Traditional Chinese Folk Customs

Zhengming DU (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

130 Seiten

2015 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4438-7260-7 (ISBN)

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Traditional Chinese Folk Customs provides the reader with a kaleidoscopic view of social and cultural phenomena in various different areas and ethnic communities in China, in both ancient times and the present. Although the extent to which such old customs are still prevalent in Chinese society today varies, these traditions have had an undeniable impact on the contemporary Chinese way of life. Furthermore, given the growing consciousness of the importance of protecting traditional cultures, a number of folk customs that had once fallen to the verge of extinction are now being recovered, while others are still often found in Chinese literary works even if they have fallen out of common usage. As such, this book offers interesting insights into an often overlooked aspect of Chinese culture.

Professor Huawen Fang teaches Translation Studies at the Foreign Languages School of Soochow University. He is a literary translator and writer, recognized as “the most productive translator in China” (Babel, 54:2, journal of the International Federation of Translators), and has authored and translated 101 books, including Chinese Gardens; Nationalities in China; Chinese Literati; Historical Cities in China; Translation and Appreciation; The Sorrows of Young Werther; A Farewell to Arms; and The Scarlet Letter, among others.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.8.2015
Reihe/Serie	The Chinese Way
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4438-7260-1 / 1443872601
ISBN-13	978-1-4438-7260-7 / 9781443872607
Zustand	Neuware