winter solstice is composed of dumplings.

Winter solstice, also known as “winter festival” and “Hedong”, is one of the 24 solar terms and one of the eight astronomical solar terms, which is opposite to the summer solstice. The winter solstice begins when the sun reaches 270 ° of the Yellow longitude and occurs on December 22 of the Gregorian calendar. It is said that the winter solstice is the new year's day in the Zhou Dynasty in history, which was once a very busy day. More commonly, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice in northern China. As the saying goes: "winter solstice, eat dumplings." However, in the south, there are exceptions. For example, in Tengzhou, Shandong Province, the custom of eating mutton soup on the same day is popular, which means driving away the cold.
With the change of times, eating dumplings in the winter solstice has become a custom, a symbol of family reunion. 


Wish all of you have a happy winter solstice.