Excerpt from Chinese Life and CustomsWen Ch'ang, the God of Literature; Frontispiece; Entrance to a Residence (Fly-Leaf); New Year's Night: a Feast of Lanterns; The Three Official Bodhisattvas: The Water Spirit, the Heaven Spirit and the Earth Spirit; The Five Gods of Wealth; Baptismal Fountain of the Buddha Infant; Payments for Professional Services; A Boat Race; The Girls' Festival: The Table with Offerings, and Threading the Needle; The Moon's Festival; The Festival of the Tide; The Six Gods of Thanksgiving; Decorations for New Years Eve; The Paper Cow Procession of New Years Eve; The Breaking of the Paper Cow; New Year Baskets; Plowing the Rice Field; Planting the Rice; Harvesting; Drying the Sheaves; Husking the Rice; Purification of Rice; Sifting the Rice; A Chinese Loom; Lung: the Mythical Dragon; Worshiping the Ancestor of the Family on His Memorial Day; Kwan-Ti and His Attendants; A Divining Outfit; A Temple of Kwan-Ti; Temple of the Earth God; The Earth Lord and the Township God; Temple of the Town God; The Town God's Festival Celebrated in the Fields; Queen of Heaven: The Holy Mother; Celebration of one of the Festivals of the Queen of Heaven; Proclamation of the Festivals of the Queen of Heaven; Taoist Priest and Priestly CrownAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com