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介绍冬至的英语作文Winter Solstice As early as 2,500 years ago, about the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), China had determined the point of Winter Solstice by observing movements of the sun with a sundial. It is the earliest of the 24 seasonal division points. The time will be each December 22 or 23 according to the Gregorian calendar. The Northern hemisphere on this day experiences the shortest daytime and longest nighttime. After the Winter Solstice, days will become longer and longer. As ancient Chinese thought, the yang, or muscular, positive things will become stronger and stronger after this day, so it should be celebrated. The Winter Solstice became a festival during the Han Dynasty and thrived in the Tang and Song dynasties. The Han people regarded Winter Solstice as a "Winter Festival", so officials would organize celebrating activities. On this day, both officials and common people would have a rest. The army was stationed in, frontier fortresses closed and business and traveling stopped. Relatives and friends presented to each other delicious food. In the Tang and Song dynasties, the Winter Solstice was a day to offer scarifies to Heaven and ancestors. Emperors would go to suburbs to worship the Heaven; while common people offered sacrifices to their deceased parents or other relatives. The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) even had the record that "Winter Solstice is as formal as the Spring Festival," showing the great importance attached to this day. In some parts of Northern China, people eat dumpling soup on this day; while residents of some other places eat dumplings, saying doing so will keep them from frost in the upcoming winter. But in parts of South China, the whole family will get together to have a meal made of red-bean and glutinous rice to drive away ghosts and other evil things. In other places, people also eat tangyuan, a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of glutinous rice flour. The Winter Solstice rice dumplings could be used as sacrifices to ancestors, or gifts for friends and relatives. The Taiwan people even keep the custom of offering nine-layer cakes to their ancestors. They make cakes in the shape of chicken, duck, tortoise, pig, cow or sheep with glutinous rice flour and steam them on different layers of a pot. These animals all signify auspiciousness in Chinese tradition. People of the same surname or family clan gather at their ancestral temples to worship their ancestors in age order. After the sacrificial ceremony, there is always a grand banquet.
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冬至英语介绍可以从冬至的习俗来写。
范文：
The winter solstice, also known as the South solstice, winter festival and Asian year old, has both natural and humanistic connotations.
It is not only an important solar term in the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional ancestor worship festival among Chinese people. The winter solstice is one of the four seasons and eight festivals. It is regarded as a major festival in winter.
There is a saying "the winter solstice is as big as a year" among the ancient people. The winter solstice custom has different contents or details due to different regions.
In southern China, there is the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors and feasting on the winter solstice. In northern China, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year.
中文翻译：
冬至，又称日南至、冬节、亚岁等，兼具自然与人文两大内涵，既是二十四节气中一个重要的节气，也是中国民间的传统祭祖节日。
冬至是四时八节之一，被视为冬季的大节日，在古代民间有“冬至大如年”的讲法。冬至习俗因地域不同而又存在着习俗内容或细节上的差异。在中国南方地区，有冬至祭祖、宴饮的习俗。在中国北方地区，每年冬至日有吃饺子的习俗。
