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Chinese Creeds And Customs
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Author : Valentine Rodolphe Buckhardt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28
Chinese Creeds And Customs written by Valentine Rodolphe Buckhardt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Social Science categories.
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 beautifully written and detailed work includes the rites practiced by the Manchu royal court and the rituals permitted under the Communist and Nationalist regimes, the festivals of working people and villagers as well as the ceremonies of the mandarins of Peking and Hong Kong, in all seasons of the year. He was especially close to the renowned Boat People of the former colony, and gives a unique account of life abroad the harbour junks and their sea-borne celebrations. Among the subjects dealt with are Chinese cuisine, the meaning of presents, secret societies, the Chinese calendar, cats (the Chinese prefer cats with yellow eyes), Chinese dress, jade carving, feng shui, etiquette, the hundreds of gods of house and wayside, temples and their guardians, and all the great festivals - those of the Moon, the Dragon Boats, the Hungry Ghosts, the Magnolia, the New Year and many more. Chinese creeds and customs were Burkhardt's passion, and no better account of them will ever be written.
Chinese Creeds Customs
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Author : Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Chinese Creeds Customs written by Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with China categories.
Chinese Creeds And Customs
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Author : Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Chinese Creeds And Customs written by Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with China categories.
Chinese Creeds And Customs
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Author : Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006
Chinese Creeds And Customs written by Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with China categories.
First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Chinese Creeds And Customs
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Author : Valentine Rodolphe Buckhardt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28
Chinese Creeds And Customs written by Valentine Rodolphe Buckhardt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Social Science categories.
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 beautifully written and detailed work includes the rites practiced by the Manchu royal court and the rituals permitted under the Communist and Nationalist regimes, the festivals of working people and villagers as well as the ceremonies of the mandarins of Peking and Hong Kong, in all seasons of the year. He was especially close to the renowned Boat People of the former colony, and gives a unique account of life abroad the harbour junks and their sea-borne celebrations. Among the subjects dealt with are Chinese cuisine, the meaning of presents, secret societies, the Chinese calendar, cats (the Chinese prefer cats with yellow eyes), Chinese dress, jade carving, feng shui, etiquette, the hundreds of gods of house and wayside, temples and their guardians, and all the great festivals - those of the Moon, the Dragon Boats, the Hungry Ghosts, the Magnolia, the New Year and many more. Chinese creeds and customs were Burkhardt's passion, and no better account of them will ever be written.
Chinese Creeds Customs
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Author : Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Chinese Creeds Customs written by Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with China categories.
Village And Family In Contemporary China
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Author : William L. Parish
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1980-08-15
Village And Family In Contemporary China written by William L. Parish and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-08-15 with History categories.
After 1949 the Chinese Communists carried out land reform, the collectivization of agriculture, and the formation of people's communes. The new economic and political organizations that emerged have made peasant life more comfortable and secure, but many economic and status differentials and traditional customs remain resistant to change. Focusing on rural Kwangtung province, William L. Parish and Martin King Whyte examine the rural work-incentive system, village equality and inequality, rural health care and education, marriage customs, and the position of women, among other topics, to determine what and how much of the traditional Chinese ways of life is left in Communist China.
The South China Boat People
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Author : Francis Robert Newbern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
The South China Boat People written by Francis Robert Newbern and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with categories.
The Five Happinesses Symbolism In Chinese Popular Art
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Author : Edouard Chavannes
language : en
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
Release Date : 1973
The Five Happinesses Symbolism In Chinese Popular Art written by Edouard Chavannes and has been published by Weatherhill, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Art categories.
Gardens Of A Chinese Emperor
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Author : Victoria M. Siu
language : en
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-12
Gardens Of A Chinese Emperor written by Victoria M. Siu and has been published by Lehigh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-12 with History categories.
The Garden of Perfect Brightness (Yuanming Yuan) in the western suburbs of the Quing capital, Beijing, was begun by the great Kangxi (r. 1661-1722) and expanded by his son, Yongzheng (r. 1722-1736) and brought to its greatest glory by his grandson, Qianlong (r. 1736-1796). A lover of literature and art, Qinglong sought an earthly reflection of his greatness in his Yuanming Yuan. For many years he designed and directed an elaborate program of garden arrangements. Representing two generations of painstaking research, this book follows the emperor as he ruled his empire from within his garden. In a landscape of lush plants, artificial mountains and lakes, and colorful buildings, he sought to represent his wealth and power to his diverse subjects and to the world at large. Having been looted and burned in the mid-nineteenth century by western forces, it now lies mostly in ruins, but it was the world’s most elaborate garden in the eighteenth century. The garden suggested a whole set of concepts—religious, philosophical, political, artistic, and popular—represented in landscape and architecture. Just as bonsai portrays a garden in miniature, the imperial Yuanming Yuan at the height of its splendor represented the Qing Empire in microcosm. Includes 62 color plates and 35 black & white photographs.