The Winter Solstice Festival

Yesterday was the longest winter solstice and also the longest night of the year. The winter solstice is celebrated by Southeast Asian people it's called 冬至 (Dong Zhi) and is one of the biggest festivals. There are different traditions in different countries.

However, we celebrated at my grandparents where we lightened incense to reminiscens our ancestors and then ate some chinese food. We also had 湯圓 for dessert which is traditional glutinous rice balls in sweet soup. It's said that each time you eat rice balls you one year older. The big ones is stuffed with sweet mungbean filling.