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 …
Sunset rays illuminate the Seventeen-Arch Bridge on Winter Solstice at the Summer Palace in Beijing. For the locals, the celebration of dongzhi, or Winter Solstice, the 22nd solar term on Chinese traditional calendar, is no less important than Spring Festival. The occasion came after the practice of Twenty-Four Solar Terms was officially included on the UNESCO world intangible cultural heritage …
Winter solstice, which falls on Dec 22 this year, is the day when the sun hits the Tropic of Cancer. There was an old saying that went in ancient China, "winter solstice is as significant as the new year". Although records of people celebrating winter solstice date back to the Han Dynasty, celebrations really took off during the Tang and …
