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??????大家好！我是趙丹熒，今年12歲。我來自五二班。我喜愛閱讀。我喜歡吃餃子。今天，我要和大家分享有關冬至的知識。

??????Hello, everyone. I'm Zhao Danying. I'm 12. I'm from Class Two, Grade Five. I love reading. I like to eat dumplings. Today I will tell you about the Winter Solstice.

　　Dongzhi, which is called Winter Solstice is an important solar term in the lunar calendar in China. It generally occurs between December the 21st and the 23rd .And it is on December the 22nd this year. On this day in the northern hemisphere, the period of daytime is the shortest of the year, and the period of night is the longest. From Dongzhi, people begin to “Shu Jiu”. Shu means count and Jiu means nine days. One Jiu contains nine days. Jiujiu means 81 days. After 81 days, the warm spring will be coming. Winter Solstice has a history of more than 2000 years. In ancient China, it was more important than the Spring Festival. Families got together to celebrate Winter Solstice at that time. Now people in the north usually eat jiaozi on this day. People in southern China will make and eat tangyuan ,or rice dumplings, to symbolize the reunion of family. What do you eat on Winter Solstice? Stay warm and healthy, and good luck in the new coming year. Happy Winter Solstice!

?????冬至，是中國農歷24節(jié)氣中非常重要的一個。它通常是在12月21到23號之間，今年它在12月22日。冬至這一天，北半球白晝時間最短，夜晚時間最長。從冬至起，人們變開始“數九”，每九九天，共八十一天，隨之溫暖的春天也就到來了。冬至有2000多年的歷史。古代有“冬至大如年”的說法。家人們在這一天團聚慶?！，F(xiàn)在北方的人們通常在這天吃餃子。中國南方則會包湯圓，吃湯圓，以象征團圓。你冬至吃什么呢？祝愿大家在新的一年里溫暖、健康、好運。冬至快樂！

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