Samhain marked the halfway point between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice, the beginning of the new year.

夏末节标志着秋分和冬至中间点，也是新年开始。

During the Winter Solstice, Hangzhou residents traditionally eat rice cakes.

杭州居民有冬至吃年糕传统。

Some monuments, like Stonehenge, were aligned with the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset.

有纪念碑，例如巨石阵，对齐了夏至日日出和冬至日日落方向。

This is a big night for Sheldon. Right, Sheldon? Big night? The winter solstice is a big night.

今晚是谢尔顿盛大之夜啊，是吧，谢尔顿。盛大？冬至日夜晚才叫大。

Their winter solstice is the same day as our summer solstice, and their summer solstice is the same day as our winter solstice!

他们冬至就是我们夏至，他们夏至就是我们冬至！

But around the world, many cultures still celebrate the longest night of the year with unique winter solstice traditions.

但是在世界各地，许多文化仍然以独特冬至传统庆祝年中长夜晚。

The lunar New Year, as the name implies, begins with a new moon specifically the second new moon after the winter solstice.

农历新年，顾名思义，始于个新月，特别是冬至后第二个新月。

Ancient Chinese people divided 81 days after winter solstice(regarded as coldest time of the year) into 9 parts.

中国古人将冬至日后81天分为九个“数九天”，视为全年段时间。

This temple is built to align with an astronomical event that happens just once a year — the sunrise at the winter solstice.

神庙建造与个天文现象有关它每年只发生次这就是冬至日日出。

As with many modern celebrations, ancient festivals observing the winter solstice merged with newer traditions to create the holiday season as we know it today.

与许多现代庆祝活动样，庆祝冬至古老节日与新传统融合在起，创造了我们今天所知节日季。

Certain stones in the ancient circle line up with the midsummer sunrise and the winter solstice sunset, marking the longest and shortest days of the year.

在这个古老圆圈中，特定石头随着夏至日出和冬至日落，标记年中长和日子。

For the same reason, in the northern hemisphere we get a few more days between the summer solstice and the winter solstice than vice versa.

同样原因，在北半球，夏至和冬至之间天数要更多点，反之亦然。

They also took over some of the customs from the Winter Solstice and gave them Christian meanings, like Holly, Mistletoe and even Christmas Carols!

他们还继承了冬至习俗， 并赋予了它们基督教意义， 比如冬青、槲寄生甚至圣诞颂歌！

The artist says the piece entitled, winter solstice for the audience in Munich, Germany to listen to nature as part of his piano vertical art project.

这位艺术家说，这首名为《冬至》作品是为了让德国慕尼黑观众聆听大自然，这是他钢琴垂直艺术项目部分。

It's based on Earth's position in relation to the sun and the 21st is when we'll see the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year when astronomical winter begins.

这是基于地球相对于太阳位置确定，21号是冬至时候，天文学上冬季开始于年中天。

It falls at the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring or vernal equinox, making it the ideal time to consider when springtime might finally come.

它落在冬至和春分之间中点，这使它成为考虑春天何时终到来理想时机。

Historically on Dongzhi day, people went to the clan tombs to offer food and drink to their ancestor's spirits, clean the tombs, and work to maintain them.

历史上冬至日， 人们到宗族墓葬祭祀祖先灵魂， 清理墓葬，并进行维护工作。

According to legend, during the midwinter feast 2,500 years ago, the King of Wu was disgusted with all kinds of costly foods and wanted to eat something different.

根据历史传说，在2500年前冬至时节，吴国国王厌倦了所有昂贵美食，想吃特别口味。

As early as the Zhou Dynasty (c.11th century-256 BC), people worshipped the gods on the first day of the Winter Solstice, which also was the first day of the new year.

早在周朝时期（公元前约11世纪-公元前256年），人们就在冬至这天祭拜神灵，冬至还是新年第天。

China has developed an unique festive food culture throughout the years. Eating dumplings is a common folk custom for many Chinese on the day of winter solstice, especially those living in the north.

冬至经过数千年发展，形成了独特节令饮食文化，吃饺子则是多数中国人冬至习俗。在北方尤其突显。