Super market provides customers with dumplings to celebrate Winter Solstice Festival in Zouping County, Shandong Province, Dec. 21, 2011. Winter Solstice, the earliest of the 24 seasonal division points falling on Dec. 21 or 22 on the Gregorian calendar. In ancient China, it was believed that as the days grow longer, positive things become stronger and stronger. [Chinanews.com]