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Winter Solstice Festival

Falling around December 22nd, the Winter Solstice is one of the traditional Chinese

festivals and also one of the 24 solar terms.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), by observing the movements of

the sun with a sundial, China had determined the point of Winter Solstice. On the day,

the Northern hemisphere has the shortest daytime and longest nighttime. After the day,

the daytime will become longer and longer. It became a festival from Han Dynasty

(202 BC – 220 AD). People usually eat dumplings or tangyuan (a kind of stuffed ball

made of glutinous rice flour) to celebrate the day.