What is the winter solstice festival in China?

Winter solstice, also known as "Winter Festival" and "Happy Winter", is one of the twenty-four solar terms and one of the eight astronomical solar terms in China, as opposed to summer solstice. According to legend, the winter solstice is the New Year's Day of the Zhou Dynasty in history, which used to be a very lively day. In China, it is customary to eat jiaozi and drink mutton soup from winter solstice. Although the dietary customs vary from place to place, the winter solstice is still one of the most important festivals in China.

On the winter solstice, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn (also known as the winter solstice daily line), which makes the days in the northern hemisphere the shortest and the nights the longest. It is often said that when the solstice of winter comes, the coldest and hardest days of the year will come and the cold days will begin.

When the solstice of winter comes, northerners, rich or poor, will get together and cook a lively meal for jiaozi.

The stimulation of winter solstice is an emotional return to nature. When people ignore the beautiful details of life in their busy lives and forget to go home in their endless pursuit, the solstice of winter is the emotional hub connecting people. Old people are keen on traditional festivals, and "celebrating the winter solstice" is a beautiful vision. This is not a feudal superstition, but the old people's attachment to their homes and relatives. Home is a warm harbor. No matter what difficulties we encounter, we can always find warmth at home. When we gradually became sensible and went away to study, home became homesick.

Winter solstice, as a traditional festival in China, we should inherit and carry forward it. In recent years, Valentine's Day, April Fool's Day, Thanksgiving Day and many other "foreign festivals" have been popular among more and more young people. Coupled with the shrewd speculation of some merchants' promotion and marketing concessions, our traditional festivals are gradually drifting away, which makes our traditional festivals in an obvious weak position in the competition with foreign cultures. While absorbing the essence of foreign culture, we should not forget to inherit the culture of the Chinese nation and not let traditional festivals fall behind in the competition with foreign cultures. The custom of winter solstice is passed down from generation to generation, which also reminds us to cherish the roots of culture and consolidate cultural self-confidence for building a Chinese dream.