Images of Asia: South China Village Culture-The Essence of China is Rooted in Its Village

James Hayes
ISBN: 978-0-19-591989-9
Oxford University Press
84 pag. hardcover 14 x 20 cm 2001

The true essence of China is rooted in its villages. South China Village Culture provides a concise, clear overview of the world of lineage and the clan system, self-government, customary law, ancestor worship, geomancy, Confucianism, Daoism, the status of women, and the multitude of
interwoven forces that make up life in China at the village level.