Do you know Winter solstice in China?
Introduction to Solar Term
Winter Solstice is one of the twenty-four solar terms in a year, which falls in the eleventh month of the lunar calendar.
There is no fixed date, usually on December 21st or 22nd of the solar calendar. The Earth orbits around the Sun, and during the winter solstice, the sunlight shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere.At this time, the daytime in the northern hemisphere is the shortest and the nighttime is the longest. After the winter solstice, the latitude of direct sunlight gradually moves northward, and the days in the northern hemisphere become longer and the nights become shorter.
The winter solstice in every place has its unique customs and habits, which vary from region to region and are rich and colorful.The customs of the Winter Solstice solar term are very different between the north and the south.
Southern Rice Dumplings[tāng yuán]
In the warm south of China, there is a tradition, people worship ancestors and sharing feasts on the winter solstice, also eat rice dumplings. Rice dumpling, round as a pearl, symbolizes “completeness”. Eating rice dumpling is like growing up another year, Implies growth and hope. There is a folk saying that ‘the winter solstice is as big as a year.
Northern Dumplings[jiǎo zi]
In the cold north of China, people will make dumplings on the winter solstice, symbolizing reunion and warmth.if you don’t eat dumplings on the winter solstice, your ears will freeze off! This is not a joke. Dumplings symbolize “dispelling cold”, as if eating dumplings can resist the harsh winter weather.
Dumplings or Rice dumplings, which one you prefer to take away?
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