A Life of Rites and Music: Cultivating Your Gentlemanly Demeanor

Author: Peng Lin
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book is compiled based on the author's speeches at Phoenix TV, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Sichuan University, and other institutions. By tracing the development of Chinese ritual and musical civilization, it introduces the core content of this cultural tradition. Referring to the humiliating history of modern China and the practical needs of contemporary China, and drawing on the author's decades of research and teaching in ritual studies, the book aims to correct the arrogance and prejudice of modern people towards traditional rituals. It argues for the importance and urgency of correctly inheriting and creating Chinese ritual norms in awakening cultural consciousness and reshaping the national image. This book is compiled based on the author's speeches at Phoenix TV, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Sichuan University, and other institutions. By tracing the development of Chinese ritual and musical civilization, it introduces the core content of this cultural tradition. Referring to the humiliating history of modern China and the practical needs of contemporary China, and drawing on the author's decades of research and teaching in ritual studies, the book aims to correct the arrogance and prejudice of modern people towards traditional rituals. It argues for the importance and urgency of correctly inheriting and creating Chinese ritual norms in awakening cultural consciousness and reshaping the national image. This is a popular book introducing Chinese ritual and musical civilization, suitable for school administrators, teachers, students and their parents, personnel engaged in China-foreign cultural exchange, as well as a broad readership concerned with the inheritance of Chinese ritual and musical civilization.