25th Harbin Ice and Snow World Opens to Public in Northeast China

Wow 😊

太美了啊我的尔滨

nice!

最近rbin有点火。

北国冰城哈尔滨

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Amazing

Он уже открыт?

❤❤❤❤❤amazing🎉

Looks nice and colorful. But not for me to visit as i can't stand the cold winter there. LOL

China puts much money into projects that benefit the Chinese people, while the USA puts money into the war machine and ignores the needs of its citizens.

The Dōngzhì Festival or Winter Solstice Festival (Chinese: 冬至; pinyin: Dōngzhì; literally "the Extreme of Winter") is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese and other East Asians during the Dongzhi solar term (winter solstice) on or around December 22 when sunshine is weakest and daylight shortest. It occurred around December 21/22 (East Asia time) in 2023.

Traditionally, the Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together. One activity that occurs during these get togethers (especially in the southern parts of China and in Chinese communities overseas) is the making and eating of tangyuan (湯圓) or balls of glutinuous rice, which symbolize reunion. 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. They are cooked in a sweet soup or savoury broth with both the ball and the soup/broth served in one bowl. 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.

In northern China, people typically eat dumplings on Dongzhi. It is said to have originated from Zhang Zhongjing in the Han Dynasty

Winter Solstice In Ancient Cultures

Also celebrated by Vietnamese Koreans Japanese and Ryukyuans (East Asian ethnic group native to the Ryukyu Islands between the islands of Kyushu and Taiwan)
Nordic people as Yule
Romans as Saturnalia a pagan ancient roman harvest festival in feasting drinking and wild parties ( later manipulated as Christmasse by the Roman Catholic Empire ) and Stonehenge Wiltshire England
Shab-e Yalda in Persia ( Now Iran )
Mayfang in Skardu Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan
Inti Raymi in Peru
Soyal native American
Aztec Maya the observance of the birth of Huitzilopochtli the sun.
Worship of the Sun Ra in Egypt
Lohri in Punjab India
Toji in Japan etc

Wishing all celebrating A Very Happy Dōngzhì Festival

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Živela Kina🇨🇳💪👏

Beautiful 💞 🇨🇳

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