Is there a holiday for the Winter Solstice this year?

Is there a holiday for the Winter Solstice this year?
Introduction: Winter Solstice is an important solar term among the 24 solar terms. What little knowledge about Winter Solstice do you not know? In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, whether it is weddings or family affairs, everything is happy. The Fortune Teller website brings you the blessings of the winter month to bring you auspicious warmth. I wish you all the best! This year refers to 2017. The winter solstice is on December 22, 2017, the fifth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar. There is no holiday for the winter solstice.
The Winter Solstice is a very important solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago, my country had used a gnomon to observe the sun and determine the arrival of the winter solstice. It was the earliest of the 24 solar terms.
The winter solstice is an astronomical solar term that occurs between December 21 and 23 of the Gregorian calendar each year. It is the day with the shortest daylight and longest night in the northern hemisphere throughout the year. It was called "the shortest day" or "the shortest day" in ancient times. It is also a traditional festival of the Han nationality in my country, and there are still many places that have the custom of celebrating the Winter Solstice Festival. The winter solstice is commonly known as the "Winter Festival", "Longest Day Festival", "Second Year", etc.
The Winter Solstice Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties, and has been passed down to this day. "Qing Jia Lu" even says that "Winter Solstice is as important as New Year's Day." This shows that the ancients attached great importance to the winter solstice. People believe that the winter solstice is the natural transformation of yin and yang, and is a blessing bestowed by God. In the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was regarded as the "Winter Festival". The government held a celebration ceremony called "Hedong" and a routine holiday. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty recorded: "Around the winter solstice, gentlemen rest themselves and rest, officials stop working and do not attend to government affairs, and choose auspicious days to do things." So on this day, the court would take a day off, the army would be on standby, the border fortresses would be closed, businesses would stop operating, and relatives and friends would give each other delicious food and visit each other, happily spending a holiday of "resting themselves and resting."
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