The Chinese Way of Life is quite unique and very different from that of Western cultures in both Traditional and Modern China. Come and take a look! Traditional Way of Life Like all societies of the past, Traditional China had a ...
Jequirity (love pea) Jequirity is an old keepsake representing that two loves miss each other. It is said that a man went out for a battle in ancient China, and his wife leaned against a tree to pray for her husband every day. She ...
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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 ...
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Chinese calendar. It's called "Spring Begins", which literally means the beginning of spring. Thereafter the day usually gets longer and warmer. The solar term is divided from the viewpoint of astronomy; however, for the folks, "Spring ...
In ancient China, the burial custom is a matter taken very seriously. People always prepared their own coffins and burial sites when they were alive. They believed that there was life after death and they wanted to bury in coffins to ...
Fifty children dressed in Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) clothes attend a Rupan ceremony at Wansong Academy in Hangzhou. A Rupan ceremony was a tradition in ancient China for a child starting his or her school life.
In China, the Double Seventh Festival, or Ingenuity-begging Festival (the festival to plead for skills) falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. The festival originates from the legend of the loyal love between ...