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... that in ancient China, Xiazhi was the day to sprinkle chrysanthemum ashes on wheat plants? Source:『鿄人宗懍在「荊楚歲時記」中記載:「夏至取菊爲灰以止小麥蠹。」相傳在夏至當天,民間必須將菊葉燒成灰,然後將灰洒在小麥上,小麥就不會遭到病蟲害的侵擾,原因大概是菊葉含有一種殺菌的成分所致。』(offline source: 中國節日的故事 pp. 159-160)
Was 120 words and now over 600 so has been expanded 5X. Earwig finds no copybio. Hook interesting for me and put above Chinese text in Google translate to check it. @Mx. Granger: Could you possibly expand the cites a little - for example by using the trans-title parameter? Chidgk1 (talk) 13:12, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Mx. Granger and Chidgk1: The word Nowadays appears twice in the article. It is ok for oral communication but it is very informal, and so not great for an encyclopedia article. I hope that you will replace the word. Lightburst (talk) 13:46, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]