Chinese Festivals

Liming Wei (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

146 Seiten

2011 | 3rd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-18659-9 (ISBN)

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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 of modern and traditional Chinese culture.

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.

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.

Introduction; 1. Traditional festivals; 2. Statutory festivals; 3. Festivals of the Chinese people; Appendix: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.8.2011
Reihe/Serie	Introductions to Chinese Culture
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 105 Halftones, color
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 230 mm
Gewicht	280 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-521-18659-5 / 0521186595
ISBN-13	978-0-521-18659-9 / 9780521186599
Zustand	Neuware