Bow. Kowtow. Genuflect: Traditional Chinese social etiquette

Author: Yu Yunhua
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Chinese Folk Culture Series, searching through ancient books, local records, and unofficial histories, compiling folk customs materials from various ethnic groups, conducting scientific research, revealing the various cultural aspects of the "living fossils" and "living ancient times" on the land of China, showing us all aspects of traditional customs: the colorful marriage customs, the meticulous naming customs, the amusing social etiquette, the long-standing family customs, the bizarre official customs, the shocking underworld customs, the deeply rooted habitual laws, the diverse commercial customs, the quaint traffic customs, and the varied folk arts customs, all of which are spectacular, truly a treasure trove for readers seeking knowledge of folk culture.