#wintersolsticefestival

[pinkappleandpeaches]

Happy Dongzhi aka Winter Solstice Festival! ❤️ __ . . . . . . . #wintersolsticefestival#happywintersolstice#dongzhi#tongyuan#wintersolstice2021#sfbayarea#sfbay#sanfranciscoworld#sanfranciscobay#sanfranciscobayarea#sanfrancisco#sfbucketlist#newyorkarea#newyorkers#tangyuan (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXxPfQWr8f6/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cathyleetong]

冬至吃湯圓囉 Winter solstice glutinous rice balls #wintersolstice , #wintersolstice2021 , #wintersolsticefestival , #riceball , #riceballs , #riceballday , #riceballsoup , #冬至 , #冬至湯圓 , #冬至快樂 , #冬至かぼちゃ , #冬至快樂🍡 , #冬至ゆず湯 , #鹹湯圓 , #鹹湯圓😋 , #鹹湯圓就是要加茼蒿香菇最對味 , #鹹湯圓好吃 , #鹹湯圓一定要加茼蒿 （在 Taipei, Taiwan） https://www.instagram.com/p/CXvdpb1PtpKSfsZBbvge7tNQCYtoW50lyjB9Vs0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[chw131]

Repost @fen.z - My character tang yuan for my kids 😄 🎋Happy Winter Solstice Festival🍁 冬至快乐. #homemade #homecooked #tangyuan #汤圆 #glutinousriceball #dongzhi #dongzhifestival #冬至快乐 #wintersolstice #wintersolsticefestival #chinesetradition #chinesefestival #foodgallery #foodpics #instafood #wedangronde #ronde #onde #shiratama #totoro #piglet #eeyore #peach #flower #cookingbyfenz

[givenchyng]

Grey sky@guangzhou #pm2.5 #grey #haze #mood #badmood #cloudysky #building #overlook #lookupatthesky #winter #WinterSolsticeFestival #weekend #sundayfunday #notfun #instaweather #instamood #instagram #cityliving https://www.instagram.com/p/B6XrmCGpfQ_/?igshid=63ioxsmnha57

[heartists]

zoey’s @wintersolsticefestival appeal is now live!

[tifakira]

I am not a fan of the flour tang yuan so I went with sago pearls as a subsitute to celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival (Dōngzhì Festival)! My family has always had it this way chilled with some of our favourite fruits! #wintersolsticefestival2018 #wintersolsticefestival #dongzhifestival #tangyuan #sagopearls #lychee #mango #dōngzhì #simpledessert #simplechinesedessert #pandan https://www.instagram.com/p/BrsEBE8BpOu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14gvmbe7b19ky

[konpeitocoordinator]

Winter Solstice Appeal

@wintersolsticefestival

Songs: Animal Crossing (Winter) - Mario Kart 8, and Animal Crossing (Spring) (Final Lap) - Mario Kart 8

Prop: Picnic Basket

Pokemon: Poppy the Furret

Moves: Blizzard - Natural Gift - Covet - Grass Knot

June waved and smiled at the audience as she was announced, showing her appreciation for her hometown. In one hand was Poppy’s ball (a team member from her ongoing Johto challenge– she thought a different partner would be nice to shake things up), and in the other a basket full of Berries for use during the appeal.

The opening drumbeats hit, and June released Poppy into the air with a burst of snowflakes, her red scarf trailing behind her as she fell to the ground. The Furret landed neatly on all fours, standing up with an excited squeal.

June tucked Poppy’s ball back into the folds of her dress and beckoned her closer to dance together. They twirled around in the falling snowflakes like a single entity, Poppy scampering on and over June (and sneaking in cuddles, natch), showing off their bond.

Poppy used her first move of the appeal– a sweeping Blizzard that momentarily obscured the two and the stage around them like a white curtain. With the precious seconds of prep time, June passed Poppy a number of Yache Berries, which she used in conjunction with Natural Gift to create a miniature winter wonderland onstage. The audience would see only a blur of a red scarf moving about the stage, with bright flashes of blue and white light punctuated by jingle bells.

Soon enough, the snow settled, and the pair’s handiwork was revealed– keeping to their Red Riding Hood theme, they’d created a wintery forest scene to frolic in, with huge conifer trees made out of ice and a light dusting of snow, with some banks built up in places to resemble hills.

With this, the main portion of the appeal could begin. June calmly opened her basket to a carefully sorted bounty of Berries– common ones like Bluk, Cheri, Rawst, and Pinap at the top, with more exotic ones tucked lower down for use later in the performance– and began to play her role as a young maiden taking a stroll through the woods for a picnic.

Meanwhile, Poppy assumed her own role as “adorable and mischevious forest critter.” She broke from June’s side to play in the snow, having the time of her life. Between each tunnel she dug and tree she climbed, she made a quick stop at June’s picnic basket to snatch a Berry with Covet when her Trainer’s back was turned.

As Red Riding June visibly puzzled over what was stealing her picnic lunch, Poppy used Natural Gift with the Berries over and over again to simulate the coming of spring. Her speed was incredible, and before their eyes the audience could see the Furret using a Fire-type move to melt the snow, or a Grass-type move to make crocuses and snowdrops bloom beneath the pine trees.

The performance marched on, and Red Riding June started to outright chase after the little forest Furret in a lighthearted game of tag. They were through the common Berries with weaker effects, and now they were down to the Rindo and Liechi Berries that gave Natural Gift the power to sprout mini fields of grass and wildflowers in place of the light coating of snow, shrubs to replace the banks of snow, and flowering vines up the tree trunks blossoming into a pine green color.

The change in scenery was reflected in the music, and the slightly slower jingle bells faded into a higher tempo, bouncy flute piece, with the brass section remaining as a unifying theme between the two.

June continued to chase Poppy around the forest bursting into springtime, with the Furret using Grass Knot here and there to trip June up in tufts of grass and sudden sprouts of daisies and lavender. These were interspersed with bursts of Fairy energy, sparkly pink lights that cast the pair in a rosy glow with sparkles encircling them just like in a shoujo manga. This was a planned routine, of course, and the extra foliage afforded by the Grass Knots slowly but surely formed into a grassy knoll for June and Poppy to collapse onto in worn-out happiness.

Poppy snuck in some extra cuddles as June removed her red cape with a flourish, laying it out between them and spreading the remains of the picnic basket on top. The audience was left with a closing image of two Little Red Riding Hoods enjoying their spring picnic after the winter thaw, before they shed their roles and rose to take a bow. They’d played their parts, and brought a bit of early spring to Hearthome City.

[shioriofthestars-blog]

Winter Solstice Appeal

@wintersolsticefestival

Song: Fuyu no Dahlia by Asami Imai

Pokemon:Ran the Maqurain and Lia the Kirlia

Moves:  

Ran: Ice Beam, Silver Wind, Water Pulse, Signal Beam

Lia: Misty Terrain, Swift, Icy Wind, Psyshock

Shiori took a breath and stepped on stage when she was announced. When she stepped on her mark, a bit behind center, she faced the audience, eyes closed, and posture relatively relaxed. In her hands were two pokeballs, she had decided to forgo using seals in this appeal after having trouble getting them not to look clunky with the performance. She could hear the cheering from the audience welcoming her home. She smiled, opened her eyes, and tossed both balls higher, rather than farther. Both pokemon were still in their costumes. They landed a foot in front of their trainer. Ran stayed still, waiting for the music to start, while Lia moved into a pose. One foot in front of the other, her right arm across her torso while her left was raised in the air.

The music started, low and sounding more like ambient noise. That was Ran’s que. With an ice beam, she started freezing a large portion of the stage into a smooth, flat oval. She hadn’t gotten very far before, the music proper started up. Lia stepped on the ice as soon as Shiori started singing, pushing off and gliding to follow the beam of ice around. She skated on her own as the oval was completed, not leaving too much room between her and the beam as she did her spiral and toe loop, even going down on one knee in a lunge when she had to be between Ran and the end of the ice. When the ice was done, Lia swizzled her way back to the Masqurain. She went into a spin in front of Ran and held out a hand when she was done, inviting the bug type to join her on the ice right as the music paused.

It picked back up a second later as Ran flew onto the ice, the two spinning around each other as if Ran had actually run into her arms Lia gave her partner a huge grin. They slowed down and Lia pulled Ran further onto the ice excitedly. As the music slowed, and the two started traveling around the edge of the ice, Lia doing a three turn before reaching one of the smaller points of the turn and throwing one hand out at the Masqurain as she did crossovers as the went around that smaller point, the other arm out towards the side for balance. At the end she brought her hands back near her chest.

Lia turned back around and did another spiral, Ran, mimicking, just bowed her head. When the two came back up, Lia swerved to the other side of Ran and towards the center while Ran flew to where Lia had just been. The two swerved back and forth slowly until they got to the got to the other end of the ice, as they returned towards the center the music started picking up, and Ran flew lower, and Lia reached out to her. Ran stopped flying as Lia held onto her. She picked the bug type over her head, and started a spin in the center of the ice. As she did that She used Misty Terrain as the music started to slow, careful to keep the mist low and unobtrusive towards the front and sides of the stage, only going high enough to barely cover her feet before fading, but let it billow back.

Lia lowered Ran as the music picked back up, and Ran started flying again, even though Lia was still holding on as they skated. Eventually, Lia let go, Ran stayed close and on her level, flying higher during the jumps but descending at the same time as the psychic. The only time this changed when Lia went into a sit spin, Ran flew directly overhead, while Lia used swift around them. Ran responded with a Silver Wind that caught the stars Lia created, as well as temporarily clearing the mist around them. The sparkling wind pulled all the stars above them.

Ran orbited down and around Lia a couple times as the Kirlia rose out of the spin, kicking her leg back so they were at the same level again. They took off down the ice slowly, seeming to enjoy their time together under the stars. They swerved back and forth, changing positions again, but not going as far from each other, after that was matching spins. They skated a little longer before Lia went into a triple loop, Ran flying higher and spinning in her own version of it. Ran spun to fly backwards. Both pokemon, keeping eye contact with each other as they made a lap around the ice, Lia crossing over on the tighter curves of the ice. They were about to make another lap when Lia dropped into a lunge, and spun to be going backwards. She raised her arms to either side of her partner’s head. She dropped her hands, and raised out of the lunge as the stars started to fade. She glided ahead of her partner.

Ran flew towards the middle of the ice, and shot a Water Pulse straight above her. The force of the water knocking the remaining stars away. Lia, who had been circling around the center waited until the water was falling to use Icy Wind, freezing the falling droplets. Said droplets shined in the stage lights like glitter as they fell and shattered on the ice below. It didn’t seem to bother either pokemon, however, as they had already gone back to skating in sync with each other. The both wind moves had faded away, and the mist from earlier rolled back in as the music all but paused.

Taking off down the ice as the music picked up. The did spirals facing each other, before separating from each other, and doing matching spins. They stayed apart as they went down the ice, pivoting at the same time. They met back up at one of the smaller ends, and skated together down the center.

Lia reached out to hold Ran again as they skated, Ran stopped flying for a second, and allowed herself to be thrown in the air. She resumed flying to give herself a bit more height. Lia had continued skating, now backwards, as her partner rose. The two pokemon readied their attacks to launch at the same time. Ran sent a Signal Beam at her partner, while Lia returned with a Psyshock. The multicolored beam and the psychic collided in mid air and rippled out like an aurora.

Ran swooped down to her partner, both pokemon orbiting around each other as the vocals dropped off completely. Lia skated off after giving her partner a grin as the aurora faded, leaving Ran to chase after her. While Lia was ahead, she spun to face Ran and did a complicated look series of foot work. Ran caught up to her, and they did a small jump, Lia turning to face forward, and skated off together at least until Ran got in front of her, restarting their chase.

When Lia caught up to Ran, she plucked the bug from the air, and did another three turn to turn backwards, and again to turn to the front. The Kirlia adjusted her grip to wrap her arms more securely around the Masqurain in time for to be lifted off the ground by her. Ran spun around quickly, causing the psychic type holding onto her, to swing in a wide arch until she slowed down and stopped spinning. She lowered Lia to the ground as she flew forward. Lia let go as soon as her toes touched the ground. They skated around the rink with one more jump going into a lunge as the music suddenly slowed. Shiori started singing again.

Lia and Ran rose slowly. Lia reached out an arm towards Ran as she circled around her, Ran turning to face her. Lia went into a final spiral leading Ran back to center stage. She lowered her leg and stopped, Ran moving closer until their foreheads were touching as the song ended.

They stayed there for a moment before separating slightly. Both Shiori and Lia curtsied, while Ran bobbed slightly lower. Shiori wouldn’t call them back yet, preferring to wait until after they were backstage, and she had a chance to praise their hard work.

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Hostory team wish you merry Christmas ~ Let music and illustration to heal your heart ⋯⋯ #pandarabbit #pandarabbitsister#hostoryfun #theaoi #behance #designmagazine #communicationarts #3x3mag #3x3magazine #illustration #design #artwork #holidaycheer #holidayart #merrychristmas #merryxmas #redbubblecreate #redbubble #zazzle #society6 #rageon #rageonofficial #liveheroes #cowcow #wintersolstice #happywintersolstice #wintersolstice2018 #wintersolsticefestival #wintersolstice #wintersolsticechallenge #happywintersolstice #merrychristmas2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/Brmgcd-BRh0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oq4e4s1j76ug

[riverfishmusic]

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#caughtonvideo #canyouseeyourself #montol #2016 #wintersolsticefestival #penzance #cornwall #lovepenzance #lovecornwall @swisbest #SWisBEST #paganfestival #wintersolstice #shortestdayoftheyear #shortestday #music (at Causeway Head)

[e-dindin]

【倒數十日】 12月21日，冬至，吃過豐盛的做節大餐，意味將迎來這一年的最後十天。 感覺上，每年的這十天都會不知不覺中過去，平安夜、聖誕日、boxing day、除夕⋯⋯ 倒數十秒，實在太豐富，就完成了。 新一年是好，新開始新希望。可是，還是不想這一年那麼快便成為歷史，不想自己那麼快又長一歲。 以前的人會說，人愈年長，時間過得愈快。現在，就連年輕人、小朋友的時間都走得過快，時間表被塞得滿滿，一點都不剩。 是誰偷走了所有人的時間？那位應該會是全宇宙最富有的，擁有無限的時間。 無限是最寂寞，只要懂得珍惜，十天也是福氣。2016最後240小時，14400分鐘，864000秒，要數，還是可以有很多。 無論決定怎麼度過，也將會是美好的時分秒。 冬至快樂。讓我們倒數十天，讓2016年一天一天的慢慢離去，好好告別這一年的自己。 #冬至 #做節 #WinterSolstice #WinterSolsticeFestival #year2016 #final10days #beforenewyear

[hostoryfun]

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Hostory team wish you all a Merrychristmas.⋯⋯ #pandarabbit #pandarabbitsister#hostoryfun #theaoi #behance #designmagazine #communicationarts #3x3mag #3x3magazine #illustration #design #artwork #holidaycheer #holidayart #merrychristmas #merryxmas #redbubblecreate #redbubble #zazzle #society6 #rageon #rageonofficial #liveheroes #cowcow #wintersolstice #happywintersolstice #wintersolstice2018 #wintersolsticefestival #wintersolstice #wintersolsticechallenge #happywintersolstice #merrychristmas2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/BrT0D1chMrh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5n9y7r46ya6l

[kecimiao]

#tuesdaymorning #wintersolsticefestival #tangyuan #workingday (at Diamond Square)