The DongZhi are said to be the most important event in the Chinese calendar as my mum always said DongZhi is more important than Chinese New Year. My sis asked me what do we called DongZhi in Chinese and that is a pretty good question, all I could think of is… Winter Celebration? So, I google-d a little and found out that its known the marking of winter solstice.
From Wikipedia: In China, Dongzhi was originally celebrated as an end-of-harvest festival. Today, it is observed with a family reunion over the long night, when pink and white tangyuan are eaten in sweet broth to symbolise family unity and prosperity.
Anyhow, we gathered for Dongzhi last weekend and my parents prepared a 9 dishes course for us to feast on plus my favourite tangyuan as well.
Roast Duck
Braised Duck
Salted Chicken
Fried Vegetable
Sweet Sour Fish
Roast Pork
Guiness Ribs
Fried Oats Prawns
…and a lotus root and peanut soup to compliment the above. For many family nowadays, they longer go to make their own tangyuan and buy from supermarket (those with fillings). But I had to say… my favourite is still good old traditional tangyuan with sweet ginger soup 
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