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Water and Folk Customs (Chinese Water Culture Series)
Bok av Wang Ruiping, Shi Hongwen, Qiu Yanyan
The book is a volume of the Chinese Water Culture Series. With water functioning as a starting point and going throughout the book, it sorted out and researched on water related worship, fete, festivals and fengshui and other water customs in different ethnic groups and different areas of our country, and discussed the influence of water culture on the formation of Chinese folk customs, showing the great significance of water culture in the formation of the Chinese nation. China is an ancient country with many ethnic groups, and it has colorful and varied folk customs related to water. Water came before life, and water came before human beings. Human beings created life, life created culture, and culture formed a civilization. Civilization is the common wealth of all mankind. The folk customs related to water are the accumulation of life, the deposition of history, the link of people from different regions, and the core support of national cohesion. It is our duty, our bounden duty, to inherit, protect and carry forward folk customs.