Native Hong Kong: Politics, Gender and Etiquette in the New Territories/by Hua Chen and Hua Ruobi

This book is a classic work that is of enlightening significance to the study of Chinese anthropology in South China. Two anthropology scholars from the United States came to live in San Tin and Ha Tsuen in Yuen Long, Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s. They closely observed the cultural traditions of the two clans, the Wen family and the Tang family, and explored the two clans at that time from an anthropological perspective. The social structure, gender differences and religious etiquette of each village. They work together to record and study the gender status and hierarchical concepts of men and women in the countryside. With the construction of new towns, the landscape of the New Territories has changed. Some of the small villages mentioned in the book have also disappeared, and many traditional rituals are no longer popular. This book uses data collection to present the various spiritual activities of rural life at that time, such as adoption customs. , temple sacrifices, wedding ceremonies and funeral taboos, these are Guangdong rural etiquette that have been gradually forgotten. This book is a unique record of local history, and its theories have inspired many future students. Written by James L. Watson and Rubie S. Watson Translated by Zhang Wanli and Sheng Siwei Dickson Liao Editorial Consultant ISBN: 978-962-996-468-9 Binding: paperback Language: Traditional Chinese Number of pages: 416 Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 23mm **About the author** James L. Watson is a professor of cultural anthropology at Buddhist University in the United States. Rubie S. Watson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Buddhist University in the United States. The two scholars have been conducting anthropological research in South China (Hong Kong, Guangdong and Jiangxi) since the late 1960s. **Translator profile** Zhang Wanli holds a master's degree in Translation from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Open University of Hong Kong and is now a freelance translator. Sheng Siwei studied Chinese and Translation, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Literature and Cultural Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Chicago, and the University of Hong Kong. Currently teaching BA and MA courses in Translation at the Open University of Hong Kong. **Editorial Consultant** Dickson Liao is an associate professor in the Department of Humanities and director of the South China Research Center at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.