Happy Winter Solstice Festival
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Happy winter solstice festival. The solstice always falls between december 19 and 22. That means winter solstice was chinese new year day. Winter solstice is the longest night of the year. See more ideas about happy winter solstice winter solstice happy winter.
The winter solstice time is 18 02 in china time zone. Sending you warm greetings on this special day. In ancient china chinese winter solstice dōng zhì used to be the first day of the first month on the calendar the new year s day. Even though it was changed by emperor qin people still keep the tradition.
The winter solstice festival signifies the passing o the harshest point of winter or the yin and the increasing of the yang. It is known as the winter solstice marking the day of the year with the fewest sunlight hours. Winter solstice commonly known as winter festival. The origins of this festival can be traced back to the yin and yang philosophy of balance and harmony in the cosmos.
Happy winter solstice festival. Since the spring and autumn period 770 476 bc by observing the movements of the sun with a sundial china had determined the point of winter solstice. The day was the first day of the chinese year. Dec 22 2014 explore karen jean matsko hood s board happy winter solstice followed by 536 people on pinterest.
After this celebration there will be days with longer daylight hours and therefore an increase in positive energy flowing in. Therefore dong zhi festival is also known as the little new year s day 過小年. Happy winter solstice greeting cards message wishing a very happy winter solstice to you. Falling around december 22 nd the winter solstice is one of the traditional chinese festivals and also one of the 24 solar terms.
Ancient chinese people emphasis the importance of winter solstice as big as chinese new year. It was held to honor saturnus the roman god of agriculture and harvest and was characterized by the suspension of discipline and reversal of the usual order. The dōngzhì festival or winter solstice festival is one of the most important chinese and east asian festivals celebrated by the chinese japanese koreans and vietnamese during the dongzhi solar term on or around december 22. The tang yuan day is winter solstice.
May it also be in your life that the yin will decrease and the yang will increase as with the arrival of spring. May the spring some soon may the brightness and warmth of sun rays enlighten every corner of your heart and home. 2020 tang yuan day is on monday december 21 2020.
In ancient rome the winter solstice festival referred to as saturnalia began on december 17 and lasted for seven days.