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Year 7 History - Ancient China: Customs / Festivals / Rituals

This LibGuide has been developed to support the study of Ancient China in Year 7.

Ancient Chinese practice of foot binding

Mid Autumn Festival

Rituals of Life and Death in Ancient China

"Birth is not a beginning Nor Death an end."

(Lao Tzu, v. 5)

Rituals of Life and Death

Ancient Chinese Festivals

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Chinese Lantern Festival

Dragon Boat Festival

Ancient Chinese Rituals

Definition:

Chinese rituals refer to a set of actions commonly practiced in Chinese communities, usually performed at either major life events such as birth, wedding, and funeral or certain points in the cycle of seasons. They serve mainly to symbolize familial, social, or cosmic order prescribed by traditional Chinese culture or encapsulate indigenous ways of coping with everyday life, or both.

C. Chan 2014