歷史上的今天:12月22日

UN Secretary-General
1971- the United Nations General Assembly voted to ratify the election of Kurt Waldheim to be Secretary-General.
聯合國祕書長
1971年的今天，聯合國大會投票選舉庫爾特·瓦爾德海姆爲祕書長。

the Brandenburg Gate crossing was opened
1989-the Brandenburg Gate crossing was opened when Helmut Kohl, the West German chancellor, walked through to be greeted by Hans Modrow, the East German prime minister.]
勃蘭登堡門開放
1989年的今天，西德總理的赫爾穆特·科爾走過勃蘭登堡門受到東德總理漢斯·莫德羅的歡迎，標誌着勃蘭登堡門開放。

Poland's first popularly elected president
1990- Lech Walesa took the oath of office as Poland's first popularly elected president.
波蘭第一位民選總統
1990年的今天，波蘭歷史上第一位民選總統列赫·瓦文薩宣誓就職。

The Winter Solstice Festival
As early as 2,500 years ago, about the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), China had determined the point of Winter Solstice by observing movements of the sun with a sundial. It is the earliest of the 24 seasonal division points. The time will be each December 21 or 22 according to the Gregorian calendar.
冬至
早在二千五百多年前的春秋時代（公元前770-476），我國已經用土圭觀測太陽測定出冬至來了，它是二十四節氣中最早制訂出的一個。時間在每年的陽曆12月22日或者23日之間。

The Northern hemisphere on this day experiences the shortest daytime and longest nighttime. After the Winter Solstice, days will become longer and longer，so it should be Winter Solstice became a festival during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) and thrived in the Tang and Song dynasties (618-1279).
冬至是北半球全年中白天最短、黑夜最長的一天，過了冬至，白天就會一天天變長，所以需要慶祝。冬至過節源於漢代（公元前206-公元220），盛於唐宋（618-1279）。