24 Solar Terms: 9 things you may not know about Start of Spring
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-02-03 06:08
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Image of Gou Mang, the god of Spring. [Photo/gmw.cn] |
Welcoming spring
People in 皇冠体育app began holding a special ceremony on the first day of Start of Spring about 3,000 years ago. They made sacrifices to Gou Mang, the god of Spring, who is in charge of agriculture. By the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), greeting spring had become an important folk activity. In Beijing, government officials welcomed spring in the wild field near Dongzhimen (the east gate of Beijing).
