Winter Solstice or 冬至
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
today...
i woke up at 8am...
because need to pray my great-grandparents...
only me go...
because me want to go...
lolz...
so fun wor...
1st need pray...
then after that...
need to throw the coin...
if got 2 heads or 2 tails...
that means "no" or "can't"...
but if 1 head 1 tail...
that means "yea" or "can"...
my grandpa throw many time also can't...
but when i throw...
1st time can already...
how lucky am i...
after finish the ritual...
i ate the big pao...
not bad...
but very big...
just like my whole face...
thats why its called big pao...
=="
after that...
i followed my mum to the bus station...
to fetch my aunt from Singapore...
she say 10am...
but she reach at 1.30pm...
-.-"
after fetching my aunt...
i went to jln petaling...
or 次场街...
we went to eat the porrridge...
but i didn't eat...
just drink my longan water...
then i followed my grandpa to some book stores...
the book storess there are very famous...
but no book suitable for me...
me only saw a michael jackson book...
at night...
i went to my grandparents house for dinner...
according to the tradition...
the wife must go back to the husband's side...
for dinner or something...
anyway...
i don't care...
zz...
Winter Solstice (冬至), is ChinaLunarIn a very important solar terms, but also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.
Winter Solstice commonly known as "Winter Festival(冬节)", "Long To The Festival(长至节)", "Asia-Year-Old(亚岁)" and so on. As early as more than 2500 years ago in Spring and Autumn Period, China has used Tugui observing the sun, measured out of the winter solstice, which is the 24 solar terms worked out in the first one.
Time in the solar calendar each year December 21 to 23 between. This day is the day throughout the year in the northern hemisphere the shortest and the longest night of the day; in most parts of northern China have eaten dumplings(饺子) on this day. Southern China have eaten Tangyuan(汤圆). Proverb:冬至到,吃水饺
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