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1、2019年年关于冬至英语作文 WinterSolstice Asearlyas2,500yearsago,abouttheSpringandAutumnPeriod(770-476BC),ChinahaddeterminedthepointofWinterSolsticebyobservingmovementsofthesunwithasundial.Itistheearliestofthe24seasonaldivisionpoints.ThetimewillbeeachDecember22or23accordingtotheGregoriancalendar. TheNorthernhem
2、isphereonthisdayexperiencestheshortestdaytimeandlongestnighttime.AftertheWinterSolstice,dayswillbeelongerandlonger.AsancientChinesethought,theyang,ormuscular,positivethingswillbeestrongerandstrongerafterthisday,soitshouldbecelebrated. TheWinterSolsticebecameafestivalduringtheHanDynasty(206BC-220AD)a
3、ndthrivedintheTangandSongdynasties(618-1279).TheHanpeopleregardedWinterSolsticeasaWinterFestival,soofficialswouldorganizecelebratingactivities.Onthisday,bothofficialsandmonpeoplewouldhavearest.Thearmywasstationedin,frontierfortressesclosedandbusinessandtravelingstopped.Relativesandfriendspresentedto
4、eachotherdeliciousfood.IntheTangandSongdynasties,theWinterSolsticewasadaytoofferscarifiestoHeavenandancestors.EmperorswouldgotosuburbstoworshiptheHeaven;whilemonpeopleofferedsacrificestotheirdeceasedparentsorotherrelatives.TheQingDynasty(1644-1911)evenhadtherecordthatWinterSolsticeisasformalastheSpr
5、ingFestival,showingthegreatimportanceattachedtothisday. InsomepartsofNorthernChina,peopleeatdumplingsouponthisday;whileresidentsofsomeotherplaceseatdumplings,sayingdoingsowillkeepthemfromfrostintheupingwinter.ButinpartsofSouthChina,thewholefamilywillgettogethertohaveamealmadeofred-beanandglutinousri
6、cetodriveawayghostsandotherevilthings.Inotherplaces,peoplealsoeattangyuan,akindofstuffedsmalldumplingballmadeofglutinousriceflour.TheWinterSolsticericedumplingscouldbeusedassacrificestoancestors,orgiftsforfriendsandrelatives.TheTaiwanpeopleevenkeepthecustomofofferingnine-layercakestotheirancestors.T
7、heymakecakesintheshapeofchicken,duck,tortoise,pig,coworsheepwithglutinousriceflourandsteamthemondifferentlayersofapot.TheseanimalsallsignifyauspiciousnessinChinesetradition.Peopleofthesamesurnameorfamilyclangatherattheirancestraltemplestoworshiptheirancestorsinageorder.Afterthesacrificialceremony,th
8、ereisalwaysagrandbanquet. 冬至，是我国农历中一个非常重要的节气，也是一个传统节日，至今仍有不少地方有过冬至节的习俗。冬至俗称“冬节”、“长至节”、“亚岁”等。早在二千五百多年前的春秋时代，我国已经用土圭观测太阳测定出冬至来了，它是二十四节气中最早制订出的一个。时间在每年的阳历12月22日或者23日之间。 冬至是北半球全年中白天最短、黑夜最长的一天，过了冬至，白天就会一天天变长。古人对冬至的说法是：阴极之至，阳气始生，日南至，日短之至，日影长之至，故曰“冬至”。冬至过后，各地气候都进入一个最寒冷的阶段，也就是人们常说的“进九”，我国民间有“冷在三九，热在三伏”的说法。现代天文科学测定，冬至日太阳直射南回归线，阳光对北半球最倾斜，北半球白天最短，黑夜最长，这天之后，太阳又逐渐北移。 在我国古代对冬至很重视，冬至被当作一个较大节日，曾有“冬至大如年”的说法，而且有庆贺冬至的习俗。汉书中说：“冬至阳气起，君道长，故贺。”人们认为：过了冬至，白昼一天比一天长，阳气回升，是一个节气循环的开始，也是一个吉日，应该庆贺。晋书上记载有“魏晋冬至日受万国及百僚称贺其仪亚于正旦。”说明古代对冬至日的重视。现在，一些地方还把冬至作为一个节日来过。北方地区有冬至宰羊，吃饺子、吃馄饨的习俗，南方地区在这一天则有吃冬至米团、冬至长线面的习惯。各个地区在冬至这一天还有祭天祭祖的习俗。
