Ay Tsao
Sweet Green Rice Ball
Tomorrow is China's tomb-sweeping day. The two pictures above are two distinctiveness in that day. We all know that folium artemisiae argyi is an valuable Chinese traditional medicine, and many families will hang a strand of ay tsao over their door to block bad luck.Sweet green rice ball is kind of snack. It is green because ay tsao juice is added.
Plum blossom(Mei hua in Chinese) is the city flower of Nanjing. Nanjing Meihuashan has more than 300 varieties of meihua, making it the leading one of the four major meihua planting areas in China. The China International Festival of Meihua is held every spring, during which time tens of millions people will go to the meihuashan to enjoy the splendid flower. Meihua have always been the theme of the poetry of Chinese famous poets such as Libai.
Come to China, come to Nanjing.
