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The #Cantonese says 冬至大過年 winter #solstice is larger (i.e. more important) than New Years. My family has never celebrated Winter Solstice (or Summer Solstice since my family migrated to the other side) much. (But I noticed that my mother has a piece of paper stuck at the bottom of the calendar stating the date of winter solstice each year.)
While doing #fieldwork in #Nanning, I learnt that the Winter #Solstice is indeed a major festivity for the Cantonese people there. But for the #Pinghua people there, who are also #Sinitic, it is just a 'meh' festival.