Chin-Chin / The Chinaman at Home. E-book. Formato Mobipocket - 9788829596591

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Contents of this book:

• THE CHINESE HOME
• RELIGIOUS AND NATIONAL FÊTES
• THE FÊTE OF THE MOON
• THE FEAST OF LANTERNS
• THE FEAST OF THE TWO STARS
• THE FEAST OF FLOWERS
• NEW YEAR’S DAY
• THE END OF THE YEAR
• PROCESSIONS
• A BUDDHIST SOLEMNITY
• RUSTIC PLEASURES—WALKS AND PILGRIMAGES
• BATHING
• KITE-FLYING
• THE ILLUMINATED BOATS
• GARDENING
• THE CHASE
• FISHING
• CHARMING WOMAN—COQUETRY
• FANS
• CELEBRATED BEAUTIES
• SYSTEM OF EDUCATION—THE STUDENT
• POETICAL COMPETITIONS
• PAINTERS
• CHESS
• AT TABLE—THE PLEASURE OF DRINKING
• TEA-DRINKING
• CHOPSTICKS
• CHINESE COOKING
• GAMES OF SKILL: CONJURING
• THE EVOCATION OF SPIRITS
• PHRENOLOGY AND CHIROMANCY
• DIFFERENT GAMES—ORIENTAL SHOOTING MATCHES—THE CANDLESTICK—SHUTTLECOCKS—THE COIN GAME
• GAMES OF CHANCE—CARD GAMES—FIRST GAME: AWAITING THE CARD—SECOND GAME: FISHING—THIRD GAME: THE PECKING GAME
• LOTTERIES
• PUBLIC PLEASURES—THE THEATRES
• ANIMAL FIGHTS—I. CRICKET FIGHTS—II. QUAIL FIGHTS
• CONCLUSION—THE PLEASURES OF A PHILOSOPHER