Winter Solstice 冬至“solstice”的英文解释是“the time of either the longest day in the year (about June 22) or the shortest day in the year (about December 22)”。
意即：一年中白天最长的一天（大约6月22日）或是一年中白天最短的一天（大约12月22日）。 北京时间12月21日18时02分将迎来“冬至”节气，从这一刻起，我国开始进入“数九寒天”时节，民间俗称“进九”。冬至是“二十四节气”之第22个节气，又称日短至、冬节、亚岁等，兼具自然与人文两大内涵，既是二十四节气中一个重要的节气，也是中国民间的传统节日。 Being a traditional holiday as well, it is still now celebrated quite often in many regions. Early during the Spring and Autumn period, 2500 odd years from now, Winter solsticewas first determined as the Chinese traditional solar term among the total 24 terms. In Gregorian calendar, it is around Dec 22nd or 23rd.作为一个传统节日，它现在在许多地区仍然经常被庆祝。距今2500多年前的春秋初期，冬至是中国传统节气中最早确定的节气。在公历中，大约是12月22日或23日。Winter solstice is the very day in North hemisphere with the shortest day and longest night year-round. After it, daytime will become increasingly longer and the coldest clime will invade all the places on the Northern part of the globe. We Chinese always call it "JinJiu", which means once Winter solstice comes, we will meet the coldest time ahead.冬至日是北半球全年白天最短、夜晚最长的一天。之后，白天将变得越来越长，最冷的气候将侵袭地球北部的所有地方。我们中国人都叫它“进九”，意思是冬至一到，我们就会遇到最冷的时候。That conclusion is proved well founded. According to scientific results, on Winter solstice, a right angle is formed by the sun and the tropic of carpricorn. Thus, the North hemisphere receives the least sunlight and the shortest day and longest night occur.这个结论被证明是有根据的。根据科学结果，冬至时，太阳和北回归线形成直角。因此，北半球的日照最少，白天最短，夜晚最长。 Ancient china did pay great attention to this holiday, regarding it as a big event. There was the saying that "Winter solstice holiday is greater than the spring festival". Nowadays, many regions still celebrate it as a big holiday. Northerners may have dumplings and raviolis that day while southerners may have dumplings made by rice and long noodles. Some places even have the tradition to offer sacrifices to the heaven and earth.中国古代确实很重视这个节日，把它当作一件大事。俗话说“冬至大如年”。如今，许多地区仍然把它当作一个大节日来庆祝。那天，北方人吃饺子和饺子，南方人吃米饭和长面条做的饺子。有的地方甚至有祭祀天地的传统。在冬至这一天，同样别忘了给家人、朋友冬至的祝福语。Stay warm and healthy, and good luck in the new coming year. Happy winter solstice.I wish our family peace and prosperity in the new year.以上就是关于冬至这一节气的英文表达，赶紧用起来，给身边的外国朋友介绍介绍！没有一个冬天不会过去，没有一个春天不会来临。祝大家冬至快乐！
知识点：很多人用英文说饺子都喜欢用dumpling这个词，但按照维基百科的定义，dumpling 应该是一个“集大成”的概念：原则上，任何“面皮裹馅儿”的食物都可以叫“dumpling”，比如青团子、馄饨等。所以，用dumpling来表示中国特有的“饺子”就太过牵强了。所以，冬至之日，我们想用英文表达饺子就可以说Chinese dumpling，或者干脆直接用拼音Jiaozi.饺子Chinese dumpling/Jiaozi。向外国人介绍汤圆的时候可以说sweet dumplings。当然，汤圆是我们中国人的传统美食，也可以直接用拼音Tang-yuan表示。汤圆sweet dumplings/Tang-Yuan。