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Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts: Festivals of China

Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts, by Carol Stepanchuk and Charles Wong, published by China Books and Periodicals in 1991, is an illustrated popular introduction to Chinese festivals. Its strength is that it covers the Mid-Autumn Festival's mooncake tradition in useful detail, including both the lunar worship and Chang'e origin story and the Yuan dynasty rebellion legend associated with it. Its limit is that it is a popular introductory work aimed at a general audience rather than a specialist academic study of Chinese festival history.

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2
Tier two: an illustrated popular introduction to Chinese festivals rather than a specialist academic study, covering the Mid Autumn Festival's mooncake tradition in useful detail including both the Chang'e origin story and the Yuan dynasty rebellion legend. Its limit is that it is a popular introductory work aimed at a general audience rather than a specialist academic study of Chinese festival history.
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Illustrated introduction to Chinese festivals including the Mid-Autumn Festival, covering the mooncake, its lunar-worship and Chang'e origins, and the Yuan-dynasty rebellion legend. Use for the Mooncake fact.
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Author
Carol Stepanchuk and Charles Wong
Publisher
China Books and Periodicals
Publication Year
1991
Source Type
Book (popular)
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This source names China directly: "and Charles Wong, published by China Books and Periodicals in 1991, is an illustrated popular introduction to Chinese festivals."

Source Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts: Festivals of ChinaCarol Stepanchuk and Charles Wong
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This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
  • Sacred Foods, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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