Traditions of East Asia
Lunar New Year, tea ceremony, hanami, chuseok and the ancestors. 264 traditions on EveryParampara so far.
Countries
🇨🇳 China 154🇭🇰 Hong Kong 9🇯🇵 Japan 146🇲🇴 Macau 4🇲🇳 Mongolia 23🇰🇵 North Korea 22🇰🇷 South Korea 60🇹🇼 Taiwan 30
Cities and towns
On the calendar
🇨🇳 Puyang, ChinaFeng shui風水
The Chinese spatial practice of aligning homes and graves with natural energyFolklore
🇨🇳 ChinaGuanxi关系
A Chinese tradition of cultivating trusted networks and reciprocal obligationsEtiquette
🇯🇵 Kyoto, JapanIkebana生け花
The Japanese art of arranging cut branches and flowers in a vesselPerformance
🇯🇵 JapanKadomatsu門松
A Japanese New Year gateway decoration of pine and bamboo where a visiting deity can restSeasonal
🇨🇳 China and 5 morePostpartum confinement
A period of rest, nourishment, and seclusion for mothers after giving birth.Rite of passage
🇯🇵 JapanChildren's Dayこどもの日
A Japanese holiday on May fifth celebrating the happiness and growth of childrenFestival
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreBento弁当
A single-portion packed meal in a lidded box, carried to school, work or on a trainTable custom · Lunch
🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 moreKorean New Year설날
A three-day Korean festival celebrating the lunisolar new year with family and feastsSeasonal
🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanKoinobori鯉のぼり
Carp-shaped windsocks flown across Japan for Children's Day in springFestival
🇯🇵 JapanYuzu bath柚子湯
A winter solstice soak in hot water with whole yuzu citrus, kept across JapanSeasonal
🇯🇵 JapanTango no sekku端午の節句
A Japanese seasonal festival for children marked with carp streamers and iris leaves.Festival · Sweets given and shared
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese paper cutting剪紙 / 剪纸 (jiǎnzhǐ)
Chinese cut paper pictures, pasted on windows and doors for luck at New YearCraft
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan and 2 moreManeki-neko招き猫
A lucky cat figurine, paw raised, kept by shop doors and in homes across JapanFolklore
🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea and 1 moreMarriage in Korea
Weddings in Korea, from Goryeo matchmaking to Confucian rites and modern chapel vowsRite of passage
🇰🇷 South Korea and 4 moreParents' Day어버이날 (Eobeoinal)
Days set aside in several countries to thank mothers and fathersFestival
🇯🇵 Japan and 5 moreHouse
A traditional children's make-believe game of acting out domestic family rolesGame
🇯🇵 JapanKappōgi割烹着
A Japanese smock worn over a kimono to keep it clean while cooking and cleaningDress
🇨🇳 Huizhou, ChinaHui-style architecture
A traditional Chinese building style of white walls, dark tiles and horse-head gablesCraft
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Hui-style architecture: Huangchenhai, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Children's Day: Comissão de Jovens, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Koinobori: 663highland, CC BY 2.5, source
- Ikebana: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yuzu bath: Nori Norisa, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kadomatsu: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0, source
- Postpartum confinement: Unknown, Public domain, source
- Feng shui: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Tango no sekku: tiseb, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chinese paper cutting: Lanneixi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Maneki-neko: Su--May, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bento: Blue Lotus, CC BY 2.0, source
- Marriage in Korea: Jérôme Banal ( Eden2004 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kappōgi: 賢太郎 森川, CC BY 2.0, source
- House: Alborzagros, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Parents' Day: 草花写真館, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Korean New Year: Kang Byeong Kee, CC BY 3.0, source