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24 Solar Terms: 9 things you may not know about Winter Solstice

Source: ChinaDaily 2016-12-21 09:29:15

24 Solar Terms: 9 things you may not know about Winter Solstice

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Eating red-bean and glutinous rice

In some regions south of the Yangtze River on the first day of Winter Solstice, the whole family gets together to have a meal made of red-bean and glutinous rice to drive away ghosts and other evil things.

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24 Solar Terms: 9 things you may not know about Winter Solstice
                 Source: ChinaDaily | 2016-12-21 09:29:15 | Editor: Hou Qiang

24 Solar Terms: 9 things you may not know about Winter Solstice

File photo

Eating red-bean and glutinous rice

In some regions south of the Yangtze River on the first day of Winter Solstice, the whole family gets together to have a meal made of red-bean and glutinous rice to drive away ghosts and other evil things.

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