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

Updated: 2016-02-04 10:25

(chinadaily.com.cn)

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.