In this edition, I am writing about folk customs with help from scholars Richard Sweterlitsch and Wayland Hand, author Naomi Novik, and friends Vigdís Andersen and Sveinn Svavarsson, among others.

2022年2月1日 · Open Firecracker is a custom in folk China. The first thing for Chinese families on the morning of the first day is to set off firecrackers, so as to ring out the old year and usher in the new.

In Taoism and ancient folk custom, the Gods of the Door, are among the most popular gods for ancient Chinese people. They are in a pair, usually in the images of the deified generals of the Tang Dynasty (618 -907) – Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong.

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2024年2月27日 · Youshen, a colorful traditional folk custom from southeastern China, has recently become a hot topic among online users and young Chinese across the country. Literally means “Wandering Gods” in Chinese, Youshen is a folk tradition of rural Fujian and Guangdong with a history dating back hundreds of years.

Depictions of these deities by anonymous artists and artisans in ancient China appear in the folk prints, a unique and popular art form, which has survived all perils and remained as a jewel in the treasure house of traditional Chinese culture and art.

elated social norms and customs. The first part begins with an elaboration of the central Chinese concept Li ( 礼), which carries a wide range of connotations including not only rites and rituals, but also what are generally concerned as good manners, appropriate behavior and …

2022年8月26日 · "Traditional Chinese Folk Customs provides the reader with a kaleidoscopic view of social and cultural phenomena in various different areas and ethnic communities in China, in both ancient times and the present.

Chinese folk customs are a part of Chinese culture. Here we will introduce Chinese marriage customs, funeral customs, festival customs, eating customs, daily life customs, business activities customs, etc.

Folk customs reflect the life of the Chinese 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 taken …