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A Peculiar and Popular Custom in Shanxi
Dec 6, 2012
In Yuncheng, Shanxi, there is a peculiar and popular custom. When the son is getting married, the color red or black shall be daubed to the faces of his parents. When a grandson is born, the same thing shall be done to the grandparents. ...

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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 ...

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On The Chinese New Year,Families in China Decorate Their Front Doors with Poetic Couplets
Nov 28, 2012
On the Chinese New Year, families in China decorate their front doors with poetic couplets of calligraphy written with fragrant India ink, expressing the feeling of life's renewal and the return of spring. It is said that spring ...

Tags: spring couplets, fragrant India ink, calligraphic writing