Winter solstice instant of the solstice can be calculated, direct observation of the solstice by amateurs is impossible because the sun moves too slowly or appears to stand still (the meaning of "solstice"). However, by use of astronomical data tracking, the precise timing of its occurrence is now public knowledge. One cannot directly detect the precise instant of the solstice (by definition, one cannot observe that an object has stopped moving until one later observes that it has not moved further from the preceding spot, or that it has moved in the opposite direction). Further, to be precise to a single day,
Dump months saturated with high-profile domestic films, much as China itself informally excludes foreign-made films from the summer months. In February 2018 the Spring Festival period set new box office records for China. It had its highest-grossing week ever, at (US$890 billion); its highest single-day gross (US$200 million), and its highest attendance ever, with 30 million going to theaters at some point during the week in mid-month. "Monster Hunt 2" set the country's opening weekend record with receipts of (US$86 million). Dump months The dump months are what the film community calls the two periods of the year when there are lowered