I-Winter Solstice ingenye yezindlela ezingamashumi amabili nane zelanga kanye nomkhosi wendabuko wesizwe saseShayina. Usuku luphakathi kukaDisemba 21 no-23 ekhalendeni likaGregory.

Kubantu, kunesisho esithi “i-solstice yasebusika inkulu njengonyaka”, kodwa izindawo ezahlukene zinemikhuba ehlukene ngesikhathi se-solstice yasebusika. Enyakatho, abantu abaningi banomkhuba wokudla ama-dumpling, kanti abantu abaningi eningizimu banomkhuba wokudla amaswidi.

I-solstice yasebusika yisikhathi esihle sokulondolozwa kwempilo, ikakhulukazi ngoba “i-qi iqala nge-solstice yasebusika.” Ngoba kusukela ekuqaleni kobusika, imisebenzi yokuphila yaqala ukushintsha kusukela ekuwohlokeni kuya ekuchumeni, kusukela ekuthuleni kuya ekujikelezeni. Ngalesi sikhathi, ukulondolozwa kwezempilo kwesayensi kusiza ukuqinisekisa amandla anamandla nokuvimbela ukuguga ngaphambi kwesikhathi, nokufeza injongo yokwandisa impilo. Ngesikhathi se-solstice yasebusika, ukudla kufanele kuhlukahluke, ngenhlanganisela efanele yokusanhlamvu, izithelo, inyama, nemifino, kanye nokukhethwa okufanele kokudla okune-calcium ephezulu.

Isayensi yezinkanyezi ibheka i-solstice yasebusika njengokuqala kobusika, okusobala ukuthi sekwephuzile ezindaweni eziningi zaseShayina. I-solstice yasebusika usuku olufushane kakhulu lonyaka noma kuphi enyakatho yezwe. Ngemva kwe-solstice yasebusika, iphuzu lelanga eliqondile laya enyakatho kancane kancane, usuku enyakatho yezwe laqala ukuba lude, futhi ukuphakama kwelanga emini kwanda kancane kancane. Ngakho-ke, kunesisho esithi, “Ngemva kokudla ama-noodle e-solstice yasebusika, ukukhanya kwelanga kuba kukhulu usuku nosuku.”