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By Yan-Kit So
Published 1992
These Days spring rolls are eaten all over the world, and there are Thai and Vietnamese ones, besides the Chinese, from which they all evolved. Few, perhaps, are familiar with the story of their origin. One of the first important dates in the Chinese lunar calendar, which is geared to the agricultural cycle of sowing and harvesting of crops, is called Lichun or ‘the beginning of spring’, which falls around 5 February. By the Tang dynasty (AD 618–907), it was customary to mark the day with c