你知道如何用中国人的方式和中国人打交道吗？你想了解中国人重要的节日和礼俗吗？自古以来，华夏大地上，历朝历代经历分分合合，以及民族的融合与迁徙，造就了一个融合多元的中华文明。在中国，由于地域广阔，各个民族的自然环境、历史背景、经济状况以及宗教信仰等方面的不同，形成了具有民族特色的风俗习惯和传统节日。请从阅读这本有趣的图书开始吧!你将会在了解中国传统文化精华的同时，领略到真实生动、多姿多彩的中华民俗风貌。

本书从中华民族的岁时节庆风俗、人生风俗、生活风俗、社会风俗、信仰风俗、民间艺术等各个侧面，深入浅出地叙述了中国民俗文化的历史和现状，生动地展现了中国民俗的丰富内涵。

本书文字简明生动，内容丰富有趣，可使读者对中华民族的风土民情、历史文化及民族风俗习惯等有更加深刻的了解和更为全面的认识。

Chapter One Chinese Folk Customs and the Four Seasons

　Spring Festival--The Commencement of a Lunar New Year

　Red Spring Couplets Pasted on Every Door--From Peachwood

　Charms against Evil to Spring Festival Couplets

　The Character "Happiness" Pasted Upside-down

　Why is the Lunar New Year Celebrated with Firecrackers?

　Merry Celebration of the Lantern Festival, the 15 Day of the Lunar Month

　Sacrifice to the Ancestors, Spring Outings and the Qingming Festival(The Tomb-sweeping Festival)

　Zongzi, Dragon-boat and the Dragon-boat Festival

　What is the Double-Seventh Festival?

　The Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon-Watching and Moon Cakes

　The Double-Ninth Festival--The Festival for the Aged

　Winter Solstice--The Winter Festival

　Laba Porridge and the Laba Festival

　Interesting Stories about "Sending off the Kitchen God"

　About "Shousui"(Staying up Late or All Night on New Year's Eve)

Chapter Two Folk Customs and the Life of the Chinese People

　Year of Birth and the Symbolic Animals

　Meaningful Surnames

　Birth Rituals

　One-month-Old Celebration and Haircut

　"Zhua Zhou" (Grabbing Test on the ~ccasion of a Baby's First Birthday)

　The Significance of Naming a Child

　Rituals of Coming-of-Age--Past and Presen

 Multifarious Marriage Customs

 Birthday Celebration and Longevity Celebration

　Funeral--The Last Scene of One's Life

Chapter Three Folk Customs and People's Daily Life

　Colourful Tea Customs

　"There is no banquet without alcohol-drinking "--Alcohol drinking and Chinese People

　Seating Arrangement at Banquets

Chapter Four Folk Customs and Folk Language

　tumorous Allegorical Folk Sayings

　Street Corner Wisdom in Proverbs

　Proverbs Related to Farming

　Proverbs about Staying in Good Health

Chapter Five Folk Customs and Folk Beliefs

　The Misery-Relieving Goddess Kwan-yin

　The Sea Goddess Mazu

　The Ever-smiling Buddha Maitreya

　The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea,Each Reveals its Divine Power

　Mountain Gods, River Gods and Thunder Gods

　Earth Gods and Earth God Tempies

　Guan Yu and the Lord Guan Temple

　Why Town God's Temple is Found Everywhere?

　The Highly-worshiped Gods of Fortune

　Gift Money and Protective Talismans

　Eight Treasures and Eight Mascots

　Jade and Traditional Folk Beliefs

Chapter Six Folk Customs and Folk Arts

 Yangko Dance and Walking on Stilts

 Festive Lantern and Dragon Lantern

 The Age-old Paper-cut Art

 The Story of the Door Gods

 Exotic New Year Pictures

 The Appealing Chinese Shadow Play

Chapter Seven Traditional Festivals Celebrated by Ethnic Minorities

 The Cheerful Singing-Song Festival of the Zhuang Nationality

 The Jubilant Water-Splashing Festival of the Dai Nationality

 The Exciting Torch Festival of the Yi Nationality

 The Joyous Reed Pipe Festival of the Miao Nationality

 The Grand Shoton Festival of the Tibetans

 The Kuzhazha Festival of the Hani Nationality