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).”
Huang Ruide is a Guangzhou-based photographer who specializes in folk customs and folk culture in China’s rural areas. He is a regular collaborator of TWOC’s photography section, and is one of the judges of TWOC’s “Most China” photo contest. You can find his other works on his WeChat platform, “Cold Photography (冷摄影).”
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Liu Jue is the co-managing editor of The World of Chinese Magazine. She has a Master of Arts in Communication from Middle Tennessee State University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Minzu University. She has been working for TWOC since 2012. She is interested in covering history, traditional culture, and Chinese language.
