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Sweeping the Dust
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Festival on January 18, 2012
Sweeping the dust has been a traditional custom in China for a long time. Around the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, every household will sweep the dust in their house.
Literally, weeping the dust means have a thorough cleaning of a house. In Chinese, dust shares the same pronunciation with the word of past and it also has the meaning of the old and past.
Therefore, sweeping the dust before the Spring Festival also means to sweep away the bad luck in the past year. Read the rest of this entry »
Ancient Chinese Sex Education
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Life Etiquette on July 22, 2011
In ancient China, sex education was not a topic that could be freely discussed in public as any communication about sexuality would be considered taboo.
However, in order to fulfill the obligation to family and to have sons, the newlyweds must have a basic understanding of how to do on their wedding night. There were many ways to accomplish this and the most popular one was to provide the couple (especially the bride) with “sex hand books”. Read the rest of this entry »
the March 3rd Festival
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Festival on April 5, 2011
The March 3rd Festival, also called Shangsi Festival in ancient times, falls on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month of each year. It is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated by a large number of nationalities in China.
The Shangsi Festival has a history of thousand years. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was renamed as March 3rd Festival. Originally, it was a festival for religious activities, aiming at warding off disaster and evil spirits, praying for having children, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
Paying A New Year Call
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Festival on February 15, 2011
Paying a New Year call, also called “Bai Nian” in Chinese, is a kind of traditional folk activity during the Spring Festival. When the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar comes, the most exciting thing Chinese people would like to do is to pay a New Year call.
On the first day of the first lunar month, people often get up very early and wear new clothes to welcome the New Year. And younger generations call on the older generations (grandfather, grandmother, father, and mother) as early as possible and say Chinese New Year greetings to each of them. Read the rest of this entry »
Wedding Bed
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Chinese Furniture, Wedding Traditions on January 7, 2011
In ancient China, it is a custom for parents to prepare a dowry for their daughters. The dowry will be sent to the groom’s family a few days before the wedding. The dowry consists of an amount of practical items, including money, clothes, bed, etc. It is not only a blessing to the parents’ own daughter and their son in-law but also a symbol of the status and wealth of the bride’s family.
Wedding Bed is one of the most important dowry items as it is a typical representative of the bride’s family’s social and economic status. Read the rest of this entry »
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