Erecting eggs to greet vernal equinox
2010-03-22 08:21:46 GMT2010-03-22 16:21:46 (Beijing Time)
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A man and his child erect eggs in Heze, east China's Shandong Province, March 21, 2010. It is a tradition in many places of China to erect eggs on vernal equinox. It is said that due to the sun's equidistant position between the poles of the earth on the first day of the spring, special gravitational forces apply. (Xinhua)
A woman and her child erect eggs in Heze, east China's Shandong Province, March 21, 2010. (Xinhua)
Children erect eggs in Xinaiying Kindergarten in Tancheng County in Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, March 21, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunlei)
Children erect eggs in Xinaiying Kindergarten in Tancheng County in Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, March 21, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunlei)
It is a tradition in many places of China to erect eggs on vernal equinox. It is said that due to the sun's equidistant position between the poles of the earth on the first day of the spring, special gravitational forces apply.
