China
Chinese people celebrate the coming of spring
Source: CRI | 02-05-2009 09:05
Special Report: 2009 Spring Festival
![A woman in a village of Tangyin county, Henan province, is displaying some homemade "Chunping" or "Spring Pakcakes" on February 4, 2009, to mark "Lichun", literally known as the beginning of Spring, the first solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar. "Lichun" arrives each year on the first ninth day of the first lunar month on the Chinese calendar. Eating "chunping" is a custom to celebrate the arrival of the season. [Photo: cnsphoto]](http://www.cctv.com/english/20090205/images/1233795855887_1233795855887_r.jpg) |
| A woman in a village of Tangyin county, Henan province, is displaying some homemade "Chunping" or "Spring Pakcakes" on February 4, 2009, to mark "Lichun", literally known as the beginning of Spring, the first solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar. "Lichun" arrives each year on the first ninth day of the first lunar month on the Chinese calendar. Eating "chunping" is a custom to celebrate the arrival of the season. [Photo: cnsphoto] |
