Culture Insider: 9 things you may not know about Winter Solstice

Updated: 2014-12-22 07:30

(Chinaculture.org)

Eating dumplings

During Winter Solstice in North China, eating dumplings is essential to the festival. There is a saying that goes "Have dumplings on the first day of Winter Solstice and noodles on the first day of Summer Solstice."

Culture Insider: 9 things you may not know about Winter Solstice

Dumplings. [file photo]