626 Pages
by
Routledge
626 Pages
by
Routledge
626 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 2007. An encyclopaedic account of traditional Chinese festivals, customs and beliefs, lavishly illustrated with line drawings and paintings, this remarkable work by an Englishman who spent twenty years in China from the Imperial aftermath through the establishment of Communism, gives fascinating insights into a complex culture poised between past and present. Burckhardt's... Read more
New Year, The God of Wealth, New Year Customs, The Budding or 2nd Moon, The Feast of Excited Insects, The Beginning of Spring, The T'ien Hou Festival, The Fourth Moon, The Tam Kung Festival, The Ch'ing Ming Festival, The Dragon Boat Festival, The Lotus Moon, The Double Seventh, Festival of the Hungry Ghosts, The Moon Festival, The Moon and Marriage, The Mister Rabbit, The Harvest Moon, The Gods of the Measure, The Double Ninth, The Tenth M'oon, The Kindly Moon, The Eleventh Moon, The Bitter Moon, New Year Preliminaries, The New Year Fair, The Twelfth Month, Thanksgiving- Day, A Boat People's Wedding, Fortune-telling, Marriages Made in Heaven, Funerals, A Jlink-warming, Wedding Walk, The Chicken's Bride, Clairvoyance, The Meaning of Presents, The Chinese Cuisine, Betrothal and Wedding Customs, Symbolism in Chinese Art, Primitive Religion, The Star Gods, Feng SI1Ui, The Taoist Pope, A Chinese Bestiary, The Home Physician, Patron Saints, Moon Cakes, Secret Societies, The Earth Gods, The Eight Immortals, Purveyor to the Gods, Luck, Religion and the Chinese, Children in China, Burial Customs, Charms and Talismans; List of Illustrations; List of Plates
Biography
Valentine Rodolphe Buckhardt
