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Culture Insider: 9 things you may not know about Start of Spring

By (chinadaily.com.cn)
2016-02-04

Culture Insider: 9 things you may not know about Start of Spring

A paper-cut of the Chinese character "spring". [Photo/IC]

Posting spring calligraphy and paintings

The custom of posting calligraphy and paintings on one's door in the spring first appeared during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). People would do so to welcome spring and pray for good luck on the first day of Start of Spring.

Hechi is located in the northwestern part of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and the southern foothills of the Yungui Plateau.