Description
"We do not know a nation, we know its pleasure of life, just as we do not know a man until we know he spends his leisure." Quoted from MY COUNTRY AND MY PEOPLE - by Lin Yutang
CHINESE CREEDS AND CUSTOMS is a book which shows you Chinese peoples how to enjoy their lives.
The author, Colonel Valenthe Rodiphe Burkhardt of the British Admiralty was one of the very few westerners who knew the Chinese so well, and introduced so deeply as well as vividly their daily activities.
