Spectacular lantern displays and a series of carnivals involving lighting lanterns, folk dances and lantern riddles were organized across China on the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first lunar month, which fell on Saturday in 2024.
Kuan is one of the earliest examples of paper money, which China began printing in the late 1300s. Pitt’s East Asian Library had an original Kuan note on display for visitors to see during their open house event Wednesday afternoon. “There was a shortage of copper, and so they started to print money on something.
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