Broker. Traveling Merchant. Money Changer: Chinese Folk Commercial Customs

Author: Wang Jing, Xu Xiaoya
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Chinese Folk Culture Series, searching through ancient books, local chronicles, and unofficial histories, collecting folk customs from various ethnic groups, conducting scientific research, revealing the various cultural aspects of the "living fossils" and "living antiquity" on the land of China. It presents traditional customs, meticulously researched naming customs, amusing social etiquette, time-honored family customs, bizarre official customs, sensational underworld customs, deeply ingrained habitual rules, diverse commercial customs, quaint transportation customs, and a variety of recreational folk customs, offering a grand display. It is indeed a treasure trove for readers seeking knowledge of folk culture.