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Chinese Festivals

Chinese Festivals

Chinese Festivals

3rd Edition
September 2011
Available
Paperback
9780521186599
$27.99
USD
Paperback

    One of the most distinctive features of Chinese culture is the great variety of unique festivals that has evolved over the course of China's long history. Chinese festivals are deeply rooted in popular tradition and despite China's many changes they remain firmly established as part of the country's vibrant culture. Chinese Festivals introduces a representative selection of these celebrated traditions with full color illustrations, providing a flavor of the diversity and development of traditional Chinese culture.

    • An accessible introduction to the diverse and vibrant culture of Chinese festivals
    • Written by a Chinese expert whose work is not widely available outside of China
    • Full color illustrations support the discussion throughout

    Product details

    September 2011
    Paperback
    9780521186599
    146 pages
    230 × 156 × 9 mm
    0.28kg
    105 colour illus. 1 table
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • 1. Traditional festivals
    • 2. Statutory festivals
    • 3. Festivals of the Chinese people
    • Appendix: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.
      Author
    • Liming Wei

      Wei Liming was born in Beijing in 1950. She has worked for the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and written for Beijing Review magazine. She has published widely on the subject of Chinese culture and China's ancient civilization.