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Thread: Unveil ‘the oriental Valentine’s day
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[quote=APAULT ,32194]Heidi... thanks for that background information on Chinese folklore.... very interesting.The public celebration of Christmas by Chinese is usually straight commercialisation by business. The commercialisation of Christmas is sad because it is diluting Chinese tradition for the sake of profit. Of course Christians will celebrate in their own way and probably are less caught up in the commercialisation. (But that begs the question of whether Christianity is diluting Chinese tradition... I won't comment on that!)Pinetree.... I agree Chinese folklore is ancient, but so too is much western folklore. Most of our festivals go way back. Most are a combination of Christianity placed on top of old 'heathen' traditions. This is so for Christmas and Valentines Day which go back to around the 3rd Century. For one explanation of the origins of Valentines Day see http://www.techdirect.com/valentine/origin.html.[/quote]
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