I-Winter Solstice ingelinye lamagama angamashumi amabili nane welanga kanye nomkhosi wendabuko wesizwe samaShayina. Usuku luphakathi kukaDisemba 21 kanye no-23 ekhalendeni likaGregory.

Ebantwini, kunesisho esithi “ilanga lasebusika likhulu njengonyaka”, kodwa izindawo ezihlukene zinemikhuba ehlukene phakathi nenkathi yasebusika. Enyakatho abantu abaningi banomkhuba wokudla amadombolo, kanti iningi labantu baseningizimu linomkhuba wokudla amaswidi.

I-solstice yasebusika yisikhathi esihle sokulondoloza impilo, ikakhulukazi ngoba "i-qi iqala ebusika." Ngoba kusukela ekuqaleni kobusika, imisebenzi yokuphila yaqala ukuguquka ukusuka ekunciphiseni kuya ekuchumeni, kusukela ekuthuleni kuya ekujikelezeni. Ngalesi sikhathi, ukulondolozwa kwezempilo kwesayensi kusiza ekuqinisekiseni amandla anamandla futhi kuvimbele ukuguga ngaphambi kwesikhathi, futhi kufinyelele inhloso yokwelula impilo. Ngesikhathi se-solstice yasebusika, ukudla kufanele kube okuhlukahlukene, ngokuhlanganiswa okunengqondo kokusanhlamvu, izithelo, inyama, nemifino, nokukhethwa okufanele kokudla okune-calcium ephezulu.

I-Astronomy ibheka i-solstice yasebusika njengokuqala kobusika, okusobala ukuthi sekwephuzile ezifundeni eziningi zase-China. I-solstice yasebusika wusuku olufushane kakhulu onyakeni noma kuphi enyakatho nenkabazwe. Ngemva kwenkabazwe yasebusika, indawo yelanga eqondile kancane kancane yaya enyakatho, usuku enyakatho nenkabazwe lwaqala ukuba lude, futhi ukuphakama kwelanga emini kwanda kancane kancane. Ngakho-ke, kunesisho esithi, “Ngemva kokudla ama-noodle ebusika, ukukhanya kwemini kube isikhathi eside usuku nosuku.”