China Folk Culture Record (Beijing, Mentougou District Volume)

Author: Liu Tieliang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2006-11-01
Features: For the first time in the nation, a unified campaign was launched to conduct emergency surveys on folk customs through real-world heritage and, documenting local folk culture records for all counties and districts. Based on a concrete understanding of the relationship between folk customs and local life, this initiative to write a new-style local folk culture record in the era of cultural transformation reflects a profound sense of cultural awareness—a soul-searching spiritual journey. The unified writing format of this record is called the "Symbolic Culture-Guided Folk Culture Record," designed to highlight the distinctive features of local folk culture, reveal the characteristics of local culture, and understand the expressive habits of local folk customs. It is hoped that this grand-scale record will help preserve and nurture the cultural roots upon which the Chinese nation has thrived.