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Travel, Teach, Live in China

China, customs and traditions
By:Travel Expert

The Chinese territory is rich in its cultural traditions that follow a set of customs and ethnicity. As you jaunt to this wonderful place you are bound to get attracted to the customs and Traditions of China that it is known to hold. China is a colorful land that is known or its ritual practices, artistic bent of mind and its disciplined set of people. Among the customs and traditions in China, the Bamboo Culture seems to be prevalent in the region.

Participate in the Bamboo Culture Festival that is held in the region of China, where one gets to see exhibits of bamboo carvings, poems and paintings. Bamboo painting adorns the Chinese traditional paintings, which carry the significance of peace and harmony. One can always search for bamboo related products that are plentiful in the market like the Bamboo chopsticks or Dizi, the Chinese flute that is made out of bamboo.

The theory of Yin and Yang rules the culture of China where Yin stands for the negative power or the feminine aspect while the Yang denotes a positive sign of the masculine power. The natives of China resort to jade due to its attractive appeal while having a significant effect on its culture and humanity. Chinese mannerism and etiquettes are some of the significant features found in the Chinese people. Silk are produced in this region in huge amount and one would find a considerable amount of residents wearing silk related clothes. The customary clothing of Chinese women is Qipao (Ch'ipau), which is even called as cheongsam. One would come across a unique celebration during the third lunar month of every year where five-colored rice is cooked in bamboo tubes by Miao minority.

The role of numbers in determining luck has a long history in Chinese culture. For example, it is said that in the Forbidden City there are 9999 rooms. When buying a house or choosing a telephone number or a license plate number for one's automobile, the choice is generally made with an eye to the perceived luckiness of the available numbers.

In ancient times the Chinese people mostly used the traditional lunar and solar calendar to keep track of the seasons. This calendar not only kept track of years, months, days and hours but also the position of the sun, the moon and the five stars (Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn), the forecast of the solar eclipse and lunar eclipse and the arrangement of the solar term

The calendar evolved from ancient times through various iterations, including the Primitive Calendar, which arose during ancient times when agriculture and pasture was at it’s most basic and the Ancient Quartered Calendar, which was developed to an advanced scientific level between the Zhou and Han Dynasties.

These and other reforms of the Chinese calendar allowed the accurate measurement of astrological data, bringing forward the development of new knowledge and theories, as well as improving basic data collection and calculation methods. The achievements of those who developed and used the ancient Chinese calendar are responsible for China’s domination of early world astronomical science.


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