24 Solar Terms: Summer Solstice

STORY: 24 Solar Terms: Summer Solstice SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: June 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: GUANGDONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a woman making tea 2. various of lotus in painting STORYLINE: Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, is the tenth solar term of a year. It falls on Friday this year. It marks the longest daytime in the Northern Hemisphere. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangdong, China. (XHTV)

24 Solar Terms: Xiazhi

STORY: 24 Solar Terms: Xiazhi DATELINE: June 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:32 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of animation about Xiazhi STORYLINE: Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, is the tenth solar term of a year on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The Summer Solstice occurs when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer. It marks the longest daytime in the Northern Hemisphere, which falls on Wednesday this year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China. (XHTV)

Traditional delicacy on Xiazhi solar term: Zongzi

STORY: Traditional delicacy on Xiazhi solar term: Zongzi DATELINE: June 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yinglong Village, Shanghai, E China 2. various of villagers wrapping sticky rice dumplings (wrapped in bamboo or reeds) 3. STANDUP 1 (English): CHATKAEW THONGCHUEA, Student, Shanghai International Studies University 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Yinglong villager 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHATKAEW THONGCHUEA, Student, Shanghai International Studies University 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Yinglong villager 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CHATKAEW THONGCHUEA, Student, Shanghai International Studies University 8. various of making Zongzi 9 .SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): Yinglong villager 10. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): CHATKAEW THONGCHUEA, Student, Shanghai International Studies University 11. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): Yinglong villager 12. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): CHATKAEW THONGCHUEA, Student, Shanghai International Studies University 13. various of Chatkaew Thongchuea tasting

24 Solar Terms: Xiazhi

STORY: 24 Solar Terms: Xiazhi DATELINE: June 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese watercolor paintings STORYLINE: Xiazhi, or Summer Solstice, is one of the solar terms. It occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. The arrival of Xiazhi represents the start of midsummer. At this time, days are still longer than nights. Xiazhi is also an important folk festival in China. Folks developed customs like eating cold noodles and worshiping the earth, praying for protection from the summer heat and hoping for a good autumn harvest. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China. (XHTV)