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2019年年关于冬至英语作文 WinterSolstice Asearlyas2,500yearsago,abouttheSpringandAutumnPeriod(770-476BC),ChinahaddeterminedthepointofWinterSolsticebyobservingmovementsofthesunwithasundial.Itistheearliestofthe24seasonaldivisionpoints.ThetimewillbeeachDecember22or23accordingtotheGregoriancalendar. TheNorthernhemisphereonthisdayexperiencestheshortestdaytimeandlongestnighttime.AftertheWinterSolstice,dayswillbeelongerandlonger.AsancientChinesethought,theyang,ormuscular,positivethingswillbeestrongerandstrongerafterthisday,soitshouldbecelebrated. TheWinterSolsticebecameafestivalduringtheHanDynasty(206BC-220AD)andthrivedintheTangandSongdynasties(618-1279).TheHanpeopleregardedWinterSolsticeasaWinterFestival,soofficialswouldorganizecelebratingactivities.Onthisday,bothofficialsandmonpeoplewouldhavearest.Thearmywasstationedin,frontierfortressesclosedandbusinessandtravelingstopped.Relativesandfriendspresentedtoeachotherdeliciousfood.IntheTangandSongdynasties,theWinterSolsticewasadaytoofferscarifiestoHeavenandancestors.EmperorswouldgotosuburbstoworshiptheHeaven;whilemonpeopleofferedsacrificestotheirdeceasedparentsorotherrelatives.TheQingDynasty(1644-1911)evenhadtherecordthatWinterSolsticeisasformalastheSpringFestival,showingthegreatimportanceattachedtothisday. InsomepartsofNorthernChina,peopleeatdumplingsouponthisday;whileresidentsofsomeotherplaceseatdumplings,sayingdoingsowillkeepthemfromfrostintheupingwinter.ButinpartsofSouthChina,thewholefamilywillgettogethertohaveamealmadeofred-beanandglutinousricetodriveawayghostsandotherevilthings.Inotherplaces,peoplealsoeattangyuan,akindofstuffedsmalldumplingballmadeofglutinousriceflour.TheWinterSolsticericedumplingscouldbeusedassacrificestoancestors,orgiftsforfriendsandrelatives.TheTaiwanpeopleevenkeepthecustomofofferingnine-layercakestotheirancestors.Theymakecakesintheshapeofchicken,duck,tortoise,pig,coworsheepwithglutinousriceflourandsteamthemondifferentlayersofapot.TheseanimalsallsignifyauspiciousnessinChinesetradition.Peopleofthesamesurnameorfamilyclangatherattheirancestraltemplestoworshiptheirancestorsinageorder.Afterthesacrificialceremony,thereisalwaysagrandbanquet. 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。
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