3 most important chinese festivals Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/3-most-important-chinese-festivals Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:37:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Celebrations of China http://toursmaps.com/celebrations-of-china.html http://toursmaps.com/celebrations-of-china.html#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2017 07:40:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=230276 In the eyes ofthe Chinese, a new-born baby is already almost a year old as the months of pregnancy are included in the calculation of age. A birthday is therefore celebrated one month after the birth, when the baby’s hair is cut for the first time. Far more generous celebrations are accorded to the first-born child than to subsequent siblings. Traditionally, the bride moves in with the bridegroom’s family, but she is only recognised as a full member of the family when she has produced a child. Although three-day wedding ceremonies are no longer normal in the urban areas, in

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