Surname. Title. Nickname: Chinese naming customs

Author: Wang Zeshu
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Chinese Folk Culture Series, searching through ancient books, gazetteers, and local histories, compiling folk customs materials from various ethnic groups, conducting scientific research, revealing the "living fossils" and "living ancient" cultures on the land of China, showcasing traditional customs, engaging social etiquette, long-standing family customs, bizarre official customs, sensational underworld customs, deeply ingrained habitual rules, diverse commercial customs, quaint transportation customs, and varied traveling folk customs, presenting a grand panorama, truly a treasure trove for readers seeking folk culture knowledge.
The Chinese Folk Culture Series, searching through ancient books, gazetteers, and local histories, compiling folk customs materials from various ethnic groups, conducting scientific research, revealing the "living fossils" and "living ancient" cultures on the land of China, showcasing traditional customs, engaging social etiquette, long-standing family customs, bizarre official customs, sensational underworld customs, deeply ingrained habitual rules, diverse commercial customs, quaint transportation customs, and varied traveling folk customs, presenting a grand panorama, truly a treasure trove for readers seeking folk culture knowledge.
"The customs differ five miles apart, and the customs differ ten miles apart." China has a long history, vast territory, and numerous ethnic groups. Each region and ethnic group has its own unique customs, forming a magnificent spectacle.
Regarding Chinese folk culture, there were no specialized books in ancient times, with only occasional references in gazetteers and ancient writings. Especially for the folk customs of ethnic minorities, most were not recorded. However, ancient books are vast, not everyone can read them all; with so many ethnic groups, not everyone can conduct field research.
Understanding Chinese folk culture is crucial, whether for small matters like navigating society and handling personal affairs to achieve life goals, or for larger matters like familiarizing oneself with national conditions and public sentiments, promoting cultural change, and building socialist spiritual civilization.