Chinese Folk Customs (Chinese-English) - The Traditional Chinese Culture Classical Series Compiled by Li Zhenyi and translated by Yao Hong Published by China Translation and Publishing Corporation, 2007 Binding: Paperback, 8.25 x 5.625 inches, 259 pages ISBN: 9787500118169 Most of the numerous Chinese folk customs have been carried on for several hundred or even one thousand years. For all the historical upheavals and geographical discrepancies, those customs remain almost the same both in form and content. This book carefully selects 100 customs including daily life habits, festival activities, customs for marriage, funeral, birth, and child-upbringing, religious and sacrificial rites, business habits, and the like. They open a window on the life of ancient Chinese people in both the concrete aspects and the spiritual ones. With original selections from a few scores of literary classics from the Han to the Qing Dynasty, this book includes English translation besides modern Chinese rendition and annotations. 中国民间风俗 丛书名： 中华传统文化精粹 作者： 厉振仪 编选，姚红英 译 出版社： 中国对外翻译出版社，2007 装帧：平装，32开，259 页 ISBN：9787500118169 中国民间风俗大部分沿袭了数百至上千年。尽管历史变迁、地域差异，但是，这些风俗在主要内容及形式上并无大的改变：本书精选了一百种民间风俗，其中包括日常生活习惯、节日风俗、婚丧产育风俗、信饰祭祀礼仪、社会商贸习俗等等，尽显古代中国的物质及精神生活面貌，本书的原文选自数十部自两汉至清代的文献古籍，除英译外，还设有白话翻译及注释。
