冬至 o.o

Today is....

冬至!!

冬至是按天文划分的节气，古称"日短"、"日短至"。冬至这天，太阳位于黄经270度，阳光几乎直射南回归线，是北半球一年中白昼最短的一天。我国南方大部分地区各地日出到日没有10小时左右。冬至以后，随着地球在绕日轨道上运行，阳光直射地带便逐渐北移，使北半球白天渐增长，夜晚逐渐缩短。　　冬至日虽基太阳高度最低，日照时间最短，地面吸收的热量比散失的热量多,冬至后便开始"数九"，每九天为一个"九"。到"三九"前后，地面积蓄的热量最少，天气也最冷，所以说"冷在三九"。　　天文学上把冬至作为冬季的开始，这对于我国多数地区来说，显然偏迟。冬至期间，西北高原平均气温普遍在０℃以下，南方地区也只有６℃至８℃左右。不过，西北南低海拔河谷地区，即使在当地最冷的１月上旬，平均气温仍然在10℃以上，真可谓秋去春平，全年无冬。

In case your chinese sucks...

*like cheryl..blekk*

Heres the english verson:

Winter Solstice is based on the division of solar astronomy, Gu Cheng, "Short Day" and "short-to-day." On that day the winter solstice, the sun at 270 degrees longitude, the sun is almost directly Tropic of Capricorn, in the northern hemisphere is the year's shortest day of daylight. In most parts of southern China around sunrise to about 10 hours a day did not. After the winter solstice, with the Earth in orbit around the day, direct sunlight will gradually zone to the north has made in the Northern Hemisphere during the day and gradually increase gradually shorten the night. Although the winter solstice on the sun-minimum height, the shortest duration of bright sunshine, on the ground to absorb heat than the heat loss, after the beginning of the winter solstice "beginning of winter frost," every nine days for a "nine." "39" before and after the heat of the savings on the ground at least, have the coldest weather, so that "on March 9 in the cold." Astronomy on the winter solstice as the beginning of winter, for the majority of our region, is clearly late. During the winter, the Northwest Plateau in the general average temperature below 0 ℃ in the south, only 6 ℃ to about 8 ℃. However, the low-elevation valley south of the Northwest region, even in the most cold in early January, with an average temperature of 10 ℃ is still more than can be said to the spring-autumn, winter-free throughout the year.

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