问杯·掷筊 / Culture booklet

Open a page. Meet a tradition.

Read about objects, dates, stories and places in everyday culture.

Rituals and customs

Begin with a pair of crescent-shaped blocks.

Recognize the three common combinations.

Distinguish lunar dates, Gregorian dates and local observances.

A few lunar dates offer a starting point.

Read a traditional date separately from an event schedule.

A date can also hold a family memory.

Two occasions at the start of the lunar year.

Read how a temple presents remembrance and conduct.

Start with a temple’s names and calendar.

Read belief narratives in their cultural setting.

Language carries local customs.

Read a local source within its setting.