The sister rice festival / Li Song.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Song, Li, author.

Series:

Chinese Festival Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Festivals--China.

Festivals.

China--Social life and customs.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Reading, England] : Paths International Ltd, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

'The Sister Rice Festival' is a big day for the Miao people in China, when one ethnic group exchanges gifts and bids well-wishes. It is a rich and diverse ethnic minority festival, which is away from the mainstream of more popular Chinese festivals. This book - written as an English-Chinese bilingual text - introduces in detail the origin and traditions of this special festival. The book also presents many epic legends and touching stories behind 'The Sister Rice Festival.' (Series: Chinese Festival Culture) [Subject: Anthropology, Chinese Studies, Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studi

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; Foreword; Chapter One: The Long History of Sister Rice Festival; 1: Sister Rice Festival; 2: Listening to the Stories of Sister Rice Festival; 3: Where to Celebrate Sister Rice Festival?; Chapter Two: Let's Go to Sister Rice Festival; 1: Conventional Sister Rice Festival; 2: Sister Rice Festival- Keeping Pace with the limes; Chapter Three: My Sister Rice Festival; 1: Maik Dol (Meitao ): Singing Waves Sister Rice Festival; 2: Wu Shuigen: Touring Different Villages and Walleds as Yex Fangb Guests; 3: Zhang Xianzhi: On the Change of Spending Holidays

Chapter Four: Objects and Activities of Sister Rice Festival1: Sacrifice; 2: Catching Fish; 3: Yex Fangb; 4: Drum Dancing; 5: Begging for Sister Rice; 6: Begging for Bacon; 7: Bidding Farewell; 8: Gifts; 9: Food; 10: Costumes; Chapter Five: Cultural Interpretation of Sister Rice Festival; 1: Sister Rice Festival and Hmong Farming Culture; 2: Sister Rice Festival and Culture of Hmong Ancient Marriage; 3: Sister Rice Festival and Hmong Calendar Culture; 4: Sister Rice Festival and Culture of Hmong Songs; 5: Sister Rice Festival and Hmong Migration Culture; References; Postscript

The Postscript of Chinese Festival Culture SeriesCopyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 22, 2015).

ISBN:

1-84464-431-6

OCLC:

900080571