21st December marks the date for Winter Solstice in 2008. Winter Solstice is the mid-winter festival, not just celebrated by Chinese but to others like Jewish (Hanukkah), Kurdish (Şeva Zistanê), Hopi Indians (Soyalangwul), Latvians (Ziemassvētki) and many others of different faiths, cultures on similar or different dates that are associated with mid winter.
The Chinese people celebrate the mid-winter festival with the traditional sweet soup 'TangYuan' or Glutinous Rice Ball for this occasion. In Chinese, it is called the 'DongZhi' festival.
Glutinous Rice Balls represents unity. During this time, many families in China sit down and enjoy their accomplishments of harvest storage. They thank the Gods for their bountiful harvest. Winter Solstice is also a time for them for food offerings to their ancestors that are in the afterlife or heaven. And this tradition is practise by many Chinese families who may reside in many other countries around the world too.
In other words, it is the Chinese way of Thanksgiving. If you celebrated DongZhi festival, wish you a wonderful one.
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