The winter solstice has arrived, and spring is about to return

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Time is fleeting, counting the fleeting years. The winter solstice is here, and it comes with light steps. It has gone through the four seasons, the warm and bright spring, the warm and vigorous summer, the subtle and refreshing autumn, and the quiet and calm winter. It has walked for twelve months and finally arrived here. December 21st came to this world.

It passed through the Northern Kingdom and then came to the Southern Kingdom. Wherever it goes in the northern country, it shakes off the white snow, and it brings the snow elves to spin and dance on the northern land. They can change into various shapes, like goose feathers, five-pointed stars, and small flowers. When I went out for a walk in the land of the North, I accidentally turned my head gray. Wherever people look, they see a world covered in ice and snow.

In the southern country, everywhere it goes are tiny shadows, and the elves it brings with it shine in the southern cities and blink their big eyes. They radiate light and heat, and their round and cute appearance makes people want to get close and hug them. They are everywhere, silhouetted by the east wind, cutting the sunshine elves into the shadows of trees, people, houses, flowers, birds and animals, playing in the south. The sunshine elves and the shadows of the sunshine elves cut by the east wind interweave the southern country into a colorful world.

The winter solstice is here, whether it is the south or the north, it always brings some excitement and surprises. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice is as big as the New Year, and the world is reunited. The winter solstice is coming, and people in the north cook dumplings to welcome the winter solstice. They boil the water until it boils, and let the frozen dumplings slide into the pot like snow and melt little by little. In the snowy weather, cooking a pot of dumplings around the stove is like keeping warm by the stove, and the steam fills the whole house. The dumplings exhaled hot air and exhaled a fragrant aroma, and were put on the table on plates. People on the table rushed to eat. After a while, the plates were all gone, their bellies were plump, and their hearts felt warm.

People in the South cook glutinous rice balls and boil the water until the water boils. The frozen little round head jumps into the pot and transforms into a big round head that can be broken by Q bullets in just three to five minutes. Put the glutinous rice balls into bowls and bring them to the table, still steaming hot. The family sat around the table, and in addition to glutinous rice balls, there were other hot dishes. Unlike people in the north who wolfed down the glutinous rice balls and vegetables, people in the southern country chewed the glutinous rice balls and vegetables slowly. Chew the soft and glutinous dumplings into your stomach bit by bit, letting the sweetness inside flow into your stomach bit by bit, filling your heart with sweetness.

People in southern China must eat glutinous rice balls during the winter solstice, which symbolizes reunion and preparation for the coming New Year. Whether it is the southern country or the northern country, the winter solstice is like the solstice of the new year, and people are always happy and excited.

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The winter solstice is lively and joyful during the day, but it is a different scene at night. On the winter solstice, the day is the shortest and the night is the longest. Yin energy is extremely strong. The long night is like the road of life. The entire night was filled with melancholy. Throughout the night, there were always some people, accompanied by the dark shadow of the solitary lamp, watching the moon move three poles, listening to the shrill east wind, "leisurely, tossing and turning," unable to fall asleep.

Bai Juyi wrote about being homesick on the night of the winter solstice thousands of years ago: "On the winter solstice in Handan Posthouse, I hug my knees and see the shadows in front of the lamp. I think of sitting at home late at night, and talking about people who have traveled far away." Friends during the day The gathering may be just a short gathering, but being alone at night is a long-term companionship. The wanderer who is alone abroad is most homesick at this moment, his friends from all over the world are missed even more, and his lover who is not by his pillow is even more heartbroken.

The long night is long, and on the night of the winter solstice, I look back on the past year and life. It's like a criss-crossing road with ups and downs. On this road, I keep falling down and getting up. On this road, there are beautiful scenery, various difficulties and obstacles, stumbling blocks that are constantly intertwined, many unknown fears, and darkness.

Life has turned a stumbling block, and at the next corner, I accidentally encountered a beautiful scenery, and there is another rugged road ahead. Some roads are flat, some are rugged, and some are full of psychedelics and you need to control the direction. Maybe walking around you will find that you have lost your way and come back to the starting point.

Therefore, to move forward on this journey, you must have a goal and a sense of direction, the courage to move forward, the patience to keep moving forward, and a heart that knows how to appreciate. The road ahead may be full of temptations. It is also very important to know what you want in your heart and make a firm choice.

As the sky moves forward, a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. The road is long, but only by persevering in self-improvement, treating life as a long-distance race, and constantly running forward towards the goal can we realize the ultimate ideal of life.

The long road will eventually come to an end, so don’t be afraid and stagnate; the long night will end after the nightclub, but tomorrow will still come. After the winter solstice, Yang Qi begins to grow and the days get longer. Winter is gone and the stars are bright. Although winter is cold, spring will always come.

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The winter solstice is full of expectations, looking forward to the arrival of spring next year and melting away all the cold. People in the south are looking forward to a snowfall, which will make the whole world white and grow old together with all the lovers. The snow in the South is always late, and will not fall implicitly until next year, close to spring. All the scenery in this southern country is reluctant to leave, winter is in love with autumn. Spring loves winter, summer loves spring, and autumn loves summer. It is not as decisive as the northern country, with four distinct seasons. It is already winter in December, the leaves have just turned red, the ground is full of colorful fallen flowers, and the fallen flowers are flying. It is still an autumn scenery. Winter Solstice is not the coldest time of the year. The cold days of winter solstice have just begun. After several nine days, we experienced mild cold and severe cold. It took a full eighty-one days for the weather to thaw and enter the days of spring and flowers blooming.

The cold of ninety-nine and eighty-one days makes people feel unbearable. If you are afraid of the cold, you will be afraid of your hands and feet all day long, doing nothing. It really feels like living like a year. The winter is long, because the cold seems to have solidified. Time, let time pass slowly, like drops of frozen water dripping into the heart.

The cold of ninety-nine and eighty-one days is like a condensed suffering in life. The cold wind howled, the cold penetrated into the bone marrow, and the hands and feet were frozen unconsciously. The cold weather can't stop a cold heart, and the worries and melancholy are carried by the wind. It is really difficult to survive the cold winter without warmth and hope.

The little match seller shivered with cold in the cold winter. Only a small flame, a little warmth brought by the tiny flames lit by matches one after another, allowed her to survive. It was a long night. On snowy days, the heat of boiling water around the stove, the heat of charcoal fires, the smoke of human fireworks, and the warm sunshine are all precious things that can drive away the cold.

We must believe that spring will eventually come. The coldness of winter is a practice for ourselves. Monk Tang went through eighty-one hardships in the West and finally obtained the true scripture. We should also give ourselves a spring when spring comes, and always keep warmth in our hearts, warming ourselves and the world like fire.

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"You came at the winter solstice, but the wind on your eyebrows stopped and you opened your mouth. I came a little late. I guess there are trees in the garden, and the pavilions are as graceful as you." The winter solstice has arrived. , there is a return date in spring.

There is always you in my heart. You are full of love for the world, you are gentle with eyes full of eyes, and you are romantic and dancing with the wind. You are spring, the warmth of spring and the blooming flowers. You are the snow that I have been waiting for for a long time, and it is the spirit of snow that makes the world white. Cooking underwater dumplings and glutinous rice balls on the day of the winter solstice is like "spring snow, lower Liba people". There is no lack of human fireworks in the plain and elegant world. I wrapped my longest thoughts into dumplings and glutinous rice balls, making them the most fragrant and sweet stuffing.

On this winter solstice, I would like to invite you to eat dumplings and glutinous rice balls together. "It's snowing tonight, can you have a bowl of rice dumplings?" It looks like it's going to snow tonight. Can you join me? How about eating a bowl of dumplings and glutinous rice balls in this upcoming snowy day?

Spring passes and autumn comes, summer begins and winter solstice begins, and the cycle begins again and again, with more than enough every year. The winter solstice is here as promised. "Life is like a journey, and you and I are also traveling together." Regardless of the cold or the cold, keep your hopes up. You will have your destination at the end of the year, and spring will always come. Everything is like this, the weather, people, events, and the sun are urging each other, and the winter solstice and the sun bring about spring again.