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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]
A winter festival, winter carnival, snow festival, or frost fair is an outdoor cold weather celebration that occurs in wintertime. Winter festivals are popular in D climates (see Köppen climate classification ) where winter is particularly long or severe, such as Siberia , Scandinavia , Canada and the northern United States .
Cold Food Festival; Dongzhi Festival; Duanwu Festival; Freespace Fest; Fu Yang Festival; Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival; Hong Kong Arts Festival
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Admission to the festival is free. For those interested in participating in the beard competition , there is a $10 entry fee and Feb. 7 deadline. For more information, visit the event's Facebook page.
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The Winter Festival - a Celebration of Lights, Music and the Arts is set to fill downtown Tallahassee with merriment on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 3-10 p.m. Jingle Bell Run registration closes Dec. 1.
The Cold Food Festival was originally observed at mid-winter (the Dongzhi solar term), but moved to late spring [b] (the Qingming solar term) around the 2nd century. Its primary activity was a strict taboo against using fire, usually under the superstitious belief that violations led to violent weather.