It's Winter Solstice celebration for all Chinese today. In Chinese, it's called Dong Zi celebration. The first character means “winter” and the second character means “arrival.” Combined together it means winter has arrived. In traditional Chinese society, the arrival of winter meant that the farmers would lay down their tools and celebrate the harvest by coming home to their families.
Dong Zhi is celebrated with everyone in the family gathers to eat tang yuan or glutionuous rice balls (as seen in today's photo). These alls are made of rice flour shaped into small balls and boiled with water, sugar, ginger and pandan leaves (for Malaysia version as the pandan leaves exude nice fragrant that improve the flavour of this dessert). Today's posting is for That's My World Tuesday posting.
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It’s that time of year again! I’m doing the rounds and apologising for my complete failure to more regularly offer comment on everybody’s incredible efforts for the year. I know how hard it can be to keep up with the daily grind of everyday posting, and want to thank you for your efforts.
I especially want to wish festive greetings for all from down here at [nearly] the end of the world, the bottom of Tasmania.
So, if you could delete whatever is not applicable, I’d like to wish you a very pleasant/merry/happy/wonderful/safe Amaterasu; Ashurall; Beiwe; Choimus; Christmas; Dazh Boh; Dongzhi; Goru; Hanukkah; Hogmanay; Junkanoo; Karachun; Koleda; Lenæa; Meán Geimhridh; Modranicht; New Years; Ras as-Sana; Rozhanitsa Feast; Şeva Zistanê; shōgatsu; Summer Solstice [if you're in the Southern Hemisphere]; Sviatki; Winter solstice [if you're in the Northern Hemisphere]; Yalda; Yule-tide; Ziemassvētki; and Коляда!
With a hearty three cheers from Kris, Jen, Henry and Ezra!
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