The zan, the chai and the trembling buyao did more than hold hair up. They marked age, rank and marital status, and Chinese poetry is full of them for a reason.
At twenty a young man was capped; at fifteen a young woman was pinned. The Guanli and Jili rites gave adults a new name and a new set of duties. How they worked.
Shangsi Festival, the Double Third, once rivalled Qingming. Riverside purification, floating wine cups, Wang Xizhi's Lanting gathering and its Zhuang revival explained.
Chinese paper cutting, or Jianzhi, dates back over 1,500 years. UNESCO designated it as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009. From scissors to digital design, this folk art bridges ancient and modern
Chinese paper cutting, or Jianzhi, dates back over 1,500 years. UNESCO designated it as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009. From scissors to digital design, this folk art bridges ancient and modern
Chinese paper cutting, or Jianzhi, dates back over 1,500 years. UNESCO designated it as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009. From scissors to digital design, this folk art bridges ancient and modern
Chinese paper cutting, or Jianzhi, dates back over 1,500 years. UNESCO designated it as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009. From scissors to digital design, this folk art bridges ancient and modern
Capping for young men, hairpinning for young women: China's Confucian coming-of-age rites date to the Zhou dynasty and are being revived by the hanfu generation.