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Temple Fair and Silkworm Custom Silkworm Flower

Wuzhen

Wuzhen
Tongxiang, China

During Qingming Festival, people will hold silkworm temple fair in Wuzhen. Women will wear paper or silk made silkworm flowers to pray for the harvest of cocoon. Initially, people come to the fair just to burn incense, and later it slowly developed into a temple fair attracting various traders and acrobatics, which remain alive today. Nowadays the silkworm temple fair becomes more joyful, and is a good chance for young people to find the loved one.

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  • Title: Temple Fair and Silkworm Custom Silkworm Flower
  • Type: Customs
Wuzhen

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