Six Dynasties Folk Customs

Author: Zhang Chengzong
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book strives to combine historical research with folkloric research, conducting collaborative studies between history and folklore. It attempts to include as many folk customs as possible to demonstrate that the general populace is the subject of history. However, due to limitations in materials and scope, the book focuses on several key aspects of folklore, while topics such as material production folklore, folk technology, and folk language are not thoroughly discussed. Considering that "the ideology of the ruling class is the dominant ideology in its time," the rituals that serve as behavioral norms for the ruling class and the various measures to standardize customs have a significant influence on the people of every era, nation, and region. Therefore, while depicting folk customs, the book also appropriately touches upon rituals and customs.