Tangyuan, glutinous rice balls served in a sweet soup, are a delicacy served during Dongzhi. (Cooky pic) While many Malaysians are busy doing their last-minute Christmas shopping, traditional Chinese ...

While many rush to buy presents and decorate their homes in preparation for Christmas Day on Dec 25, Chinese families around the world are already celebrating – not Christmas, but Winter Solstice Day ...

The Winter Solstice (on December 22 this year) may be the shortest day of the year, but this traditional Chinese festival it’s never short on tasty eats and treats. People in northern China eat ...

MENTION festivals celebrated by the Chinese community in Malaysia and one would often think of Chinese New Year or the Lantern Festival, but rarely Dongzhi. Dongzhi, or the Winter Solstice festival, ...

The smell of warm dumplings, ginger tea and fried chestnuts filled one of the rooms of Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden as people bundled in scarfs and hats came in for free samples Saturday. The ...

Instrumental Chinese Christmas music floated throughout Lan Su Chinese Garden on Friday night, welcoming visitors after hours to celebrate the winter solstice, known as Dongzhi. Commemorating the ...

A woman prepares dishes in a privately owned factory in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou Province on Saturday. The factory owner treated its employees to special dishes as Dongzhi, the ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Friday (Dec. 22) is the Dongzhi (冬至, extreme of winter) Festival or winter solstice based on the lunisolar calendar. Like other Taiwanese festivals, there are numerous taboos ...