Eating tangyuan In places such as Shanghai, people eat tangyuan, a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of glutinous rice flour, to celebrate Winter Solstice. Eating rice cakes During the Winter Solstice, Hangzhou residents traditionally eat rice cakes. Today, though fewer families eat homemade cakes, people there still buy rice cakes for the Winter Solstice Festival. Eating red-bean and …
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. On the first day of Winter Solstice, the Northern Hemisphere experiences the shortest day and the longest night in the year, as the sun shines directly at the Tropic of Capricorn. The Winter Solstice Festival There was a saying in ancient China, "The Winter Solstice is as significant …
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, people worshipped the gods on the first day of the Winter Solstice, which also was the first day of the new year. Eating tangyuan In places such as Shanghai, people eat tangyuan, a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of glutinous …
