Celebrating the Shangsi Festival in historic building
The city of Taicang, Jiangsu province celebrated the Shangsi (Double Third) Festival, which points to the importance of personal hygiene in preventing diseases, with traditional entertainment inside the former residence of Wang Xijue, a top government official from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
The festival is traditionally held on the third day of the third lunar month and dates back to the Three Kingdoms period (220-280), with people going on an outing by water and having a picnic and wearing or holding an orchids. This year it fell on April 9.
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Girls try to get an arrow into a vase from a distance for a Shangsi Festival celebration in the former residence of Wang Xijue, in Taicang, Jiangsu province, on April 9. [Photo from Taicangdaily.com] |
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Girls play a game with crosses made of blades of grass during Shangsi Festival celebration in the former residence of Wang Xijue, in Taicang, Jiangsu province, on April 9. [Photo from Taicangdaily.com] |
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A man practices archery skills during a Shangsi Festival celebration in the former residence of Wang Xijue, in Taicang, Jiangsu province, on April 9. [Photo from Taicangdaily.com] |
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Residents are dressed in traditional Chinese clothing for a Shangsi Festival celebration in the former residence of Wang Xijue, in Taicang, Jiangsu province, on April 9. [Photo from Taicangdaily.com] |
