Zima Solstice ndi amodzi mwa mawu makumi awiri ndi anayi a dzuwa komanso chikondwerero chachikhalidwe cha dziko la China. Tsikuli liri pakati pa December 21st ndi 23rd mu kalendala ya Gregorian.

Kwa anthu, pali mwambi woti "nyengo yozizira imakhala yayikulu ngati chaka", koma madera osiyanasiyana amakhala ndi miyambo yosiyana m'nyengo yozizira. Kumpoto, anthu ambiri ali ndi chizoloŵezi chodyera maswiti, ndipo anthu ambiri a kum’mwera ali ndi chizolowezi chodya maswiti.

Nyengo yachisanu ndi nthawi yabwino yosungira thanzi, makamaka chifukwa "qi imayamba m'nyengo yozizira." Chifukwa kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa nyengo yozizira, ntchito za moyo zinayamba kusintha kuchoka ku kuchepa kupita ku chitukuko, kuchoka ku bata kupita ku kasinthasintha. Panthawiyi, kuteteza thanzi la sayansi kumathandiza kuonetsetsa kuti pali mphamvu zambiri komanso kupewa kukalamba msanga, ndikukwaniritsa cholinga chotalikitsa moyo. M'nyengo yozizira, zakudya ziyenera kukhala zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo tirigu, zipatso, nyama, ndi ndiwo zamasamba, komanso zakudya zoyenera za calcium.

Akatswiri a zakuthambo amaona kuti nyengo yachisanu ndi chiyambi cha dzinja, zomwe mwachionekere zachedwa m’madera ambiri ku China. Nyengo yachisanu ndi tsiku lalifupi kwambiri pachaka kulikonse kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi. Nyengo yachisanu itatha, nsonga ya dzuwa pang’onopang’ono inasunthira kumpoto, tsiku la kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi linayamba kukhala lalitali, ndipo kutalika kwa dzuŵa masana pang’ono ndi pang’ono kumawonjezeka. Chifukwa chake, pali mwambi woti, “Mukadya Zakudyazi za m’nyengo yachisanu, masana amatalika tsiku ndi tsiku.