舅舅(jiùjiù) mother's brothers Because of that tradition, we believe getting a haircut on the day of Longtaitou today helps you get rid of bad luck. And also have the meaning of starting the new year from the head. 从头开始(cóngtóukāishǐ) In some northern part of China, there is...
The festival celebrates ancient agrarian Chinese culture, and while some of traditional ways to celebrate it are no longer practiced, others persist. The most famous tradition is getting a haircut. Some believe that going to the barber on this day gets rid of bad luck, while others believe get...
You can use other words instead ofhabit.Women are still unequal in socialist countries and old attitudes die hard.They are the first to admit that old national prejudices die hard.Note:Die-hardis used to describe people who continue to support a person or a belief that is no longer popular...
However not all traditions are practiced with pure intentions. Some activities become so routine, people don’t know a life outside of them. Societies become so accustomed to “tradition” that they will participate in pastimes without questioning the ethics or morals of the situation. Ultimately ...
What is amazing is that eating Lutefisk isn’t the weirdest Christmas tradition in Norway. Odd Christmas traditions aren’t just modern ones. Some are traditions that were honored years ago, but no longer are today. One, in particular, I found very odd. It was a parlor game played around...
Our results indicate that traditional Sami reindeer herding strategies are still practiced, but that rapidly changing environmental circumstances are forcing herders into uncharted territories where these traditional strategies and the transmission of knowledge between generations may be of limited use. For ...
The Chinese calendar coincides with the lunar calendar that is based on the phases of the moon. The Chinese New Year always falls around the first New Moon of the lunar year. What are the most common Chinese New Year taboos? Taboo things and activities around the Chinese New Year are said...
You may be wondering how a modern Korean wedding ceremony is structured. Here is a look at the Korean marriage traditions typically involved in the ceremony. While there are multiple rituals included in the ceremony, Korean wedding ceremonies are usually short affairs that last no longer than 30...
Kahn adds that for the layout of a Muslim wedding, "sometimes it will be gender-segregated where the men are seated on one side and the women are seated on another side. Some Muslim weddings are done where it is completely gender-segregated, where the groom and all the men are in a co...
It is thought that the loss of culture comes from older chimps being killed and there being less interaction between groups, so that if one group dies out, their ideas die with them. “It is a discouraging finding,” says Jill Pruetz ar Texas State University. “Losing some of the behavi...