Winter solstic Winter solstic,as the name implies ,means the coming of winter.As an important solar in the traditional chinese calendar .It is also a traditional holiday for chinese. On this day ,in the north Hemisphere the period of daytime is the shortest the periodof daytime is the shortest and the period of night is longest In north china during winter solstic there is a custom of eating dumplings. Dumpling is a chinese cuisine.Firstly ,white flour is rolled out into dough skins and then vegtables ground meat and seasonings are placed inside .After the dumplings are wrapped .they are boiled in hot water.They are enjoyed with a variety of different condiments .You can dip them in soy sauce ,vinger,or chili oil.dumplings are truth delicious. there become a saying that if you eat dumplings ,the winter solstics ,then you won't freeze your ears off.(⊙o⊙)