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As the festival represents the winter solstice, it is a crucial time to harvest winter crops, such as wheat, barley, and radishes. It is also an important time to pay respect to certain livestock and feed these animals special meals to celebrate the occasion. [9] Traditionally, the Dongzhi Festival is a time for families to eat together. [8]
Pas-taai Festival of the Saisiat tribe in Taiwan At the Dongzhi solar term, solar longitude of 270°, the day of winter solstice: December 21, 2020 Dongzhi Festival (Winter Solstice Festival) 冬至 Have Tangyuan and Jiuniang and perform ancestor worship, Feast day, family gatherings, also named "Chinese Thanksgiving" 12 (臘月) 8th January 21 ...
The winter solstice occurs during the hemisphere's winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (December 21 or 22) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (June 20 or 21). Although the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment, the term also refers to the day on which it occurs.
Learn about the pagan holiday Yule, which takes place on the winter solstice, ... the return of the Sun, and a festival of rebirth. This year, it occurs from December 21, 2022, to January 1, 2023.
The winter solstice is Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Night owls might look at the evening of Dec. 21 as the longest night of the year.
This festival is generally assumed to have been originally on the winter solstice, [rs 8] [rs 9] and which gradually shifted through the introduction of intercalation. cf. [rs 9] Al-Biruni also records an Adar Jashan festival of fire celebrated on the intersection of Adar day (9th) of Adar month (9th), which is the last autumn month.
Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and the official first day of winter, is on Saturday, December 21, this year (well, for the vast bulk of the world’s population anyway).
Koliada, a Slavic winter festival; Lohri, a Punjabi winter solstice festival; Saturnalia, an ancient Roman winter festival in honour of the deity Saturn; Yaldā Night, an Iranian festival celebrated on the "longest and darkest night of the year". Nardoqan, the birth of the sun, is an ancient Turkic festival that celebrates the winter solstice.