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53 Jiangsu Glimpses
“Spring Niushou”
—— Geng Chunxiao
In Nanjing, there is an old proverb about the recommended endar of Nanjing people. This habit can even be traced back
travel destinations in different seasons - Spring Niushou; Autumn to the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420) . In ancient documents
Qixia. It means that Nanjing people have the habit of going to and poems, it is written that a large number of people came
Niushou Mountain for spring outing and going to Qixia Moun- to Niushou Mountain for the spring outing. It can be seen that
tain to appreciate the maple of autumn. the spring outing to see Niushou twin peaks has become an
important seasonal folk custom. In 2007, "Spring Niushou"
The "Spring Niushou" outing can almost be written into the cal- was included in the first batch of Nanjing's intangible cultural
