This is a product of a national “12th-Five-Year” project of audiovisual and electronic publication. It contains 5 high-definition DVDs, introducing 30 well-chosen Chinese folk customs that foreigners are found interested in using plenty of video images and explicit narrations. Each of the 30 episodes in it talks about one cultural item, lasting about 6 minutes, supported by Chinese and English narrations and captions. The cultural items include festivals and ceremonies, weddings and zodiac animals, kites and lanterns, new year paintings and paper-cuts, and so on, covering various aspects of the popular folk culture.

□ DVD1 

01 Spring Festival

02YuanxiaoFestival

03QingmingFestival

04Duanwu, the Dragon Boat Festival

05 The Night of Sevens

06 Mid-Autumn Festival

07 Double Ninth Festival

□ DVD2 

01 Ancestor Worship Ceremonies

02 Temple Fairs

03 Greeting Etiquette

04 Wedding Ceremony

05 Chinese Zodiac

06 Birthday

□ DVD3

01 Skite

02 Diabolo

03 Lantern

04 Chinese Knot

05 Chopsticks

□ DVD4

01 Dragon Dance and Lion Dance

02 Land-Fire Ceremonies

03Shexi, Village Theatricals

04YanggeDance

05 Stilt Walking

06 Gongs and Drums

□ DVD5

01 Auspicious Patterns

02 New Year Paintings

03 Paper Cutting

04 Dough Sculptures

05 Toy Figurines

06 Folk Printed Calico