Dongzhi Festival
The Dongzhi Festival or Winter Solstice Festival (Chinese: 冬至; pinyin: Dōngzhì; lit. 'winter's extreme') is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated during the Dongzhi solar term (winter solstice), which falls between December 21 and December 23.
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Tangyuan, a traditional Dongzhi Festival food | |
| Observed by | Chinese people |
| Type | Cultural |
| Significance | Marks the winter solstice |
| Observances | making and eating of tangyuan, ancestor worship |
| Date | December solstice (between December 21 and December 23) |
| Frequency | annual |
| Related to | Winter solstice |
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| Chinese | 冬至 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | winter's extreme (i.e. winter solstice) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 冬節 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 冬节 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | winter festival | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The origins of this festival can be traced back to the yin and yang philosophy of balance and harmony in the cosmos. After this celebration, it is believed that days will have longer daylight hours and therefore create an increase in positive energy flowing in. The philosophical significance of this is symbolized by the I Ching hexagram fu (Chinese: 復, "Returning").
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