The world's first AIGC-generated animation series on Chinese civilization, CHINESE STORIES, unveils its special seasonal feature: "Winter Solstice: The first of seasons, the wisdom of renewal", decoding one of China's oldest calendrical mysteries.
Since ancient times, the Winter Solstice (Dongzhi) has been revered as the beginning of a new year. As daylight gradually returns, it carries the promise of renewal and the hope of a bountiful harvest. In modern times, many companies let employees leave work early, allowing families to prepare for a reunion feast steeped in tradition.
In the North, people savor Jiao'er dumplings — crescent-shaped delicacies that trace back to the Eastern Han dynasty, where a physician used lamb-filled dumplings to remedy frostbitten ears. In the South, glistening white Tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) in sweet soup symbolize unity and harmony, their roundness echoing the ideals of completeness and kinship.
As steaming dumplings warm the ears and sticky rice balls fill the bowls, the flavors of Dongzhi sing a two-thousand-year-old ode to the arrival of a new beginning — a culinary symphony of renewal and reunion.
The trilingual animated short is now streaming exclusively on the DotDotNews app.
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