Talk:Xiazhi

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 13:48, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

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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)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan
  • Comment: Special date request: June 21, date of Xiazhi in 2023.

Created by Mx. Granger (talk). Self-nominated at 17:20, 27 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Xiazhi; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• 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)

  @Chidgk1: Thanks for the review – I've expanded the cites with the trans-title parameter and some other parameters. Please let me know what you think. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 14:16, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Great - good to go — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chidgk1 (talk • contribs) 16:11, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

@Chidgk1: Thanks! Is the special date request approved too? —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 02:58, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

fine by me but I guess that is up to the people scheduling Chidgk1 (talk) 11:59, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

@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)