Why Eat Dumplings on the Winter Solstice?
冬至为什么吃饺子?。
Ate the winter solstice rice, a long line.
吃了冬至饭，一天长一线。
Every nine days from the winter solstice is a XXX?
从冬至起每九天是一个“九”。
The winter solstice eat dumplings, dumplings one heart.
冬至吃饺子，一个饺子一颗心。
Do Chinese celebrate the winter solstice? Is it important to you?
中国人过冬至吗？这天对你们重要吗？
Hi, Tom. Do you want to visit my home to celebrate the winter solstice?
嗨，汤姆。你愿意来我家过冬至节吗？
The winter solstice eat dumplings, symbolizing family harmony, good luck.
冬至吃汤圆，象征家庭和谐、吉祥。
During the Winter Solstice, Hangzhou residents traditionally eat rice cakes.
冬至期间，杭州的人们按照传统都会吃年糕。
The Winter Solstice became a winter festival during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220AD).
在汉朝（公元前206年-公元220年）的时候冬至成为了一个冬节。
The winter solstice, theoretically should be the dead of a year, but it is usually not that.
理论上讲，冬至应是全年最冷的时刻，但通常并不是这样。
From 1751 onwards, the Hall was used exclusively to pray for good harvests at the winter solstice.
在1751年前，这个大殿是在冬至时用来祈求来年有个好年景。
Then when was the last time that we had a total lunar eclipse occur on the same date as the winter solstice?
那么上一次人类在冬至时节看到月全食是什么时候呢？
At that time of year the winter solstice was coming, and the Sun was moving into a lower declination in the sky.
这是逐渐临近冬至的一段时间，太阳的赤纬也是不断地缩小。
The ancient thought the winter solstice, although also occupied the cold season, but spring already is not far.
古人认为到了冬至，虽然还处在寒冷的季节，但春天已经不远了。
Today, though fewer families eat home-made cakes, people there still buy rice cakes for the Winter Solstice Festival.
现在虽然越来越少的家庭会吃自制的年糕，但是这里的人们仍然会为冬至而购买年糕。
In some places, it is still popular with the saying that "the Winter Solstice is as important as the Spring Festival".
有的地区现在还有“冬至大如年”的说法，意思是冬至节比春节都重要。
Curiously, Christmas falls during the winter solstice, which in northern primitive cultures also represents the future and rebirth.
说来古怪，圣诞节随著冬至降临，在北欧原始文化中，冬至也代表未来和再生。
"Sanjiu period" refers to the third nine-day period (the 19th-27th days) after the day of the Winter Solstice, which is in Minor Cold.
“三九时节”指的是冬至过后第三个九天(第19到27天)，而“三九”就在小寒内。
Literally meaning "clear" (Qing) and "bright" (Ming), this Chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice.
字面上的意思就是“清楚”(清)和“明亮”(明)，这个中国节日在早春，在冬至后的106天。
In east China's Shandong Province, there is a traditional saying like this: "eat dumplings on the Winter Solstice and eat noodles on the Summer Solstice."
在中国东部的山东省，有一个像这样的传统说法：“冬至饺子夏至面”。
Hundreds of people gathered at the famous historic stone circle to celebrate the sunrise closest to the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year.
数百人聚集在这个著名历史石阵中，庆祝冬至日出，这是一年中最短的一天。
Finally, this raises the question — prior to 2010, when was the last time that we had a total lunar eclipse occur on the same calendar date as the winter solstice?
最后，这又产生了一个问题——2010年以前，最后一次出现和冬至相同的日期发生月全食是什么时候呢？
The last time a lunar eclipse occurred on the winter solstice, astronomer Galileo Galilei was languishing under house arrest for suggesting the Earth circled the sun.
上次月全食发生在冬至期间的时候，天文学家伽利略正因为自己提出“日心说”理论而被软禁着。
In the temple to Saturn in Rome, the feet of Saturn were then symbolically bound with chains until the winter solstice when the length of days began to increase.
在罗马萨图恩神庙，萨图恩的脚当时被象征性地绑上了铁链，直到冬至白昼开始变长时才会解开。
In the temple to Saturn in Rome, the feet of Saturn were then symbolically bound with chains until the winter solstice when the length of days began to increase.
在罗马萨图恩神庙，萨图恩的脚当时被象征性地绑上了铁链，直到冬至白昼开始变长时才会解开。
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