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The Dongzhi Festival or Winter Solstice Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated during the Dongzhi solar term (winter solstice), which falls between December 21 and December 23. [1] [2] The origins of this festival can be traced back to the yin and yang philosophy of balance and harmony in the cosmos. [3]
Autumn outing and mountain climbing, some Chinese also visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects. 10 (十月) 15th November 29, 2020 [7] Saisiat Festival: 賽夏節 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
The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. [1] Dōngzhì, Tōji, Dongji, Tunji (in Okinawan), or Đông chí (in Vietnamese) is the 22nd solar term, and marks the winter solstice.
The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, ... The "arrival of winter," or Dong Zhi, is a Chinese festival where family gathers to celebrate the year so far. Traditional foods include ...
The Dongzhi Winter Solstice Festival has its roots in ancient Chinese culture. The name translates roughly as “extreme of winter.” They thought this was the apex of yin (from Chinese medicine ...
The film follows Kani’s year-long journey exploring her cultural heritage through traditional Chinese rituals including Chinese New Year, Tomb Sweeping Day (Qing Ming), and the Winter Solstice ...
According to the Book of Documents, the first determined term was Dongzhi (Winter Solstice) by Dan, the Duke of Zhou, while he was trying to locate the geological center of the Western Zhou dynasty, by measuring the length of the sun's shadow on an ancient type of sundial called tǔguī (土圭). [4]
The invariant between years is that the winter solstice, Dongzhi is required to be in the eleventh month of the year [43] This means that Chinese New Year will be on the second new moon after the previous winter solstice, unless there is a leap month 11 or 12 in the previous year. [44] [45]