LET'S
CELEBRATE!
冬至
Dong Zhi
Festival
12.21.21
Traditions and
Activities
冬至 lasts for 15 days, while the
solstice celebration lasts 1 day.
Family comes from all over China
and the world to celebrate.
汤圆
Traditional food is
which are
sweet dumplings eaten during the
celebration. mutton hotpot and
babao porridge are also eaten
because a common belief is yang
represents warmth, so eating
warm foods increases the yang or
warmth.
In Taiwan and southern China
people visit their ancestral tombs
and they give special 9 layered
cakes to ancestors, such as
parents or grandparents.
In Northern China, they eat hot
dumplings called
. Because it
is bitterly cold, they eat lots of
warm foods.
饺子
What the
Characters and
Words Mean
冬至，means winter solstice, and is
the namesake of the festival
饺子，A large dumpling that is
eaten because it is believed eating
warm foods increases yang energy
a sweet dumpling which
when said sounds like
which
means reunion.
Yang energy is believed to increase
warmth
Yin energy is believed to increase
the cold.
汤圆，
团圆，
The traditional
foods