Women's Cultural Chats

Author: Mao Xiuyue
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Do you know which "three aunts" and "six maids" the term "three aunts and six maids" refers to? Do you know the origins of "human face and peach blossoms," "Wutong Rain," and "Xiangfei Bamboo"? How did Bai Juyi compose the line "The cuckoo's cry resembles weeping, the bamboo is stained like blood"? Why do brides wear veils? Why did Empress Dowager Cixi prefer being called "Old Buddha"? Among these interesting phenomena, there is actually an endless amount of cultural connotation related to women.