冬至英语作文

篇一

WinterSolstice

Asearlyas2,500yearsago,abouttheSpringandAutumnPeriod(770-476BC),ChinahaddeterminedthepointofWinterSolsticebyobservingmovementsofthesunwithasundial.Itistheearliestofthe24seasonaldivisionpoints.ThetimewillbeeachDecember22or23accordingtotheGregoriancalendar.

TheNorthernhemisphereonthisdayexperiencestheshortestdaytimeandlongestnighttime.AftertheWinterSolstice,dayswillbenetelongerandlonger.AsancientChinesethought,theyang,ormuscular,positivethingswillbenetestrongerandstrongerafterthisday,soitshouldbecelebrated.

TheWinterSolsticebecameafestivalduringtheHanDynasty(206BC-220AD)andthrivedintheTangandSongdynasties(618-1279).TheHanpeopleregardedWinterSolsticeasa"WinterFestival",soofficialswouldorganizecelebratingactivities.Onthisday,bothofficialsandnetmonpeoplewouldhavearest.Thearmywasstationedin,frontierfortressesclosedandbusinessandtravelingstopped.Relativesandfriendspresentedtoeachotherdeliciousfood.IntheTangandSongdynasties,theWinterSolsticewasadaytoofferscarifiestoHeavenandancestors.EmperorswouldgotosuburbstoworshiptheHeaven;whilenetmonpeopleofferedsacrificestotheirdeceasedparentsorotherrelatives.TheQingDynasty(1644-1911)evenhadtherecordthat"WinterSolsticeisasformalastheSpringFestival,"showingthegreatimportanceattachedtothisday.

InsomepartsofNorthernChina,peopleeatdumplingsouponthisday;whileresidentsofsomeotherplaceseatdumplings,sayingdoingsowillkeepthemfromfrostintheupnetingwinter.ButinpartsofSouthChina,thewholefamilywillgettogethertohaveamealmadeofred-beanandglutinousricetodriveawayghostsandotherevilthings.Inotherplaces,peoplealsoeattangyuan,akindofstuffedsmalldumplingballmadeofglutinousriceflour.TheWinterSolsticericedumplingscouldbeusedassacrificestoancestors,orgiftsforfriendsandrelatives.TheChineseTaiwanpeopleevenkeepthecustomofofferingnine-layercakestotheirancestors.Theymakecakesintheshapeofchicken,duck,tortoise,pig,coworsheepwithglutinousriceflourandsteamthemondifferentlayersofapot.TheseanimalsallsignifyauspiciousnessinChinesetradition.Peopleofthesamesurnameorfamilyclangatherattheirancestraltemplestoworshiptheirancestorsinageorder.Afterthesacrificialceremony,thereisalwaysagrandbanquet.

篇二

WinterSolstice

Asearlyas2,500yearsago,abouttheSpringandAutumnPeriod(770-476BC),ChinahaddeterminedthepointofWinterSolsticebyobservingmovementsofthesunwithasundial.Itistheearliestofthe24seasonaldivisionpoints.ThetimewillbeeachDecember22or23accordingtotheGregoriancalendar.

TheNorthernhemisphereonthisdayexperiencestheshortestdaytimeandlongestnighttime.AftertheWinterSolstice,dayswillbecomelongerandlonger.AsancientChinesethought,theyang,ormuscular,positivethingswillbecomestrongerandstrongerafterthisday,soitshouldbecelebrated.

TheWinterSolsticebecameafestivalduringtheHanDynasty(206BC-220AD)andthrivedintheTangandSongdynasties(618-1279).TheHanpeopleregardedWinterSolsticeasa"WinterFestival",soofficialswouldorganizecelebratingactivities.Onthisday,bothofficialsandcommonpeoplewouldhavearest.Thearmywasstationedin,frontierfortressesclosedandbusinessandtravelingstopped.Relativesandfriendspresentedtoeachotherdeliciousfood.IntheTangandSongdynasties,theWinterSolsticewasadaytoofferscarifiestoHeavenandancestors.EmperorswouldgotosuburbstoworshiptheHeaven;whilecommonpeopleofferedsacrificestotheirdeceasedparentsorotherrelatives.TheQingDynasty(1644-1911)evenhadtherecordthat"WinterSolsticeisasformalastheSpringFestival,"showingthegreatimportanceattachedtothisday.

InsomepartsofNorthernChina,peopleeatdumplingsouponthisday;whileresidentsofsomeotherplaceseatdumplings,sayingdoingsowillkeepthemfromfrostintheupcomingwinter.ButinpartsofSouthChina,thewholefamilywillgettogethertohaveamealmadeofred-beanandglutinousricetodriveawayghostsandotherevilthings.Inotherplaces,peoplealsoeattangyuan,akindofstuffedsmalldumplingballmadeofglutinousriceflour.TheWinterSolsticericedumplingscouldbeusedassacrificestoancestors,orgiftsforfriendsandrelatives.TheChineseTaiwanpeopleevenkeepthecustomofofferingnine-layercakestotheirancestors.Theymakecakesintheshapeofchicken,duck,tortoise,pig,coworsheepwithglutinousriceflourandsteamthemondifferentlayersofapot.TheseanimalsallsignifyauspiciousnessinChinesetradition.Peopleofthesamesurnameorfamilyclangatherattheirancestraltemplestoworshiptheirancestorsinageorder.Afterthesacrificialceremony,thereisalwaysagrandbanquet.