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Dong Jie Festival. Since then she has starred in films and television series such as Sky Lovers 2002 Endless Love 2004 2046 2004 and Dragon Tiger Gate 2006. Today with survival less of a daily concern and no time off granted the Dongzhi Festival is celebrated mostly with a family meal full of warm hearty foods.
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Jie Zitui shunned rewards and fled to a mountain with his mother he was pursued by the angry prince and only resisted burning down Jies house by a pleading poem written in blood. People in the old times attached great importance to the festival. This is also the day that your shadow measures the longest under the sun.
Traditionally the Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together.
However the history of the holiday is much more than a simple box of chocolates. 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 湯圓 or balls of glutinous rice which symbolize reunion. Dong Zhi marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Learn about the old story and some of the modern day customs in this short video.
