Lokacin hunturu solstice na daya daga cikin sharuddan hasken rana ashirin da hudu da kuma bikin gargajiya na kasar Sin. Kwanan wata yana tsakanin 21 ga Disamba zuwa 23 a cikin kalandar Gregorian.

A cikin jama'a, akwai maganar cewa "lokacin hunturu yana da girma kamar shekara", amma yankuna daban-daban suna da al'adu daban-daban a lokacin damina. A arewa galibin mutane na da al'adar cin dunduniya, sannan mafi yawan mutanen kudancin kasar nan sun saba cin kayan zaki.

Lokacin hunturu lokaci ne mai kyau don kiyaye lafiya, musamman saboda "qi yana farawa ne a lokacin hunturu." Domin tun daga farkon lokacin sanyi, ayyukan rayuwa sun fara juyawa daga raguwa zuwa wadata, daga shiru zuwa juyawa. A wannan lokacin, kiyaye lafiyar kimiyya yana taimakawa tabbatar da kuzari mai ƙarfi da hana tsufa, da cimma manufar tsawaita rayuwa. A lokacin hutun hunturu, abincin ya kamata ya bambanta, tare da haɗe-haɗe na hatsi, 'ya'yan itatuwa, nama, da kayan lambu, da zaɓin da ya dace na abinci mai yawan calcium.

Masana ilmin taurari suna kallon lokacin hunturu a matsayin farkon lokacin sanyi, wanda ba shakka ya makara ga yawancin yankuna na kasar Sin. Lokacin hunturu shine rana mafi guntu na shekara a ko'ina cikin yankin arewa. Bayan faɗuwar lokacin sanyi, hasken rana kai tsaye yana motsawa a hankali zuwa arewa, ranar a arewa ta fara tsayi, kuma tsayin rana da tsakar rana yana ƙaruwa a hankali. Saboda haka, akwai wata magana, "Bayan cin abinci na solstice na hunturu, hasken rana ya fi kowace rana."