#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.

[shadowlyheroine-blog]

@wintersolsticefestival 

[Cool single contest! 

Moveset: Stealth Rock , Ice punch, Thunder punch, and Sunny day!

Props: Black Umbrella 

Music: Bad apple (full verison)  English lyrics: Bad apple english ] 

When Eria heard his name being called, he walked out to a stage coated in ice, the lights switched off. The sound of his footsteps echoed within the silence of the stage as his Lopunny followed them, just like they had practiced. It was time to put their practice to the test. Eria walked from the left, while their Lopunny walked from the right. When they met, their eyes were closed, as if they were waiting.

The music started, a techno piece with a rhythmic beat Eria and his Lopunny tapped to the music and right as the electronic notes stopped, both Eria and Ashes opened their eyes, before proceeding to move close to the front of the stage with similar footwork, dancing like ballerinas, before looking at the crowd of people and quickly moved behind each other’s back, Ashes looking in the opposite direction as Eria was. Before the performer sang,

“Even in the midst of flowing time,” Eria spins around with their Lopunny in a circle, as if it was meant to symbolize a clock, or perhaps a clock’s hands. “I feel languid, look, spinning ‘round and ‘round,” Eria’s eyes gazed upon the masses in front of his very eyes and opened his umbrella. His Lopunny used Stealth Rock, which caused the ice-coated rocks to fly up. The colored lights flashed on to reflect the light on the ice as if they were precious jewels, with Eria opening her umbrella to symbolize that he was the one rolling in hate and spins it around as the rocks fell straight on the umbrella and bouncing it off of its fabric. The performer and Lopunny moved in sync, the icy rocks pelting down on them, symbolizing animosity, as the pair shielded themselves with the umbrella and bracing themselves.

“I can't even see the heart that's leaving me,

Didn't you know?” The line to the song was cut off before the small  rocks nearly fall on the performer, but before it had a chance to do so, Ashes used Thunder Punch to deflect the rocks, as the ice reflected the bright light of the strings of plasma. “I can't even get myself to move,

I continue to be washed down the cracks of time, I don't know anything about what's around me,

I'm just me and no more.” With the rocks swiftly plummeting once more, Ashes used Ice Punch to freeze up the rocks again, creating a “barrier” to do so, before proceeding to use Sunny Day to make the ice on the rocks shine, as Eria throws her umbrella for it to float in the air for a bit, looking as if it was drifting away on the wind, before singing and walking quickly to get her umbrella as Ashes grabs it for Eria, handing it back to her Trainer,

“Am I dreaming? Or seeing nothing?

My words are useless, even if I speak. I'm just tired of being sad,

I should go on without feeling anything.”

“Even if you give me the words I'm at a loss for,

My heart just won't pay attention. If I move myself away, if I change everything,

I’ll turn it all black!”

Soon the stage’s lights were turned off as the broken rocks landed on the floor, as if the performer and her pokemon given up on themselves and their world before the spotlight turns on once more as they are bent down and slowly moving to stand back up, before proceeding move across the damaged, icy stage which was glowing slightly due to the melting state, as if the sunshine had faded away into the night.

“Is there a future for someone like me?

Will I still exist in a world like this? Is this painful? Is it sad?

Not even I know the answer.”

“I'm just tired even of walking,

I don't even understand people. If someone like me can change,

If I can change, will I turn white?”

The lights switch on again, with her lopunny taking the spotlight and holding Eria’s umbrella and throwing it to the other side in the sky for her to catch, then proceed to use Stealth Rock on the melting stage, before quickly bouncing to get the umbrella as it nearly falls, and proceeding to spin it around, as the performer sings,

“Even in the midst of flowing time,

I feel languid, look, spinning ‘round and ‘round. I can't even see the heart that's leaving me,

Didn't you know?”

“I can't even get myself to move,

I continue to be washed down the cracks of time. I don't know anything about what's around me,

I'm just me and no more.”

One more! Ashes used Ice punch on the rocks, and using Sunny day to reflect the blue hues from the ice as if they were made to be like crystals, then proceed to fall down on the broken ice stage, as the lights slowly switch off one by one, before proceeding to look at the stage with her lopunny by the side and holding her chest as if, her heart was aching in pain,

“Am I dreaming? Or seeing nothing?

My words are useless even if I speak. I'm just tired of being sad,

I should go on without feeling anything.”

“Even if you give me the words I'm at a loss for,

My heart just won't pay attention. If I can move, if I change everything,

I’ll turn it all black!”

Eria gives the umbrella to Ashes who uses it to spin around before the the stage goes dark, as the performer and her lopunny are hidden away in the darkness. The lights are white and turned on one by one, before Ashes walks out and looks at the crowd, and turns to their back facing away.

“Is there a future to come out of this useless time?

Will I exist in a place like this? If I wanted to tell you what kind of person I am,

The words I'd use would be

「Good for nothing!」"

“Will I exist in a place like this?

Will I exist in a time like this? If someone like me can change,

If I can change, will I turn white?”

Eria walks onto the icy stage, and the stage is melting a bit quickly. The drips are shining through the sunshine before the sun fades away, and has her back on the crowd just like lopunny, before proceeding to turn and sing while closing her eyes,

“Am I dreaming now? Or seeing nothing?

My words are useless even if I speak. I'm just tired of being sad,

I should go on without feeling anything.”

“Even if you give me the words I'm at a loss for,

My heart just won't pay attention If I can move, if I change everything,

I’ll turn it all black!”

Her lopunny quickly hops into the action, before using one more Stealth Rock , as the rocks fly up into the air, and hit them with an ace of ice punch as, Eria didn’t move, before proceeding to uncover her eyes while holding the umbrella,

“If I move, if I move,

I’ll destroy everything, I’ll destroy everything. If I grieve, if I grieve,

Can my heart turn white?”

“And when it comes to you,  when it comes to me,

When it comes to all, I just don’t know a thing. If I can open my heavy eyelids,

If I break everything, then turn black!!!”

Then, the lights switched off, as the Stage was completely in darkness! Ashes charges up Thunder punch! The bunny springs into breaking the rocks which produced a shine to them before Ashes land down, Eria moves quickly to avoid the pelting rocks, as they were similar to crystals falling down from rain, as it fades away into the darkness. 

[hostoryfun]

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[riverfishmusic]

#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

[konpeitocoordinator]

@wintersolsticefestival hey here’s the junebug and her long mouse, all dressed up!

And there stood June, last but hopefully not least, with her Furret standing proudly next to her at full height. All six feet, not counting the tail fluff. What a long girl. Every now and then, she switched positions, climbing up June and curling around her shoulders like a cuddly scarf. Maybe she was playing up the cute factor too much, but the Furret chose to think of it as an “artistic liberty.” She wanted her first contest to be a hit!

Poppy wore a short red scarf with flower details stitched onto the ends, along with a cute red bow behind her left ear. It seems June combed a touch of glitter through the Furret’s lustrous coat as well, just for a little extra pizzazz. In fact, Poppy had insisted on it– all the recorded appeals June had shown her throughout their journey through Johto seemed to feature glitter as a common thread, even a badge of honor. The Furret couldn’t be more excited for her contest debut, so naturally she wanted to continue the sparkly tradition!

Meanwhile, June had dressed in a more traditional rendition of Red Riding Hood– a relatively simple white dress complete with petticoat and lace edging, and of course a red hood. It was more of a capelet, really, hitting at her waist, and the hood had faux fur trim in the same light beige as Poppy’s fur. To top it all off, she wore boots the same dark brown as her Furret’s stripes, and two matching red bows adorning each of her low pigtails.

Together, the pair of them looked like a couple of Little Red Riding Hoods, ready for a winter walk through the woods.

[wishcrafthenna]

Yesterday was awesome and super busy! Big thanks to #thecrystalmystic for letting me set up shop and spread the love for #healinghenna. Here's a picture of some of my favorites. Feeling super thankful and blessed right now ❤❤ #dragonhenna was inspired by @thehennafaerie and the middle left picture was originally designed by @tokomehndi . Great artists! Go show them some love! #hennadragon #seedoflifehenna #floweroflifehenna #penguinhenna #hennahands #hennaarm #metaphysicalshop #metaphysicalhealing #hennasanantonio #sanantoniohenna #wintersolsticefestival #wishcrafthenna #wishcraftdesigns (at The Crystal Mystic)

[shadowlyheroine-blog]

[dress up for @wintersolsticefestival! Added dabble bc uh. struggle noises] 

 Due to a lack of materials, Eria quickly compromised her black and brown outfit which was supposed to be original but, realized that she would be considered hogging the stage of her Lopunny, Ashes. She grabbed a shirt with a light purple sleeves and collar, before proceeding to put on the brown hat. 

 She doubled check for her lopunny’s outfit. Ashes’ outfit fitted prefect as if, her kicks couldn’t even tear the material apart which were made out of flexible material, and adjusted to the bunny’s size. Eria adjusted Ashe’s’ black and red hat, her ribbon to make sure its not too tight, and finally her glasses. 

 Their turn was coming up. Eria took a deep breathe before proceeding to walk the stage with their lopunny. She hoped for the best. She walked out to the stage, with her lopunny first and showing off proudly of their new outfits - handcrafted by her hands, and hope for the best. 

[hostoryfun]

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