Blessings by the Cradle: Chinese Birth Ceremony

Author: Xing Li
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: A book that illustrates the origin of life and birth rituals. It includes deities of fertility such as Fuxi, Nuwa, Guanyin, and Zhang Xian, as well as legendary stories like the Qilin delivering babies and building bridges to seek offspring. From customs like pressing the sedan chair, worshiping heaven and earth, eating red eggs, and scattering rice during weddings to seek fertility, to the elaborate rituals after birth such as the "washing the third day," "grasping the week," "full moon," and "one hundred days," it presents a vibrant and colorful tapestry of customs at the beginning of life.