Chinese taboos

Author: Xu Fengwen
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: China has a long history and boasts numerous "national treasures." How many ignorant, ugly, and dark vices have people not only tolerated with indifference but even admired and indulged in, unable to extricate themselves. Foot-binding and long hair, gambling, opium, prostitution, and male homosexuality—these customs, stained with the blood and tears of countless people, flourished for thousands of years. Strange? In fact, what you see in this book is merely an iceberg of the "grand spectacle of vulgar customs."