Children greet upcoming ‘Lixia’ in E China’s Zhejiang

2018-05-05
Xinhua

Children paint on eggs to participate in an egg knocking competition marking the upcoming “Lixia”, or beginning of summer, at a kindergarten in Lijiaxiang township, Changxing county of East China’s Zhejiang province, May 4, 2018. “Lixia” marks the seventh solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar. It is a folk custom for local people to greet “Lixia”, which falls on May 5 this year.[Photo/Xinhua]

Children participate in an egg knocking competition to mark the upcoming “Lixia”, or beginning of summer, at a kindergarten in Lijiaxiang township, Changxing county of East China’s Zhejiang province, May 4, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

Children are served with festival cuisine to mark the upcoming “Lixia”, or beginning of summer, at a kindergarten in Lijiaxiang township, Changxing county of East China’s Zhejiang province, May 4, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua]

Children are weighed to mark the upcoming “Lixia”, or beginning of summer, at a kindergarten in Lijiaxiang township, Changxing county of East China’s Zhejiang province, May 4, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua]

Children participate in an egg knocking competition to mark the upcoming “Lixia”, or beginning of summer, at a kindergarten in Lijiaxiang township, Changxing county of East China’s Zhejiang province, May 4, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua]

Children learn to make festival cuisine to mark the upcoming “Lixia”, or beginning of summer, at a kindergarten in Lijiaxiang township, Changxing county of East China’s Zhejiang province, May 4, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]