Archive for January 13th, 2009
Next Entries »Learn Chinese online – Maonan
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Subscribe to free Email Newsletter Library>Culture ABC>Folk Way>Ethnic Marriage Maonan The marriage custom of Maonan ethnic minority has the following features. Young women and young men like to sing to each other in antiphonal style on festivals or at nights of slack farming seasons; uncles in the father side enjoy much right and when a [...]
Learning Mandarin – Garments during the Spring & Autumn and Warring States Period
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Subscribe to free Email Newsletter Library>Culture ABC>Folk Way>Costumes Garments during the Spring & Autumn and Warring States Period Various etiquettes were gradually revoked during the Warring States Period (475-221BC) because of frequent wars. Garments changed accordingly in the seven great states (Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei and Qin) in that period due to different [...]
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