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\nEvery Beijing would say, “\u00e6\u00ad\u00a3\u00e6\u0153\u02c6\u00e5\u008d\u0081\u00e4\u00ba\u201d\u00e9\u203a\u00aa\u00e6\u2030\u201c\u00e7\u0081\u00af (On the 1st full moon of the new year, the lanterns are covered with snow).”<\/p>\n
\nThis is a unusually warm winter in Beijing. On March 2nd, two days before the new moon, it was 15\u00c2\u00b0C. I was arguing with a long-time Beijinger, “There is no way it is going to snow.” It rained the next day. On the morning of March 4th, the full moon's day, I pulled open the drapes and saw the city covered in white. “Indeed,” I said to myself. “Indeed it snowed.”
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\nChinese always have a special food for each festival. On Lantern's Festival, we have \u00e6\u00b1\u00a4\u00e5\u0153\u2020 (TangYuan, a ball of sticky rice shell and sweet fillings, usually sesame paste). Historically, the intellectual will hang a puzzle under the lantern. Those who can solve it will take the puzzle down, announce the answer, and get a prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every Beijing would say, “\u00e6\u00ad\u00a3\u00e6\u0153\u02c6\u00e5\u008d\u0081\u00e4\u00ba\u201d\u00e9\u203a\u00aa\u00e6\u2030\u201c\u00e7\u0081\u00af (On the 1st full moon of the new year, the lanterns are covered with snow).” This is a unusually warm winter in Beijing. On March 2nd, two days before the new moon, it was 15\u00c2\u00b0C. … Continue reading