Traditional Culture

General Knowledge of Traditional Chinese Culture is the learning that lies at the very roots of every Chinese person. It begins with the four seasons and traditional festivals, as well as the rites of life, guiding you to see the warmth of human feeling behind the family reunions of the Spring Festival, the remembrance of the Dragon Boat Festival, and the moon-gazing of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It also reaches upward to the classics of the Hundred Schools of Thought, and downward to folk tales, food and clothing, architecture, and etiquette — turning five thousand years of wisdom and aesthetic sensibility into nourishment for our lives today. To read this book is not only to understand China, but also to truly grasp "where we come from and where we are going."