Story of China
The Family: The Basis of Chinese Civilization
Clip: Episode 1 | 3m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Michael Wood joins in the ancestral rituals with the Qin family of Wuxi.
At the town of Wuxi in the lower Yangtze valley, Michael Wood joins the Qin family as they celebrate the annual festival for the ancestors, a ritual that goes back thousands of years. Banned under the communists such rituals are coming back everywhere in today’s China, as once more the family regains its central place in Chinese culture.
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Story of China
The Family: The Basis of Chinese Civilization
Clip: Episode 1 | 3m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
At the town of Wuxi in the lower Yangtze valley, Michael Wood joins the Qin family as they celebrate the annual festival for the ancestors, a ritual that goes back thousands of years. Banned under the communists such rituals are coming back everywhere in today’s China, as once more the family regains its central place in Chinese culture.
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