Collective Memory between Winter Solstice and Spring Festival
Prof. Zhichun Zhang
Abstract:
In the everlasting and living reality of folk custom, the 22nd solar term—Winter Solstice not only shows the similar status and fame with Spring Festival, which is the most essential festival in China, but also shares the same celebrating ceremony. This Phenomenon reveals that Winter Solstice once was part of the Spring Festival and turned out to be only Collective Memory later on. In Zhou Dynasty, in the process from Myth to History, which was recognized as in the Period of Huangdi, Winter Solstice shared the respect of the foremost and primary festival in one year.
Keyword:
Winter Solstice, Spring Festival, Collective Memory