Fading Nostalgia – Vanishing Folk Customs

Author: Qi Dongye, Lu Xianwen
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Publish Date: 2007-03-01
Features: Life without customs is hard to imagine, but precisely because we are immersed in them every moment, we often take them for granted. Since customs are inseparable from us, we forget them—just as fish forget rivers, birds forget forests, and insects forget grasslands. This book primarily covers the Spring Festival, including: Spring Festival, firecrackers, couplets, door gods, New Year cleaning, Kitchen God, New Year pictures, window decorations, tying red headbands, having the New Year's Eve dinner, staying up late, visiting relatives, lion dancing, dragon lantern performances, high-kicking, lighting sky lanterns, drumming, playing the mountain horn, Zhong Kui, worshipping gods, lantern festivals, riddle guessing, eating Tangyuan, visiting flower markets, admiring ice lanterns, New Year cards, dragon summoning, Shорию, March 3rd, Qingming Festival.