Winter Solstice Festival

“The Dōngzhì Festival or Winter Solstice Festival is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese and other East Asians during the Dongzhi solar term on or around December 22 when sunshine is weakest and daylight shortest; i.e., on the first day of the Dongzhi solar term

The origins of this festival can be traced back to the Yin and Yang philosophy of balance and harmony in the cosmos. After this celebration, there will be days with longer daylight hours and therefore an increase in positive energy flowing in. The philosophical significance of this is symbolized by the I Ching hexagram fù (復, "Returning").

Traditionally, the Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together. One activity that occurs during these get togethers (especially in the southern parts of China and in Chinese communities overseas) is the making and eating of Tangyuan or balls of glutinuous rice, which symbolize reunion. Tangyuan are made of glutinuous rice flour and sometimes brightly coloured. Each family member receives at least one large Tang Yuan in addition to several small ones. The flour balls may be plain or stuffed. They are cooked in a sweet soup or savoury broth with both the ball and the soup/broth served in one bowl.

In northern China, people typically eat dumplings on Dongzhi. It is said to have originated from Zhang Zhongjing in the Han Dynasty. On one cold winter day, he saw the poor suffering from chilblains on their ears. Feeling sympathetic, he ordered his apprentices to make dumplings with lamb and other ingredients, and distribute them among the poor to keep them warm, to keep their ears from getting chilblains. Since the dumplings were shaped like ears, Zhang named the dish "qǜ hán jiāo ěr tāng" or dumpling soup that expels the cold. From that time on, it has been a tradition to eat dumplings on the day of Dongzhi.”

Source: Wikipedia

Winter Solstice Festival or Dong Zhi of this year can only be associated with despair and fruitless..i would’nt deny im a weirdo..a total weirdo..a sudden return of my negative thinking habit spoiled my beautiful Sunday and also a important festival..just because I wanted to learn something new made me lost the chance of learning everything..im an extremist..do it all or don’t do it..it made my weight control target impossible to achieve..eat it all or don’t eat it..people thought im on diet not eating anything..in fact I eat the amount of three meals at a time so I couldn’t eat any on the next meal..I won’t submit to authority..i won’t give in to those order that I do not think worth following..in another words I am rebellious..just because I wasn’t allowed to mix the flour..an argument occurred..i did not want to help up anymore..and swore I wont eat a single piece of ball rice since I hadn’t contribute anything on making it..and because of that I miss the festival completely..which made me felt that my life is lacking something..and I have another dream to be fulfilled due to this incidence..that was to make ball rice by myself by taking controlled of the process completely without the instruction and assistance of the older generation..

That was a small matter..fine..but i soaked my pillow with tears just because this incidence reminded me of my weaknesses..my main weakness is that I can only think of my weaknesses though I still can’t think of anything other than my weaknesses at this moment..im selfish..i can’t waste single second of my time but I wasted people’s time waiting for me..im unskillful..im interested in everything but not good in everything..i tried to do more sport to make amend of what I have missed during my school days..but countless times of practicing did not make me a better player than those who rarely played any sports..i tried on baking but couldn’t be successful for one time without the presence of my mom..i once thought perhaps im better in academic but now it had proven totally wrong..im a nobody with no skill no talent and no strength..at least a student who failed their subjects are good in drawing or something but I am good in nothing..i wanted to start blogging on this website but not even one posting can be seen despite the ending of my holiday..that was my habit anyway..self blame of being useless and cried on being a total failure..after that I would laugh on myself being silly..eventually I was aspired to post this blog just not to waste the emo moment..anyway..

Happy Winter Solstice Festival!!!!! ..though without ball rice..