Prompt: Qiufen/Autumn Equinox
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chenqing_100This week's prompt is: Qiufen, or the Autumnal Equinox. When it does not directly coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival (as it doesn't this year), Qiufen is a quieter holiday while people across China prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is second only to the Lunar New Year in importance. Even so, Qiufen is observed as a time of harvest and harmony with nature and with one's community. Needless to say, this day is popular with farmers, or would-be farmers, and could thus give rise to a wealth of possibilities in an agrarian-based setting like MDZS/CQL.
This is one of our recurring annual prompts, which means that drabble sequences and drabble series are allowed, since these prompts have multiple or more complex concepts associated with them that warrant exploration in these longer formats. These formats are explained in this post, while the standard drabble formats are explained in the community rules.
You have until midnight your time on Friday, September 26, to answer this prompt. Please post your fills of the prompt as separate entries to the community (i.e. not replies to this entry), tagged with the prompt tag. You may post multiple standalone drabbles per entry in addition to drabble sequences and series.
As a reminder, this community has no official presence elsewhere. You are encouraged to share the prompt on social media, if you so desire. It may take me a bit to create the AO3 collection, so please be patient.
Also, I'm going to go ahead and drop a link to the prompt suggestions post here. New suggestions are always, always welcome.
This is one of our recurring annual prompts, which means that drabble sequences and drabble series are allowed, since these prompts have multiple or more complex concepts associated with them that warrant exploration in these longer formats. These formats are explained in this post, while the standard drabble formats are explained in the community rules.
You have until midnight your time on Friday, September 26, to answer this prompt. Please post your fills of the prompt as separate entries to the community (i.e. not replies to this entry), tagged with the prompt tag. You may post multiple standalone drabbles per entry in addition to drabble sequences and series.
As a reminder, this community has no official presence elsewhere. You are encouraged to share the prompt on social media, if you so desire. It may take me a bit to create the AO3 collection, so please be patient.
Also, I'm going to go ahead and drop a link to the prompt suggestions post here. New suggestions are always, always welcome.