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Winter Solstice Event Held In Mohe - China

Winter Solstice Event Held In Mohe - China

People pose for a photo at a cultural festival on the occasion of the Winter Solstice in Beiji Village of Mohe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2025. People attended a cultural festival marking the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, here on Sunday. Photo by Shao Tianli/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Winter Solstice Event Held In Mohe - China

Winter Solstice Event Held In Mohe - China

People try local foods at a cultural festival on the occasion of the Winter Solstice in Beiji Village of Mohe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2025. People attended a cultural festival marking the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, here on Sunday. Photo by Shao Tianli/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Winter Solstice Event Held In Mohe - China

Winter Solstice Event Held In Mohe - China

People watch a firework show at a cultural festival on the occasion of the Winter Solstice in Beiji Village of Mohe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2025. People attended a cultural festival marking the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, here on Sunday. Photo by Shao Tianli/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Winter Solstice Event Held In Mohe - China

Winter Solstice Event Held In Mohe - China

A drone photo taken on Dec. 21, 2025 shows the "water to ice" performance at a cultural festival on the occasion of the Winter Solstice in Beiji Village of Mohe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. People attended a cultural festival marking the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, here on Sunday. Photo by Shao Tianli/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Winter Solstice Event Held In Mohe - China

Winter Solstice Event Held In Mohe - China

A drone photo taken on Dec. 21, 2025 shows people attending a bonfire evening party at a cultural festival on the occasion of the Winter Solstice in Beiji Village of Mohe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. People attended a cultural festival marking the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, here on Sunday. Photo by Shao Tianli/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Serene Winter Evening Captured By Camera In Yantai, Shandong

This is the dazzling moment that heavy snowfall was captured, further highlighted by bright headlights from a nearby building. On the evening of December 20, 2024, in Yantai, Shandong Province, the video showed a serene winter solstice evening blanketed in snow as large, swirling snowflakes fell steadily. From a residential building, someone had shone high-beam headlights, intensifying the magical effect of the snowy scene. The strong illumination created a dreamlike visual, showcasing the flakes in vivid detail against the night sky. The snowfall had continued through the evening, leaving the city coated in a thick layer of pristine white, much to the delight of residents.

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Yuzu bathing in Fukushima Pref.

Yuzu bathing in Fukushima Pref.

A man bathes with yuzu citrus fruits at the Tenjinmisaki hot spring on Dec. 21, 2024, in Fukushima Prefecture's Naraha, which was previously designated as an evacuation zone after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. Bathing with yuzu on the winter solstice is a Japanese tradition.

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Yuzu bathing in Fukushima Pref.

Yuzu bathing in Fukushima Pref.

A man bathes with yuzu citrus fruits at the Tenjinmisaki hot spring on Dec. 21, 2024, in Fukushima Prefecture's Naraha, which was previously designated as an evacuation zone after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. Bathing with yuzu on the winter solstice is a Japanese tradition.

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Kilpisjärvi

Kilpisjärvi

View to town of Kilpisjärvi from Saana fell in Finland's Northern Lapland on Saturday, 21st December, 2024. Saturday marks the winter solstice in Lapland. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Kilpisjärvi

Kilpisjärvi

View to town of Kilpisjärvi from Saana fell in Finland's Northern Lapland on Saturday, 21st December, 2024. Saturday marks the winter solstice in Lapland. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Lappi - Finnish Lapland

Lappi - Finnish Lapland

View to Malla fell in Malla Strict Nature Reserve from Saana fell in Finland's Northern Lapland on Saturday, 21st December, 2024. Saturday marks the winter solstice in Northern Lapland. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Lappi - Finnish Lapland

Lappi - Finnish Lapland

Kilpisjärvi in Finland's Northern Lapland on Saturday, 21st December, 2024. Saturday marks the winter solstice in Northern Lapland. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Lappi - Finnish Lapland

Lappi - Finnish Lapland

View to Malla fell in Malla Strict Nature Reserve in Finland's Northern Lapland on Saturday, 21st December, 2024. Saturday marks the winter solstice in Northern Lapland. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Lappi - Finnish Lapland

Lappi - Finnish Lapland

Saana fell in Finland's Northern Lapland on Saturday, 21st December, 2024. Saturday marks the winter solstice in Northern Lapland. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Lappi - Finnish Lapland

Lappi - Finnish Lapland

View to Malla fell in Malla Strict Nature Reserve from Saana fell in Finland's Northern Lapland on Saturday, 21st December, 2024. Saturday marks the winter solstice in Northern Lapland. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Lappi - Finnish Lapland

Lappi - Finnish Lapland

View to Malla fell in Malla Strict Nature Reserve from Saana fell in Finland's Northern Lapland on Saturday, 21st December, 2024. Saturday marks the winter solstice in Northern Lapland. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Lappi - Finnish Lapland

Lappi - Finnish Lapland

View to Malla fell in Malla Strict Nature Reserve from Saana fell in Finland's Northern Lapland on Saturday, 21st December, 2024. Saturday marks the winter solstice in Northern Lapland. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Kilpisjärvi

Kilpisjärvi

View to town of Kilpisjärvi from Saana fell in Finland's Northern Lapland on Saturday, 21st December, 2024. Saturday marks the winter solstice in Lapland. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Restaurant founder Yu Shuang (1st, R), visually impaired Yang Demin (2nd,R), physically disabled He Ning (3rd, R) and visually impaired Zhi Ming (4th, R) make dumplings in the kitchen of Trojan Fairy on the occasion of winter solstice in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impair

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CHINA-XINJIANG-FUKANG-ICE-SNOW INDUSTRY(CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-FUKANG-ICE-SNOW INDUSTRY(CN)

(231223) -- FUKANG, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists receive free dumplings in celebration of the Winter Solstice, or Dongzhi, at a ski resort in Fukang City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 22, 2023. Fukang has fully leveraged the tourism and skiing resources here to promote the development of ice-snow industry. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

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Traditional delicacy on Winter Solstice in south China

STORY: Traditional delicacy on Winter Solstice in south China SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 20, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai 2. STANDUP 1 (English): MIELLA, Student of Shanghai International Studies University 3. various of Tangyuan in restaurant 4. STANDUP 2 (English): MIELLA, Student of Shanghai International Studies University STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): MIELLA, Student of Shanghai International Studies University "The solar term of Dongzhi (Winter Solstice) is coming. So today, let's have a taste of tangyuan (rice ball soup), a traditional delicacy eaten in many places in Shanghai during this period. Let's go." Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, falls on Dec. 22 this year. In Chinese culture, it marks the beginning of deep winter and a break from farming in traditional agricultural society. It is also a time for family gatherings. Northern China has maintained the tradition of eating dumplings on thi

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CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

(231222) -- HAIDONG, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villager Li Guien adds coal to a stove at a prefabricated house of a temporary relocation site in Lajia Village, Guanting Township, Minhe County in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 22, 2023. Sufficient supplies were prepared to ensure a warm winter solstice for quake-affected people at the temporary relocation sites. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

(231222) -- HAIDONG, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows a temporary relocation site in Lajia Village, Guanting Township, Minhe County in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 22, 2023. Sufficient supplies were prepared to ensure a warm winter solstice for quake-affected people at the temporary relocation sites. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

(231222) -- HAIDONG, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children play at a temporary relocation site in Yamu Village, Salar Autonomous County of Xunhua, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 22, 2023. Sufficient supplies were prepared to ensure a warm winter solstice for quake-affected people at the temporary relocation sites. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

(231222) -- HAIDONG, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of State Grid Qinghai branch install a bulb at a prefabricated house of a temporary relocation site in Lajia Village, Guanting Township, Minhe County in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 22, 2023. Sufficient supplies were prepared to ensure a warm winter solstice for quake-affected people at the temporary relocation sites. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

(231222) -- HAIDONG, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman prepares dinner for quake-affected people at a temporary relocation site in Lajia Village, Guanting Township, Minhe County in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 22, 2023. Sufficient supplies were prepared to ensure a warm winter solstice for quake-affected people at the temporary relocation sites. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-HAIDONG-EARTHQUAKE-WINTER SOLSTICE (CN)

(231222) -- HAIDONG, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member offers quake-affected people dumplings at a temporary relocation site in Lajia Village, Guanting Township, Minhe County in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 22, 2023. Sufficient supplies were prepared to ensure a warm winter solstice for quake-affected people at the temporary relocation sites. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)

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SOUTH KOREA-WINTER SOLSTICE-CELEBRATIONS

SOUTH KOREA-WINTER SOLSTICE-CELEBRATIONS

(231222) -- SEOUL, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Dancers perform during winter solstice celebrations at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea on Dec. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-WINTER SOLSTICE-CELEBRATIONS

SOUTH KOREA-WINTER SOLSTICE-CELEBRATIONS

(231222) -- SEOUL, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child receives a festive red bean cake during winter solstice celebrations at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea on Dec. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-WINTER SOLSTICE-CELEBRATIONS

SOUTH KOREA-WINTER SOLSTICE-CELEBRATIONS

(231222) -- SEOUL, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Dancers perform during winter solstice celebrations at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea on Dec. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-WINTER SOLSTICE-CELEBRATIONS

SOUTH KOREA-WINTER SOLSTICE-CELEBRATIONS

(231222) -- SEOUL, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Dancers perform during winter solstice celebrations at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea on Dec. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL

(231222) -- VANCOUVER, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People carrying lanterns cross the street during the Winter Solstice Festival in Vancouver, Canada, Dec. 21, 2023. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL

(231222) -- VANCOUVER, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People carrying lanterns take part in the lantern procession during the Winter Solstice Festival in Vancouver, Canada, Dec. 21, 2023. (Photo by Lin Wei/Xinhua)

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Winter Solstice TCM

Winter Solstice TCM

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2023 - People post "Sanjiu stickers" at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall of Oriental Hospital in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 22, 2023.

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Winter Solstice TCM

Winter Solstice TCM

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2023 - People post "Sanjiu stickers" at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall of Oriental Hospital in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 22, 2023.

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Winter Solstice TCM

Winter Solstice TCM

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2023 - People post "Sanjiu stickers" at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall of Oriental Hospital in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 22, 2023.

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Winter Solstice TCM

Winter Solstice TCM

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2023 - People post "Sanjiu stickers" at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall of Oriental Hospital in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 22, 2023.

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Winter Solstice TCM

Winter Solstice TCM

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2023 - People post "Sanjiu stickers" at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall of Oriental Hospital in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 22, 2023.

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Winter Solstice TCM

Winter Solstice TCM

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2023 - People post "Sanjiu stickers" at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall of Oriental Hospital in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 22, 2023.

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Winter Solstice TCM

Winter Solstice TCM

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2023 - People post "Sanjiu stickers" at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall of Oriental Hospital in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 22, 2023.

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Winter Solstice TCM

Winter Solstice TCM

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2023 - People post "Sanjiu stickers" at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall of Oriental Hospital in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 22, 2023.

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Winter Solstice TCM

Winter Solstice TCM

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2023 - People post "Sanjiu stickers" at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall of Oriental Hospital in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 22, 2023.

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Foreigners Experience Chinese Folk Making Dumplings

Foreigners Experience Chinese Folk Making Dumplings

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 19, 2023 - Foreigners experience the Winter Solstice folk custom of making dumplings in a community in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, China, Dec 19, 2023.

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Foreigners Experience Chinese Folk Making Dumplings

Foreigners Experience Chinese Folk Making Dumplings

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 19, 2023 - Foreigners experience the Winter Solstice folk custom of making dumplings in a community in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, China, Dec 19, 2023.

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Foreigners Experience Chinese Folk Making Dumplings

Foreigners Experience Chinese Folk Making Dumplings

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 19, 2023 - Foreigners experience the Winter Solstice folk custom of making dumplings in a community in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, China, Dec 19, 2023.

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Foreigners Experience Chinese Folk Making Dumplings

Foreigners Experience Chinese Folk Making Dumplings

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 19, 2023 - Foreigners experience the Winter Solstice folk custom of making dumplings in a community in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, China, Dec 19, 2023.

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Foreigners Experience Chinese Folk Making Dumplings

Foreigners Experience Chinese Folk Making Dumplings

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 19, 2023 - Foreigners experience the Winter Solstice folk custom of making dumplings in a community in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, China, Dec 19, 2023.

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Iranians celebrate longest night of the year

STORY: Iranians celebrate longest night of the year DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:13 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of food in Iran STORYLINE: Iranians celebrated Yalda Night, the longest night of the year on Wednesday this year. On this day, people in Iran usually get together with their families to enjoy fruits, nuts and sweets. Group reading of poems by great 14th-century Persian author Hafez for fortune-telling purposes is another tradition. Yalda means birth in Persian. This occasion marks an ancient Iranian festival that basically celebrates the coming of the winter solstice and the longest night of the year for centuries. Yalda Night was registered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a cultural heritage in Iran and Afghanistan this year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tehran. (XHTV)

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24 Solar Terms: Winter Solstice

STORY: 24 Solar Terms: Winter Solstice DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:43 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ink paintings STORYLINE: Dongzhi, or Winter Solstice, is the 22nd of the 24 Solar Terms on the Chinese lunar calendar. It falls on Dec. 22 this year. Dongzhi has the longest night of the year. In Chinese culture, the day marks the beginning of deep winter. It is also a time for family gatherings. On this day, people in northern China eat dumplings, while people in the south eat tangyuan, or rice ball soup. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China. (XHTV)

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LATVIA-RIGA-WINTER SOLSTICE-CELEBRATION

LATVIA-RIGA-WINTER SOLSTICE-CELEBRATION

(221221) -- RIGA, Dec. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a celebration of the winter solstice in Riga, Latvia, on Dec. 21, 2022. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua)

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