Winter solstice day (Dong Zhi). It is the mid-winter, after this solar term, the winter has gone a half, the spring will come back.

Customs - Not writting

2010 Winter Solstice day is on Dec 22th.
2011 Winter Solstice day is on Dec 22th.

24 Solar Terms:

Solar Term - start of spring day
Solar Term - rain water day
Solar Term - awakening of insects day
Solar Term - vernal equinox day
Solar Term - clear and bright day
Solar Term - grain rain day
Solar Term - start of summer day
Solar Term - grain full day
Solar Term - grain in ear day
Solar Term - summer solstice day
Solar Term - minor heat day
Solar Term - major heat day
Solar Term - start of autumn day
Solar Term - limit of heat day
Solar Term - white dew day
Solar Term - autumnal equinox day
Solar Term - cold dew day
Solar Term - frost descent day
Solar Term - start of winter day
Solar Term - minor snow day
Solar Term - major snow day
Solar Term - winter solstice day
Solar Term - minor cold day
Solar Term - major cold day

Major snow day (Da Xue), the amount of snowfall become more and more, the snowstorm comes, always snowing heavily.

Customs - Not writting

2010 Major Snow day is on Dec 7th.
2011 Major Snow day is on Dec 7th.

24 Solar Terms:

Solar Term - start of spring day
Solar Term - rain water day
Solar Term - awakening of insects day
Solar Term - vernal equinox day
Solar Term - clear and bright day
Solar Term - grain rain day
Solar Term - start of summer day
Solar Term - grain full day
Solar Term - grain in ear day
Solar Term - summer solstice day
Solar Term - minor heat day
Solar Term - major heat day
Solar Term - start of autumn day
Solar Term - limit of heat day
Solar Term - white dew day
Solar Term - autumnal equinox day
Solar Term - cold dew day
Solar Term - frost descent day
Solar Term - start of winter day
Solar Term - minor snow day
Solar Term - major snow day
Solar Term - winter solstice day
Solar Term - minor cold day
Solar Term - major cold day

I travelled with myself when I was a single man. But when I married, I always go travel with my wife. It is the 3rd times we travel togeither.

I think two person better than one person, because we could help each other on the way. This time, we went to Zhongwei city and Yinchuan city, these two cities belond to Ningxia province.

Our another 2 travel before are Nanjing and Tianjin. I think may be we should travelling out of China next time.

Here are 20 photos about our Ningxia travel. The other photos have not upload.

About Ningxia: Ningxia, formerly transliterated as Ningsia, is an autonomous region (Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region) of the People’s Republic of China. It is located in Northwest China, on the Loess Plateau, and the Yellow River flows through a vast area of its land. The Great Wall of China runs along its northeastern boundary. The region is the home of the Hui people, one of the 56 officially recognised Nationalities of China, and its capital is Yinchuan.

Zhongwei: Zhongwei’s main attraction is Gao Miao, a temple that has hosted Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist ceremonies. A bomb shelter was also built beneath the temple during the Cultural Revolution. It has since been converted into a rendition of the Buddhist hell.

Yinchuan: Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, and former capital of the Western Xia Empire of the Tanguts. It has an area of 4,467 km2 and a total population of 1.99 million. Its built up area is home to 1,290,170 inhabitants spread on 3 urban districts. The name of the city literally means “silver river”; the character for “river” is the same as that in Sichuan, but not as those in, for example, the Yellow River or Yangtze River.