Things you don't know about the oil-seed camellia park President Xi visited

14:56, September 18, 2019

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  8 things you may not know about Autumn Equinox

  Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn into two equal parts. After that day, the location of direct sunlight moves to the south, making days shorter and nights longer in the northern hemisphere. The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Autumn Equinox, (Chinese: 秋分), the 16th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 23 and ends on Oct 7. Here are 8 things you should know about Autumn Equinox. (Photo: VCG)As it is said in the ancient book, The Detailed Records of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), It is on Autumn Equinox day that the Yin and Yang are in a balance of power. Thus the day and night are of equal length, and so are the cold and hot weather. By Autumn Equinox, most of the areas in China have entered the cool autumn. When the cold air heading south meets the declining warm and wet air, precipitation is the result. The temperature also drops frequently. (Photos: IC)In this season, crab is delicious. It helps nourish the marrow and clear heat inside the body. In South China, there is a custom popularly known as having Qiucai (an autumn vegetable) on the Autumn Equinox day. Qiucai is a kind of wild amaranth. Every Autumn Equinox day, all the villagers go to pick Qiucai in the wild. Qiucai is verdant in the field, thin, and about 20 cm in length. Qiucai is taken back and made into soup with fish, called Qiutang (autumn soup). By Autumn Equinox, olives, pears, papayas, chestnuts, beans, and other plants enter their phase of maturation. It is time to pick and eat them.The Autumn Equinox is the time to smell the fragrance of osmanthus. At this time, it is hot in the day and cool at night in South China, so people have to wear a single layer when it is hot, and lined clothing when it is cool. This period is named Guihuazheng in Chinese, which means osmanthus mugginess. Autumn Equinox also is a good time to enjoy chrysanthemums in full bloom.On Autumn Equinox day, thousands of people...

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  Things to know about the achievement exhibit in Beijing

  File Photo: Beijing Exhibition CenterChina will hold a large-scale exhibit on the achievements of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) in the past seven decades at the Beijing Exhibition Center.Its part of the activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the PRCs founding.According to an official announcement, the exhibit has three features.First, it will highlight the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), by setting the important decisions and deployment from Partys national congress and major meetings as the main line.Second, the displays will be people-oriented. The CPC comes from the people, fights for the people, and prospers because of the people.In addition to the major state historical affairs, significant pillars and inventions of the country, many items that tell of changes in the lives of ordinary people will be displayed, such as the first generation of chemical fiber products, the first farmhouseresort, the abolition of food coupons, and the "toilet revolution.”Visitors will also see the scenes of wedding room in the 1950s and the houses of urban and rural households in the early days of reform and opening up.Third, there is a lot of innovation in the exhibits. The exhibit will serve as a time tunnel which can evoke resonance of people of all ages.With the help of product components, sand table models and other physical objects, 150 "firsts" obtained in related fields in the past 70 years will be displayed.There are also walls of models, on which the heroic figures emerged in the past 70 years are introduced, demonstrating the spirit of hard working and struggling upheld by Chinese nation.

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  Traditions you may not know about Mid-Autumn Festival in China

  Families reunite before the moon at Mid-Autumn Festival. People put out offerings to worship the "god of the moon" during Mid-Autumn Festival.