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The Dongzhi Festival or Winter Solstice Festival (Chinese: 冬至; pinyin: Dōngzhì; lit. 'winter's extreme') is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated during the Dongzhi solar term (winter solstice), which falls between December 21 and December 23. [1][2] The origins of this festival can be traced back to the yin and yang philosophy of ...
tōji. The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. [1] Dōngzhì, Tōji, Dongji, Tunji (in Okinawan), or Đông chí (in Vietnamese) is the 22nd solar term, and marks the winter solstice. The term begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 270° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 285° [disputed ...
247200. Dongzhi County (simplified Chinese: 东至县; traditional Chinese: 東至縣; pinyin: Dōngzhì Xiàn) is a county in the south of Anhui province, situated on the southeast (right) bank of the Yangtze and bordering Jiangxi province to the south. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Chizhou and occupies its ...
At the Dongzhi solar term, solar longitude of 270°, the day of winter solstice: December 21, 2020 Dongzhi Festival (Winter Solstice Festival) 冬至 Have Tangyuan and Jiuniang and perform ancestor worship, Feast day, family gatherings, also named "Chinese Thanksgiving" 12 (臘月) 8th January 21, 2021 Laba Festival: 臘八節 / 腊八节
The winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth 's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, and when the ...
Solar term. A solar term (or jieqi, simplified Chinese: 节气; traditional Chinese: 節氣) is any of twenty-four periods in traditional Chinese lunisolar calendars that matches a particular astronomical event or signifies some natural phenomenon. [1] The points are spaced 15° apart along the ecliptic [2] and are used by lunisolar calendars ...
Dongzhi may refer to: Dongzhi (solar term), a solar term in East Asian calendars. Dongzhi Festival, a festival celebrated by the Chinese and other East Asians. Dongzhi County, in Anhui, China. Dong Zhi (archer), a Chinese paralympic archer. Dongzhi Man, a Homo erectus specimen from Dongzhi County. Category: Disambiguation pages.
Dongzhimen. Coordinates: 39.9411°N 116.4336°E. Dongzhimen in 1908. The landmark of Dongzhimen today - the headquarters of China National Petroleum Corporation / PetroChina. Dongzhimen (simplified Chinese: 东直门; traditional Chinese: 東直門; pinyin: Dōngzhímén; lit. 'East Straight Gate') was a gate in the old Beijing city fortifications.