Festivals in Classical China: New Year and Other Annual Observances During the Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-A.D. 220 |
Contents
WHEN DID THE NEW YEAR BEGIN? | 45 |
THE GREAT EXORCISM | 75 |
THE LUNAR OR OFFICIAL NEW YEAR | 139 |
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Ancient China autumn Autumn's Beginning bull bull cult calendar century B.C. ceremony Ch'i Ch'ih-yu Ch'in Ch'u Ch'u-liu chapter Cheng Hsüan chih Chinese chung cited Classic comm commanderies correlations creatures cult demons devouring discussed Double Fifth dynasty Eberhard Eight Skilled Gentlemen Emperor Emperor Wu Exorcism fifth month Grand Granet Han Fei-tzu Heaven HFHD History Hsien Hsü Huang imperial Institutes of Chou Karlgren keng later Later Han History Lo-yang lunar Lustration means mentioned Monthly Ordinances observances officials palace passage peachwood plowing post-Han probably references Rhapsody sacrifice scholars seasons sect sexagenary cycle Shang Shen Shuo-wen Son of Heaven spring Spring's Beginning Summer Solstice Supreme Intermediary T'ang tenth month third month Thrice Venerable tiger Tomb translation Treatise on Ritual twelfth month Wang Ch'ung Wang Mang Winter Solstice Wu-keng Yi-nan yin and yang Ying Shao Yüan Yüeh ling