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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]
Beijing recorded their longest stretch of below freezing temperatures afterwards, before thawing on December 24. [3] On December 22, a winter storm in the Sea of Japan dropped heavy snowfall in northern Japan, reaching 5 cm (2.0 in) in Nozawaonsen in Nagano Prefecture in northern Honshu. The snow caused power outages for about 2,000 people. [4]
A giant panda rests on a tree at a zoo after a snow fall in Beijing. - Chinatopix/AP “Since temperature first dropped to below zero degrees on December 11, the temperature had remained below ...
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13 December: Nanking Massacre Memorial Day: 南京大屠杀 死难 者 国家 公祭 日: Nánjīng dà túshā sǐnàn zhě guójiā gōngjì rì: New holiday established in 2014 to honor the thousands of Chinese lives lost during the events of the 1937 Nanking Massacre.
Beijing’s Forbidden City was left coated in white after a blizzard brought early-season snow to the Chinese capital on November 7.The city’s first snowfall for the season came earlier than in ...
On December 1, 2016, ... (Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics) [12] Gregorian Date ... Light snow Minor Snow Nov 22 10th month midpoint Sagittarius:
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's capital Beijing has broken its record for hours of sub-zero temperatures in December dating back to 1951, after a cold wave swept swathes of the country and brought ...