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What are the differences between the customs of the Qing Dynasty and those of today, and which have disappeared?

There are some traditional festivals that have been preserved, such as the Spring Festival, where a "family banquet" is held in the palace at night, where the princes, nobles and concubines of the emperor gather together to eat, and watch songs and dances, which is a very lively event. Nowadays, we also eat New Year's Eve dinner together and watch the Spring Festival Gala. At the Lantern Festival, there would also be folk activities to enjoy lanterns, and we now also have some lantern shows, as well as guessing lantern riddles and eating Lanterns. The Dragon Boat Festival also has dragon boat racing activities, but also and Xionghuang wine to avoid insects There are also the Chongyang Festival ascension and other customs.

Preserving some of the traditional festivals among the way to celebrate, to improve more of the dregs of the culture . Customs are the behavioral habits that people ****together observe within a society. Customs can change over time, and the Qing Dynasty has retained some of its customs, while others have been lost.

Of course, there are still some customs that have been lost or improved. For example, foot-binding for women has been abolished. In those days, women's status was low, and men thought that women looked good with small feet, and if any woman was big-footed, then they thought that she would definitely not be able to get married, which was also harmful to women's body and psychology. And now in the socialist era, we have equality between men and women on a daily basis, so women are also liberated to a large extent and there is no bondage.

There are also some wedding customs. Some men and women have not met before the wedding, more parents' orders matchmakers, and nowadays become open, or more depends on themselves. Qing Dynasty bride after the door is not a toast to socialize, and they have to worship heaven and earth, sitting tent, eat children and grandchildren biscuits and so on and we now have some differences.