Kid's watermelon feast signals autumn
(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2013-08-07 14:00 |
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A boy in Yangzhou of East China's Jiangsu province devours a piece of watermelon on August 6 in a community activity that honors an age-old folk tradition of embracing Liqiu, one of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms that marks the beginning of autumn by eating watermelons. It is hoped that the a comfortable, cool fall will follow.[Meng Delong/Asianewsphoto] |
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