was no weather forecast, so they still believe in these farmer's proverbs and think they are very useful.

Only in that era when technology was not well developed did people understand the importance of these agricultural proverbs. So we should not refute that they are superstitions without scientific basis. After all, they were useful in the past, and we need to respect these traditional cultures.

What does the winter solstice weather say?

"If it rains on the winter solstice, it will be sunny until the end of the year" means that if it rains on the winter solstice, the weather will gradually get better, and the sunny weather will basically last until the end of the year. Of course, this is a bit exaggerated. Think about it, there are unexpected changes in the weather, and there is still more than a month to the end of the year. It may not be all sunny. This is just the incomplete experience of generations of people in the past when there was no weather forecast. It can only be used as a reference. It is mainly sunny and there are more sunny days. There is some truth in it, but you don't have to take it seriously.

There are many similar proverbs, such as "No rain on the winter solstice, snow blocks the mountains; if it rains on the winter solstice, the winter will be dry." This means that if it does not rain on the winter solstice, there will be heavy snow around the New Year, blocking the mountains. If it rains on the winter solstice, there will be no rain or snow for the whole winter, and there will be more sunny days, resulting in a drought in winter. Another example is "Sunny winter means a bad year, rainy winter means a sunny year." This means that if it is sunny on the winter solstice, it will be rainy and snowy during the New Year, but if it rains on the winter solstice, it will be sunny during the New Year, and so on. In the past, when the natural ecological environment was pristine, these proverbs were relatively accurate.

It can be seen that rural proverbs, as our traditional historical culture, are the valuable experience gradually accumulated and summarized by our ancestors from production labor and daily life, year after year, over countless generations and years, so they should all have certain truths and reference value. However, for meteorological proverbs, due to the extremely advanced technology now, the accuracy of the medium- and long-term weather trend forecasts released is already quite high. Therefore, agricultural proverbs can only be used as oral meteorological materials and culture of local folks.

What is the date of the winter solstice in 2019?

2019 Winter Solstice Specific time: Sunday, December 22, 2019

The winter solstice begins on the 22nd. Daylight hours are the shortest in the year in all parts of the northern hemisphere. There is a saying among the Chinese people that "after eating the winter solstice meal, the day gets longer by a thread". After the winter solstice, the daylight hours get longer and the weather enters the coldest phase of the year. The winter solstice is the first day of the nine-day period, and the weather becomes warmer when peach blossoms bloom at the end of the nine-day period.

The Winter Solstice is also known as the Winter Festival, the Second Year, and the Longest Day. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional festival among the people. In our hometown, people would kill chickens and go to the temple to worship the gods on this day. When worshiping the gods, they would say good things such as blessing the body to be healthy, the children to be smart, and the students to be admitted to university. There is also a saying among the people that the Winter Solstice is as important as the New Year. This shows that the Winter Solstice is a very important festival among the people. In some places, people would make dumplings to eat, while in some places, people would make dumplings if they like to eat them, and not make dumplings if they don't like to eat them. Killing chickens to worship the gods is necessary.