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Photo Credit: Huang Ruide
TRADITIONAL CULTURE

How One Village Sows the Seeds of Wealth at Lunar New Year

The people of Fengxi village celebrate the Lunar New Year with a unique folk ritual involving sugarcane, deities, and fire

Villagers of Fengxi, eastern Guangdong province, are firm believers in the idea that “You reap what you sow.” That’s why during the Lunar New Year’s celebrations they “plant money (种钱).”

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