chanting in the cave

Xiangdu Shuangjiang Festival

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October 23rd 2013
Shuangjiang is one of the 24 solar term represented different climate in a year. indicated that Autumn is over and Winter is right at the doorstep. Shuangjiang mean the "first frost", from this day on...temperature begin to fall, in some region might even get frost phenomenon. The only celebration I could find that related to Shuangjiang is in Xialei and Tiandeng county, both are inside Xiongzuo d ... read more

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