On the first day of Start of Winter, people in Wuxi have a custom of eating tuanzi, a kind of traditional Chinese food made with rice. Most rural residents make tuanzi by themselves, while urban residents buy ready-made tuanzi. The tuanzi stuffing can be sweet bean paste, radish or lard.
立冬节气的第一天，无锡人有吃团子的习俗。团子是一种用大米（糯米）制成的中国传统食物。大多数农村居民都是自己做团子，城里人则购买现成的团子。团子馅儿可以是甜豆沙、萝卜或猪油。
Offering sacrifices to ancestors
祭祀祖先
The Start of Winter, when the autumn crops have been placed in storage, was the time of the festival for the people of the Manchu Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners in Benxi of Liaoning province. Incense was burned and sacrifices offered to ancestors. The Eight Banners (baqi) were administrative/military divisions during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
到了立冬，秋粮一入库，辽宁本溪满族八旗和汉军八旗人家就开始过节，燃香祭祖。八旗指的是清朝（1644-1911年）满族的行政区划或军队编制。
英文来源：中国日报网
翻译&编辑：丹妮
来源：中国日报网
