In the realm of winter solstice, the Top 4 English essays of 2024 delve into the profound and timeless themes of this celestial event. Each piece explores the intersection of nature, culture, and human experience, offering a unique lens through which to view the shortest day of the year.

1. Today is the winter solstice, which happens to be Sunday. In the morning, grandma and I had dumplings. My sister and I had delicious food. Our little ears wont freeze. Adults say that after eating dumplings, our ears wont freeze.

2. 电视上说，冬至这天黑夜最长，白天最短，奶奶说冬至也是争冬，这天要是天气晴朗，证明这个冬就是争过来了，如果是阴天，可能这个冬天就不会有好天气了。晚上妈妈还给我讲了《冬至的.来历》是关于女娃造人的神话故事。

3. It is said on TV that the winter solstice is the day with the longest night and the shortest day. Grandma said that the winter solstice is also a battle for winter. If the weather is sunny, it proves that the winter has been fought over. If it is cloudy, there may be no good weather in this winter. In the evening, my mother told me that the origin of the winter solstice is a fairy tale about the creation of women and children.

4. 没想到冬至还有这么多故事。

5. I didnt expect so many stories about the winter solstice.

6. Tang and song period, the winter solstice is to worship the day of worship ancestors, the emperor held outside the day to worship, the people in this day to the parents or elders worship. Ming and qing dynasties, the emperor have to worship, of "winter solstice jiao days". There has to be given to a emperor, table officials ritual, but also to each other for congratulations, like New Years day.

7. Winter festival also called yesterday, hand in winter. It is one of the 24 solar terms, is a traditional festival of China, have "the winter solstice as big as a year". Winter solstice supplements, is Chinas traditional customs, folksay: fill a lump-sum winter, in the coming year without pain. Summer volts, winter lump-sum. The winter solstice mend, nutrients.

8. 冬至到了，汉代以冬至为“冬节”，官府要举行祝贺仪式称为“贺冬”，官方例行放假，官场流行互贺的“拜冬”礼俗。《后汉书》中有这样的记载：“冬至前后，君子安身静体，百官绝事，不听政，择吉辰而后省事。”所以这天朝廷上下要放假休息，军队待命，边塞闭关，商旅停业，亲朋各以美食相赠，相互拜访，欢乐地过一个“安身静体”的节日。魏晋六朝时，冬至称为“亚岁”，民众要向父母长辈拜节;宋朝以后，冬至逐渐成为祭祀祖先和神灵的节庆活动。

9. 唐、宋时期，冬至是祭天祀祖的日子，皇帝在这天要到郊外举行祭天大典，百姓在这一天要向父母尊长祭拜。明、清两代，皇帝均有祭天大典，谓之“冬至郊天”。宫内有百官向皇帝呈递贺表的.仪式，而且还要互相投刺祝贺，就像元旦一样。wwW.jzd365.cOm

10. 冬至节亦称冬节、交冬。它既是二十四节气之一，是中国的一个传统节日，曾有“冬至大如年”的说法。冬至进补，是我国传统风俗，俗语云：三九补一冬，来年无病痛。夏养三伏，冬补三九。冬至补一补，一年精气足。

11. The Northern hemisphere on this day experiences the shortest daytime and longest nighttime. After the Winter Solstice, days will benete longer and longer. As ancient Chinese thought, the yang, or muscular, positive things will benete stronger and stronger after this day, so it should be celebrated.

12. The Winter Solstice became a festival during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) and thrived in the Tang and Song dynasties (618-

13. . The Han people regarded Winter Solstice as a "Winter Festival", so officials would organize celebrating activities. On this day, both officials and netmon people would have a rest. The army was stationed in, frontier fortresses closed and business and traveling stopped. Relatives and friends presented to each other delicious food. In the Tang and Song dynasties, the Winter Solstice was a day to offer scarifies to Heaven and ancestors. Emperors would go to suburbs to worship the Heaven; while netmon people offered sacrifices to their deceased parents or other relatives. The Qing Dynasty (1644-

14. even had the record that "Winter Solstice is as formal as the Spring Festival," showing the great importance attached to this day.

15. In some parts of Northern China, people eat dumpling soup on this day; while residents of some other places eat dumplings, saying doing so will keep them from frost in the upneting winter. But in parts of South China, the whole family will get together to have a meal made of red-bean and glutinous rice to drive away ghosts and other evil things. In other places, people also eat tangyuan, a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of glutinous rice flour. The Winter Solstice rice dumplings could be used as sacrifices to ancestors, or gifts for friends and relatives. The Taiwan people even keep the custom of offering nine-layer cakes to their ancestors. They make cakes in the shape of chicken, duck, tortoise, pig, cow or sheep with glutinous rice flour and steam them on different layers of a pot. These animals all signify auspiciousness in Chinese tradition. People of the same surname or family clan gather at their ancestral temples to worship their ancestors in age order. After the sacrificial ceremony, there is always a grand banquet.

16. As soon as the flour arrived, everyone started to work with great interest. Jin Yitong poured water, and several classmates and I kneaded the flour. Wang Yula has rich life experience. She commands us orderly: "Huang Xining, you cant beat directly. You should turn the dough around with your hands, and then press the dough at the upper part of your wrist." Wang Yula pays attention to life everywhere. Although she is a little boyish at ordinary times, after all, she is a daughter and does a beautiful job. Listening to her command, I felt ashamed. We kneaded the dough in a moment, and brought the filling. We should really start work.

17. Su Liming did not say a word, but wrapped the dumplings carefully. It is said that Su Limings dumplings are really unique. They are as big as those small dumplings without filling. I am too "generous". I wrap the dumplings one by one like a big fat doll. However, the people who eat them should be very happy. When they are so big, one can make two. Seeing that the size of other peoples dumplings was just right, I began to lose weight for my dumplings.

18. Everyones dumplings are big and small. The big ones are bigger than table tennis balls, and the small ones are about the same as a finger. If someone eats our dumplings, I hope they dont care about their image, but feel our intentions and efforts.

19. 冬至那天，我们聚在食堂包饺子。

20. 面粉一到，大家就兴致勃勃地开始工作。金艺彤倒了水，我和几个同学一起揉面粉。王玉拉有着丰富的人生阅历。她有条不紊地命令我们：“黄西宁，你不能直接打，你要用手把面团转过来，然后把面团压在手腕的上半部分。”王玉拉处处讲究生活。虽然她平时有点男孩子气，但毕竟她是女儿，工作也很漂亮。听着她的命令，我感到羞愧。我们一会儿揉好了面团，然后拿来馅料。我们真的应该开始工作了。

21. 苏黎明二话不说，只是小心翼翼地把饺子包好。据说苏黎明的饺子真的很有特色。它们和那些没有馅的小饺子一样大。我太“慷慨”了。我把饺子一个接一个地包起来，像个胖娃娃。然而，吃它们的人应该非常高兴。当它们这么大的时候，一个人可以做两个。看到别人的饺子大小刚好，我开始为自己的饺子减肥。

22. 每个人的`饺子都是大大小小的。大的比乒乓球大，小的和手指差不多。如果有人吃我们的饺子，我希望他们不要在意自己的形象，而是感受我们的用心和努力。