The winter solstice, also known as the South solstice, winter festival and Asian year old, has both natural and humanistic connotations.
It is not only an important solar term in the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional ancestor worship festival among Chinese people. The winter solstice is one of the four seasons and eight festivals. It is regarded as a major festival in winter.
There is a saying "the winter solstice is as big as a year" among the ancient people. The winter solstice custom has different contents or details due to different regions.
In southern China, there is the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors and feasting on the winter solstice. In northern China, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year.
winter solstice/ˋsɑlstɪs/ 冬至从今天开始,白天开始变长,黑夜开始变短,预示着春天的脚步越来越近了!今天很多人要吃饺子,那么“饺子”用英语怎么说呢?当然,说jiaozi也可以,但这个说法在英语国家还不是那么普及,其实说dumpling就可以了,来看一个例句:【例】A Chinese family prepares dumplings for Chinese New Year.