Chinese Customs
Chinese Customs
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Chinese Customs by Xiang Wei
The background history and popular myths surrounding all the well-known festivals, including the Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, are explored and detailed in each colorful chapter.
China is a vast country, and consequently different customs and ways of looking at the world have gradually developed over the course of Chines history. As the saying goes, habits differ within a radius of ten miles and customs within a hundred miles. Therefore, if you travel thousands of miles you will find a huge difference in ways of living.
Huge number of customs have become established over the centuries through man generations' observance. Today these customs have become permanent traditions, ingrained in society as an integral part of Chinese culture.
"Chinese Customs has many details of the various festivals, zodiac, seasonal division points, culinary delights, customs and talismans of China. It is a wonderful book to learn a bit about the customs both now and traditionally." —Crafty Moms Share blog
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781602201040 |
| ISBN 10 | 1602201048 |
| Title | Chinese Customs |
| Author | Xiang Wei |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Shanghai Press |
| Year published | 2010-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 116 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |