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Celebration on Winter Solstice Festival/Dongzhi Festival

time2016/12/22

The Winter Solstice Festival(Chinese: 冬至; literally: the arrival of winter)is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Chinese people and other East Asians during the Dongzhi solar term(winter solstice) on or around December22(according to East Asia time).

Traditionally, the Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together, the activity that occurs during get-togethers is the making and eating of tangyuan or balls of glutinous rice in the southern parts of China, while people in northern China typically eat dumplings on that day.

The festival food is also a reminder that celebrators are now a year older and should behave better in the coming year. Even today, many Chinese around the world, especially the elderly, still insist that one is "a year older" right after the Dongzhi celebration instead of waiting for the lunar new year.

On 21st Dec. 2016, the Dongzhi Festival comes, and AfterPrinting enjoy the festival together, we have dinner in the office together, and then watch movie of The Great Wall near company.