独一无二, 无尽的爱

I am using my neighbour’s wifi network without his knowledge to post this. Hope he doesn’t disconnect halfway through the post. I will only have my internet connection working some time next week. :(

Well, it looks like my friends like to let me know about festivities. Today is apparently 立春 (li chun), or the beginning of spring. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 315° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 330°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 315°. In Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around February 4 and ends around February 18 (February 19 East Asia time).

Lichun signifies the beginning of spring in East Asian cultures. Chinese New Year is celebrated around the time. Farmers often celebrate the beginning of Lichun with special village events, worships and offerings to gods and ceremonies for a blissful and prosperous new year. In Northern China, people eat chūnbǐng (春餅 spring pancake/ spring roll) on this day.

Here’s a link to making the 春饼. Even though it is in Chinese, you just need to see the series of pictures to understand what’s going on. (Aadil, I know you don’t like food pictures in blogs, too bad for u :D)

Pictures taken from eat.sina.com.cn