Tsiku la Winter Solstice ndi limodzi mwa masiku makumi awiri mphambu anayi a dzuwa komanso chikondwerero chachikhalidwe cha dziko la China. Tsikuli ndi pakati pa 21 ndi 23 Disembala mu kalendala ya Gregory.

Mwa anthu, pali mwambi wakuti “nyengo yozizira imakhala yaikulu ngati chaka,” koma madera osiyanasiyana ali ndi miyambo yosiyanasiyana nthawi yozizira. Kumpoto, anthu ambiri ali ndi mwambo wodya ma dumplings, ndipo anthu ambiri kum'mwera ali ndi mwambo wodya maswiti.

Nyengo yozizira ndi nthawi yabwino yosungira thanzi, makamaka chifukwa chakuti "qi imayamba nthawi yozizira." Chifukwa kuyambira pachiyambi cha nyengo yozizira, zochita za moyo zinayamba kusintha kuchoka pa kuchepa kupita ku chitukuko, kuchoka pa chete kupita ku kuzungulira. Panthawiyi, kusunga thanzi la sayansi kumathandiza kuonetsetsa kuti munthu ali ndi mphamvu zambiri ndikupewa kukalamba msanga, ndikukwaniritsa cholinga chotalikitsa moyo. Panthawi yozizira, zakudya ziyenera kusiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza tirigu, zipatso, nyama, ndi ndiwo zamasamba moyenera, komanso kusankha zakudya zokhala ndi calcium yambiri.

Akatswiri a zakuthambo amaona nyengo yozizira ngati chiyambi cha nyengo yozizira, yomwe mwachionekere imachedwa m'madera ambiri ku China. Nthawi yozizira ndi tsiku lalifupi kwambiri pachaka kulikonse kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi. Pambuyo pa nyengo yozizira, dzuwa linkayenda pang'onopang'ono kumpoto, tsiku kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi linayamba kukhala lalitali, ndipo kutalika kwa dzuwa masana kunawonjezeka pang'onopang'ono. Chifukwa chake, pali mwambi wakuti, "Mutadya Zakudya za m'nyengo yozizira, kuwala kwa dzuwa kunakula tsiku ndi tsiku."