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Chapter One Chinese Folk Customs and the Four SeasonsSpring Festival—The Commencement of a Lunar New Year 1

Red Spring Couplets Pasted on Every Door—From Peachwoed Charms against Evil to Spring Festival Couplets 6

The Character"Happiness"Pasted Upside-down 9

Why is the Lunar New Year Celebrated with Firecrackers? 11

Merry Celebration of the Lantern Festival the 15th Day of the 1st Lunar Month 14

Sacrifice to the Ancestors,Spring Outings and the Qingming Festival(The Tomb-sweeping Festival) 20

Zongzi,Dragon-boat and the Dragon-boat Festival 24

What is the Double-Seventh Festival? 31

The Mid-Autumn Festival,Moon-Watching and Moon Cakes 34

The Double-Ninth Festival—The Festival for the Aged 38

Winter Solstice—The Winter Festival 42

Laba Porridge and the Laba Festival 46

Interesting Stories about"Sending off the Kitchen God" 50

About"Shousui"(Staying up Late or All Night on New Year's Eve) 54

Chapter Two Folk Customs and the Life of the Chinese PeopleYear of Birth and the Symbolic Animals 57

Meaningful Surnames 63

Birth Rituals 70

One-month-Old Celebration and Haircut 74

"Zhua Zhou"(Grabbing Test on the Occasion of a Baby's First Birthday) 78

The Significance of Naming a Child 81

Rituals of Coming-of-Age—Past and Present 84

Multifarious Marriage Customs 87

Birthday Celebration and Longevity Celebration 92

Funeral—The Last Scene of One's Life 96

Chapter Three Folk Customs and People's Daily LifeColourful Tea Customs 101

"There is no banquet without alcohol-drinking"—Alcohol drinking and Chinese People 105

Seating Arrangement at Banquets 109

Chapter Four Folk Customs and Folk LanguageHumorous Allegorical Folk Sayings 113

Street Corner Wisdom in Proverbs 117

Proverbs Related to Farming 122

Proverbs about Staying in Good Health 127

Chapter Five Folk Customs and Folk BeliefsThe Misery-Relieving Goddess Kwan-yin 131

The Sea Goddess Mazu 135

The Ever-smiling Buddha Maitreya 140

The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea,Each Reveals its Divine Power 143

Mountain Gods,River Gods and Thunder Gods 149

Earth Gods and Earth God Temples 153

Guan Yu and the Lord Guan Temple 157

Why Town God's Temple is Found Everywhere? 161

The Highly-worshiped Gods of Fortune 165

Gift Money and Protective Talismans 170

Eight Treasures and Eight Mascots 176

Jade and Traditional Folk Beliefs 183

Chapter Six Folk Customs and Folk ArtsYangko Dance and Walking on Stilts 187

Festive Lantern and Dragon Lantern 191

The Age-old Papercut Art 196

The Story of the Door Gods 201

Exotic New Year Pictures 206

The Appealing Chinese Shadow Play 211

Chapter Seven Traditional Festivals Celeb rated by Ethnic MinoritiesThe Cheerful Singing-Song Festival of the Zhuang Nationality 217

The Jubilant Water-Splashing Festival of the Dai Nationality 221

The Exciting Torch Festival of the Yi Nationality 223

The Joyous Reed Pipe Festival of the Miao Nationality 226

The Grand Shoton Festival of the Tibetans 229

The Kuzhazha Festival of the Hani Nationality 233