Dongzhi Festival: VIDEOS

It’s Monday December the 22nd, and that means it’s the Winter Solstice on the Chinese calendar, the shortest day of the year. In ancient China, this was the day that the Emperor would worship at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, one of the nation’s most important ceremonies. In the fast moving modern era, many Chinese people still mark the Solstice as a day to spend time with families and eat dumplings. Subscribe us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CCTVNEWSbeijing Download for IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cctvnews-app/id922456579?l=zh&ls=1&mt=8 Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imib.cctv Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cctvnewschina Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCTVNEWS Google+: https://plus.google.com/+CCTVNEWSbeijing Tumblr: http://cctvnews.tumblr.com/ Weibo: http://weibo.com/cctvnewsbeijing