冬至The Winter Solstice

On December 22, 2013, the day is the Winter Solstice, it is an important day in China, it becomes a tradition. More than 2500years ago, Chinese people had detected this day by measuring the sun. What is special on the day? The answer is that the daytime lasts the shortest while the night lasts the longest of the year. It means the new round of the solar term, the Winter Solstice is the earliest. As an old tradition, people treat that day a grand day, they celebrate it. In the north, most people eat dumplings, while in the south, people have rice dumpling and boiled dumpling. Though people celebrate in a different way, they share the same happiness, family get together and have a big dinner. Winter Solstice gives family a chance to get reunion, the young come home to have a chat with parents and promote their communication.

2013年12月22號，這一天是冬至，在中國這是一個很重要的節日，這成爲了一個傳統。早在2500年前，中國人通過觀察太陽測量出了冬至。這一天有什麼特殊的呢？答案是在這一天，白天最短，夜晚最長。這意味着新一輪的節氣，冬至是最早的節氣。作爲一個傳統，人們把這一天看得很重並慶祝。在北方，大多數人吃餃子，然而在南方，人們吃湯圓和水餃。雖然人們以不同的方式在慶祝，但是他們分享同樣的喜悅，家人聚集在一起吃飯。冬至讓家人有機會團圓，年輕人回家，和父母交談，促進了交流。