Taipei Times
Date: Feb 20, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan  /  Staff reporter

To mark the beginning of spring showers, Council of Agriculture Minister Lin Tsung-hsien (林聰賢) yesterday led council officials in planting rice seedlings at a field in Yilan County.

According to the 24 solar terms (二 十 四節氣) that farmers in ancient China used to guide their agricultural activities, spring showers present a good time for plowing fields and sowing seeds, as the weather becomes warmer and rainfall increases.

This year’s spring showers started yesterday and continue until the beginning of next month.

Lin, along with council officials, yesterday worshiped the gods and planted rice seedlings on a field owned by Lo San-peng (羅三朋), who grows organic rice in the county’s Suao Township (蘇澳).    [FULL  STORY]