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A Cultural Tour Across China


Author(s):
QIU Huanxing
Publisher:
New World Press
Publication:
1/1993
Languages:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9787800051920
Pages:
402
Sizes:
214 x 149mm
Weight:
0.4650
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To Westerners, China is a mysterious country in the East. A Cultural Tour Across China will introduce readers to the genuine folk culture of China. Qiu Huanxing, the author, with materials collected from over one hundred towns and villages in fourteen provinces throughout China, unscrolls vivid pictures of Chinese folk customs. His descriptions are so animate and precise that the reader is plunged personally into each activity. There's the story about a country wedding held in a cave, the brewing of Maotai liquor in Maotai town, Cantonese feasting on cats, rats, snakes and monkeys...