文档介绍：TheWinterSolstice,asthenameimplies,,itisalsoatraditionalholidayforChinese,whichisalsocalled“冬节”,“长至节”,“亚岁”.Ingenerally,-,"JinJiu",es,。这一天是北半球全年中白天最短、夜晚最长的一天。我们中国人称它为“进九”,这意味着一旦冬至来临的时候,我们会遇到最冷的时间TheWinterSolsticefestivaloriginatedfromtheHanDynasty,,盛于唐宋。古人对冬至是十分重视的。InTangandSongDynasties,,、宋时期,冬至是祭天祭祀祖的日子,皇帝在这天要到郊外举行祭天大典,百姓在这一天要向父母尊长祭拜Afterthousandsofyears'sdevelopment,,eatingwonton(馄饨),eatingglutinousriceballs(汤圆),南方吃馄饨、汤圆,北方吃饺子。Actually,。ItissaidthatdumplingswereinventedbyZhangZhongjing,awell-knowndoctorfromtheEastern-,饺子是东汉名医张仲景发明Onewinter,hesawthatmanypeople’,heaskedhisdisciplestoboilmutton,,theyladledthemuttonandotheringredientsoutofthepot,choppedthemintopieces,,,他看到很多人耳朵冻烂了,心里很难受。他让他的弟子用羊肉、辣椒和一些驱寒药放在锅里煮。等煮好后,捞出来切碎,用面皮包成一只只耳朵形状,再放在锅里煮 OnthedayoftheWinterSolstice,“colddispellingdumplingsoup”.Peoplewhoateitfeltwarmfromhead