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Festivities Of The New Year

May 7, 2013

Preceding days On the eighth day of the lunar month prior to Chinese New Year, a traditional porridge known as làbāzhōu is served in remembrance "of an ancient festival, called Là, that occurred shortly after the ...

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Grandpa Rabbit Is a Clay Rabbit Figurine

Dec 6, 2012

Grandpa Rabbit, or "Tu Yer" in Chinese, is a clay rabbit figurine said to be modeled after the legendary Jade Rabbit pounding medicine on the moon. It's an age-old folk toy and a mascot in Beijing. According to legend, once, a ...

Tags: clay rabbit figurine, age-old folk toy, mascot in Beijing

The Introduce of Wenzhou Wedding Rituals

Dec 5, 2012

Wenzhou, a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang Province was once a prosperous foreign treaty port, and remains well-preserved today. The Local Chronicles of Wenzhou record the city's often extravagant and always fascinating ...

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Temple-Fair Plays, Private Theatricals, Occupational Plays, and Seasonal Plays in Shanghai

Dec 5, 2012

In Shanghai, the performing conventions constitute an important part of the urban customs. They incorporate the customs, beliefs and habits which have been accumulated during the artists' long-term performance. As an embodiment of national ...

Tags: temple-fair plays, private theatricals, occupational plays

The Patchwork Is a Traditional Folk Art in West China

Dec 5, 2012

The patchwork is a traditional folk art in which a painting is created with cotton cloth and threads by hand stitching. The art with a distinctive local flavor is popular in north Shaanxi area in west China. The embryonic form of ...

Tags: patchwork, folk arts, handicraft

Activities Carried out by Taiwanese During Spring Festival Would Start with a Dinner

Dec 5, 2012

Spring Festival is the most ceremonious traditional festival with the longest history in China. Taiwan, which faces Fujian Province across the sea, is similar to Chinese mainland (especially the south region in Fujian Province) in terms of ...

Tags: Spring Festival, traditional festival, tradition

Festival Falls on Every Month in Taiyuan Region in Ancient Times

Dec 5, 2012

Festival falls on every month in Taiyuan region in ancient times. However, Spring Festival is the most solemn and jollified festival with the most intense flavors. After "sacrificing to the Kitchen God", every family would be busy making ...

Tags: Festival falls, sacrificing to the Kitchen God, tradition

Spring Festival in Shanghai Is Not So Traditional as That in Beijing

Dec 5, 2012

Spring Festival in Shanghai is not so traditional as that in Beijing. Spring Festival here has its own features. After "sacrificing to the Kitchen God", every family would be busy making preparations for Spring Festival. They would buy ...

Tags: Spring Festival in Shanghai, Kitchen God, custom

Gifts Symbolizing Wealth and Good Fortune

Dec 5, 2012

For more than 5,000 years, people have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. The two-week festival marks the start of the lunar calendar and is the most important of Chinese holidays. Festivities start with the new moon on the first day of ...

Tags: Chinese New Year, food customs, chinese holidays

The Walking Marriage Widely Adopted by The Mosuo People Is a Unique Marriage Custom

Nov 29, 2012

The walking marriage widely adopted by the Mosuo people of China is a unique marriage custom that is deeply related to its social and cultural traditions of the matrilineal family system. In a walking marriage, the couples do not marry to ...

Tags: walking marriage, Mosuo people, folk customs

Chinese New Year Is The Biggest Holiday in China

Nov 29, 2012

Scene of Chinese New Year festivity inside the cave in northern Shaanxi. Chinese New Year,also known as the Spring Festival,is the biggest holiday in China.Recorded in Li Ji-Yue Ling,Chinese New Year is the time when"air pressure of ...

Tags: folk arts, festivities, Chinese New Year

The Minor New Year Is a Day for Offering Sacrifices to The Kitchen God

Nov 29, 2012

The Minor New Year's Day, or the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month of each year, is a day for offering sacrifices to the kitchen god and doing a thorough cleaning. The custom has been around since former times. It is also a day marking ...

Tags: Chinese tradition, traditional activity, Chinese culture, Chinese customs

Folk Customs Reflect The Life of The People

Nov 28, 2012

Folk customs reflect the life of the people -- their habits and customs, ideologies and beliefs, social activities and the like. Traditionally, folk customs and folk arts have been congenial twins. since the New Stone Age, folk arts have ...

Tags: paper charms, Paper Joss, Folk customs, Paper, crafts, arts, china culture

Temple Fair Was Originally a Showing Activity Entertaining The People

Nov 28, 2012

Temple fair was originally a showing activity entertaining the people by the Buddhism and Taoism organizations in order to transmit the tenet and increase votary, with the attractive recreation performance such as dances, drama and ...

Tags: Chinese tradition, traditional activity, Chinese culture, Chinese customs

In Chinese Culture,Tradition Is Not Just The Most Important Thing,It Is The Only Thing

Nov 28, 2012

Over a century ago, Oscar Wilde joked that America's only tradition was its youth. This was a distinctly European joke; Asians could not have found it funny. In Chinese culture, tradition is not just the most important thing, it is the only ...

Tags: Chinese tradition, traditional festival, Chinese culture

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