“Winter Solstice Festival”是什么节日
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winter solstice
英[ˈwintə ˈsɔlstis]
美[ˈwɪntɚ ˈsɑlstɪs]
冬至
[例句]The winter solstice celebrations of the kalash people in northwestpakistan
巴基斯坦西北部的卡拉什人（kalash）在庆祝冬至的到来。
Winter Solstice Festival has arrived. 冬至节到了。
重要词汇：
1、winter 英 [ˈwɪntə] 美 [ˈwɪn(t)ər ]
释义：n. 冬；冬天；冬季；岁；从冬至点到春分点的期间。
adj. 冬季才成熟的；秋季播种来年收获的；越冬的。
v. 在某处过冬；越冬；冬季护养；冬季饲养；使度过冬季。
例句：They came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds.
他们来这里避一避冬天的刺骨寒风。2、solstice 英 [ˈsɒlstɪs] 美 [ˈsoʊlstəs ]
释义：至
例句：The summer solstice winter solstice is not hot, not cold not be.
夏至未过勿会热，冬至未过勿会寒。
3、festival 英 [ˈfɛstɪv(ə)l] 美 [ˈfɛstəvəl ]
释义：节日；喜庆日；节假期；音乐（或电影、戏剧）节；系列演出。
例句：In past years the festival has been curated by the likes of David Bowie.
过去几年,音乐节的节目是由像大卫·鲍伊那样的人敲定的。
4、arrived 英 [a'raɪvd] 美 [a'raɪvd]
释义：vi. 到达；成功；到来；出生。
adj. 到达的。
例句：He arrived at the meeting half an hour late in a filthy temper.
会议开了半个钟头他才心情恶劣地来到会场。
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Winter Solstice
As the sun creeps further to the south,daytime in the northern hemisphere gets shorter and shorter, the weather colder and colder. Finally, the longest night of the year comes. It is the Winter Slostice , after which the sun beginsits slow return to the North.The Chinese call this day Dongzhi.It usually falls on December21 or 22.
Why do the Chinese celebrate the shortest day of the year? Well, the cu-stom comes from the theory of Yin and Yang. Yin symbolizes the feminine,negativeand dark qualities of the universe, while yang stands for the opposite the masculine, positive and fiery qualities. In a sense, the theory is dialectical. When something goes to one extreme, it will then go to the opposite extreme.
On the day of Dongzhi, when sunshine is weakest and daytime shortest,the Yin qualities of darkness, of cold, are at their most powerful. From this point on, they begin to weaken, giving way to the light and warmth of Yang. As has happened since the beginning of time, once again the black forces bringing sick-ness and death slowly submit to their opposites bringing life and health. From this day on , Yang gets stronger and stronger until it prevails with the earth'sawakening in the glorious rebirth of spring.It is a time for optimism,for joyfulcelebration.
The Winter Solstice has been an important festival for millennia. Recordsfrom the Eastern Han Dynasty about 1,800 years ago tell us that the emperor and court officials would take a few days off work for the occasion.
By the time of the fouth century, celebration of Dongzhi had developed into a grandiose ceremony.Regiments of soldiers and cavalry, smart in full dressuniform, were stationed in and around the Imperial City. Colorful flags flapped stiffly in the north wind. The sound of pipes and drums echoed through the brigh-tly decorated streets.
The ordinary people also celebrated in style. The longest night of the year was a time to put on one's best brand new clothes, to visit friends with gifts, to laugh and drink deep into the long night. The giving of gifts was par-ticularly important. Three hundred years ago, a Qing Dynasty poet wrote a poem describing how people racked their brains out to buy the most appropriate pre-sents only to get them back from other friends a few days later. When we thinkof Christmas and birthdays, this would seem to be a universal phenomenon!
During the Western Jin Dynasty about 1,700 years ago,shoes and socks werevery popular presents among both royalty and the common folk . Court officials would present the emperor with elaborately-made shoes and socks, wishing the divingSon of the Dragonwansui or ten thousand birthdays.Similarly, all married women were wupposed to make a set of embroidered shoes and socks and present them to their in-laws. We are not sure why this custom evolved, perhaps it had something to do with the importance of keeping one's feet warm in winter.
Food is an important part of all Chinese festivals.But the kinds of foodpeople eat during the Winter Solstice vary from place to place.In Nothern China,many people eat mutton and dog meat.These are hot Yang foods, bringing warmth tothe body and dispelling the cold of Yin.Noodles are popular in many areas. For from now on,daytime starts to get longer and we say every day gets longer by thelength of a thread.So the noodles specially made for the festival are calledLong Thread Noodles.
In the old days, dumplings were often eaten in menory of Doctor Zhang Zhongjing. Doctor Zhang was not only a brilliant doctor, able to cure all sorts of diseases, be was also very kind to the poor. One year the winter was so cold that many people in Zhang Zhongjing's hometown of Nanyang,in today's Henan Province,suffered from very painful chilblains.Seeing that his small clinic was no longer able to accommodate the ever increasing number of patients,Zhang asked his brother to put up a tent in the village square.A large cauldron was placed inside the tent to prepare a decoction of red pepper mixed with other medicinal herbs. Doctor Zhang had dumplings stuffed with mutton boiled in this medicinal soup. Every patient got a bowl of the spicy decoction with two dumplings. He had only just invented this mixture, but it worked like a dream:chilblains disappeared in a day or two. Doctor Zhang's mixture soon became a popular recipe throughout the land. When Zhang Zhongjing died, people began to eat dumplings on the day of the Winter Solstice in memory of the kind doctor , and also, perhaps, to prevent or cure chilblains. The close relation between the numbernineand the Winter Solstice is also based on the theory of Yin and Yang. The ancient Chinese believed the theory could explain all phenomena in the universe . Numbers play a significant role in the theory. Even numbers belong to Yin and odd numbers to Yang. Nine is the largest Yang number and represents infinity and extremity. For a festival likethis, when Yang begins to take root and gain ground, the greatest Yang number-nineshould certainly play a part. The day of the Winter Solstice is the beginn-ing of the first nineday period. There are altogether nine nine-day periods, making a total of 81 days. The weather should improve a bit everynine days,andat the end of the ninth period, spring comes.
Based on practical experience and probably to speed things up a bit ,people have created cold dispellingsongs. Here is the translation of one of these songs.
The first and second“nine day”sare so cold The we dare not hold out our hands,Stray cats and dogs freeze to deathDuring the third and fourth“nine days”,The fifth and sixth nine dayssee a thin veil of greenOn the far bank of the river,The rivers thaw during the seventh“nine days”,The dighth“nine days”welcome the wild geese back,Winter finally draws to an end in the last “nine days”,When bright blossoms and flowers smile in warm spring.
People also invented all kinds of entertainment to help pass the time during the long cold days, when the earth was asleep and there was no work to be done in the fields. One is painting to dispel the cold. Before the Winter Solstice, people hang on the wall an unfinished painting, which contains a plum tree with 81 flowers. They have not been colored in. Starting on the day of the Winter Solstice,one flower is painted red every day. At the end of the ninthnine days,81 cheerful red blossoms brighten the room,welcoming the birdsand bursting buds of spring's return.
Another custom uses a piece of paper with 81 squares drawn on it. Just like the plum blossoms, one square is filled in every day. If it is cloudy, the upper half of the square is filled in;if it is clear, the lower half. A windy day is marked on the left half, and a rainy day on the right half. What if it snows? Well, there will be a small circle decorating the center of the square.When the squares are all filled,spring has arrived and one has a weatherreport of the past 81 days.In many families,the kids draw the 81 squares and then have fun rilling them in.They can use different colored paints or crayons,end with a bit of luck,and up with a cheerful piece of abstract art.It is good for their arithmetic and stimulates their interest in climatology. And being rationed to one square a day teaches them patience. It might even keep them outof mischief for a few minutes!
冬至
伊疮甘草： winter solstice 冬至 [例句]The winter solstice celebrations of the kalash people in northwestpakistan 巴基斯坦西北部的卡拉什人(kalash)在庆祝冬至的到来.
石渠县13081282728： 冬至节是什么意思 - ？
伊疮甘草： 冬至(Winter Solstice),是中国农历中一个非常重要的节气,也是中华民族的一个传统节日.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,中国就已经用土圭观测太阳,测定出了冬至,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21日至23日之间.这一天是北半球全年中白天最短、夜晚最长的一天;中国北方大部分地区在这一天还有吃饺子、南方吃汤圆的习俗.谚语:冬至到,吃水饺.还有关于该节气的诗词和影视作品.2010年的冬至是阳历的2010年12月22日,农历十一月十七日.
石渠县13081282728： 关于冬至的知识20条 - ？
伊疮甘草： 冬至(英语:winter solstice),又称“冬节”、“贺冬”,华夏二十四节气之一、八大天象类节气之一,与夏至相对.冬至在太阳到达黄经270°时开始,时于每年公历12月22日左右.据传,冬至在历史上的周代是新年元旦,曾经是个很热闹的日子. 冬至这天,太阳直射地面的位置到达一年的最南端,几乎直射南回归线(南纬23°26').这一天北半球得到的阳光最少,比南半球少了50%.北半球的白昼达到最短,且越往北白昼越短. 在中国有冬至吃饺子的风俗.俗话说:“冬至到,吃水饺.”当然也有例外,如在山东滕州流行冬至当天喝羊肉汤的习俗,寓意驱除寒冷之意.各地食俗不同,但吃水饺最为常见.在今天江南一带仍有:吃了冬至夜饭长一岁的说法,俗称“添岁”.
石渠县13081282728： 冬至的英文 - ？
伊疮甘草： 冬至:Winter Solstice “solstice”这个词我们不太看到,因为它的意思很特别,表示“the time of either the longest day in the year (about June 22) or the shortest day in the year (about December 22)”.这么看来,这个词的用武之地似乎局限性很大了.基本上也就用在“Winter Solstice”(冬至)以及“Summer Solstice”(夏至)之处.
石渠县13081282728： 冬至用英语怎么说 - ？
伊疮甘草： 冬至 [dōng zhì] 基本翻译 the winter solstice midwinter
石渠县13081282728： “冬至”英语怎么说 - ？
伊疮甘草： 冬至 代表寓意:寒冷将至 隐含意蕴:阴阳交割、万物亡寂、生机禁闭 时间:每年12月21日~23日 英文:Winter Solstice英文解释:the middle of winter
石渠县13081282728： 冬至也算是节日吗? - ？
伊疮甘草： 冬至(Winter Solstice)又名'一阳生',是中国农历中一个重要的节气,也是中华民族的一个传统节日,冬至俗称“数九、冬节”、“长至节”、“亚岁”等.早在二千五百多年前的春秋时代,中国就已经用土圭观测太阳,测定出了冬至,它...
石渠县13081282728： 冬至的英文?？
伊疮甘草：冬至的英文=winter solstice 亲,请您点击【采纳答案】,您的采纳是我答题的动力,如果不明白,请追问,谢谢.
石渠县13081282728： 冬至前一天叫什么 - ？
伊疮甘草： 没有固定的名字,和普通的日子一样,只是冬至那天就不一样,白天和黑夜开始有变化.冬至(Winter Solstice),是中国农历中一个非常重要的节气,也是中华民族的一个传统节日,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,中国就已经用土圭观测太阳,测定出了冬至,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21日至23日之间,这一天是北半球全年中白天最短、夜晚最长的一天.中国大部分地区在这一天还有北方吃饺子、南方吃汤圆和南瓜的习俗.谚语:“冬至到,吃水饺.”
