Chinese Folk Customs - ARCHIVE
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- The Han Shi (寒食) Festival (The Cold Food Festival)
- Bai Tang, Sa Zhang, He ji and Drinking Jiao bei Wine
- Passing over Bags for an Offspring - Chinese Wedding Custom
- Chinese Bridal Veil
- Qixi Festival 七夕节 - China's Valentine
- Chinese Betrothal Gifts
- Infant Matrimony in Ancient China
- Seeing off the Kitchen God
- The Dongzhì Festival or Winter Solstice Festival 冬至
- The Chong Yang Festival (Double Ninth Festival) - Daughter's Day
- Qing Ming Jie
- Fire Dragon Dance
- Admiring the Full Moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival - The Mooncake Festival - Happy Mid-Autumn Day Festival! 中秋节快乐！
- Zhong Yuan Festival 中原节 or Hungry Ghost Festival
- Double Seventh Festival (The Milky Way Festival, Chinese Valentines Day) - The Cowherd and the Girl Weaver
- Driving away the Five Poisonous Pests
- Eating Rice Dumplings (Zong zi 粽子) in the Dragon Boat Festival
- The Duanwu or Dragon Boat Festival
- The Lantern Festival
- Whipping the Ox in the Early Spring - Farmer's Day
- Papercuttings to Welcome Spring
- New Year's Taboo
- Paying New Year's Visits
- Sending New Year's Greeting
- Fireworks on New Years Day
- Distributing 'ya sui' money
- Ringing out the Old Years
- Happy Family Reunion Dinner & New Year's Eve Vigil
- Chinese New Year's Eve
- Putting up the Spring Scrolls
