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24 Solar Terms: 10 things you may not know about White Dew

2016-09-07 07:01

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24 Solar Terms: 10 things you may not know about White Dew

Fan Ansheng, 75, makes a swallow cart in Tancheng county, Linyi, Shandong province, Jan 10, 2012.[Photo/IC]

Playing with swallow carts

In Tancheng county, Shandong province, children play with swallow handcarts, a sharpened wooden cart in the shape of a swallow, on the first day of White Dew.

People of every household there can make this kind of wooden toy, which can even make pleasing sounds. Pushing the swallow cars while running can help the children resist coldness and improve their bodily constitutions.

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