When is dong zhi 2010

Traditionally, the Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together. Tangyuan are made of glutinous rice flour and sometimes brightly coloured.

Each family member receives at least one large tangyuan in addition to several small ones. The flour balls may be plain or stuffed. It is also often served with a mildly alcoholic unfiltered rice wine containing whole grains of glutinous rice and often also Sweet Osmanthus flowers , called jiuniang. However, in northern China, people typically eat dumplings instead of tangyuan on Dongzhi.

It is said to have originated from Zhang Zhongjing in the Han Dynasty. So, it is a difference between the northern and southern China even though all are Chinese. Therefore, visitors to northern parts of China during Dongzhi may end up joining a local family for a meal of hearty boiled dumplings.

If they are in the southern part of the country, they will more likely eat balls of sticky rice that are called tangyuan and are served in a sweet or savory broth. In both areas one might run into bowls of slightly sweet and mildly alcoholic fermented sticky rice named jiuniang.

These warming, carbohydrate-rich traditional Dongzhi foods make sense not just because of chilliness and lack of sunlight, but also because many Chinese people will spend at least part of the day outside making offerings or visiting the tombs of their ancestors.

As during other festival times, it is common to see locals burning fake paper money on the street, which is symbolically intended for use by the deceased in the afterlife.

Many urban families also venture from the city out to the countryside to visit the graves of their ancestors for some tidying and to burn incense and perhaps leave some small portions of food. Thought it may be the shortest day of the year and chilly in many parts of the country, there are still plenty of great places to visit in China during the holiday season.

In fact, this is one of the best times to visit warmer southern areas whose low latitude bestows them with longer daylight. The expected high temperature today in Jinghong, capital of the Xishuangbanna region of Yunnan, a popular WildChina destination, is 80 degrees Fahrenheit 27 degrees Celcius.

Traditionally, the Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together. Tangyuan are made of glutinuous rice flour and sometimes brightly coloured. Each family member receives at least one large tangyuan in addition to several small ones. The flour balls may be plain or stuffed. It is also. In northern China, people typically eat dumplings on Dongzhi. It is said to have originated from Zhang Zhongjing in the Han Dynasty.

On one cold winter day, he saw the poor suffering from chilblains on their ears. Feeling sympathetic, he ordered his apprentices to make dumplings with lamb and other ingredients, and distribute them among the poor to keep them warm, to keep their ears from getting chilblains.