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Childbirth in China. Childbirth in China is influenced by traditional Chinese medicine, state control of reproductive health and birthing, and the adoption of modern biomedical practices. There are an estimated 16 million births annually in mainland China. [1] As of 2022, Chinese state media reported the country's total fertility rate to be 1. ...
In China, the bias towards male over female offspring is demonstrated by the sex ratio at birth (SRB). [2] Key factors driving the son preference include the economic impact on families, since men are expected to care for their parents in old age, while women are not. [3] Further, Chinese agrarian society influences sex preference, as ...
In the late Tang dynasty, the Daoist master Du Guangting (850–933) created the title Jiutian Xuannü (九天玄女), adding Jiutian (meaning " [of the] Nine Heavens"), to refer to the goddess. [6] She is closely related to Sunü, who is her divine sister. [7] Both their names combined, as xuansu zhidao ( 玄素之道 ), signify the Daoist ...
In a recent Chinese natural survey in 2003, thirty-seven percent of young women, predominately urban, said they had no gender preference and forty-five percent reported their ideal family would consist of one boy and one girl. The elimination of female infants has contributed to the phenomenon known as, "missing women".
A list of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs, including decorative ornaments, patterns, auspicious symbols, and iconography elements, used in Chinese visual arts, sorted in different theme categories. Chinese symbols and motifs are more than decorative designs as they also hold symbolic but hidden meanings which have been used and ...
v. t. e. Women in ancient and imperial China were restricted from participating in various realms of social life, [1] through social stipulations that they remain indoors, whilst outside business should be conducted by men. [2] The strict division of the sexes, apparent in the policy that "men plow, women weave" ( Chinese: 男耕女織 ...
From the popular to the rare, we’ve rounded up a long list of Chinese baby names: 90 traditionally boy names, 90 traditionally girl names and 20 that are considered unisex, for a total of 200 ...
Nezha ( 哪吒) is a protection deity in Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion. His official Taoist name is "Marshal of the Central Altar" ( 中壇元帥 ). He was then given the title "Third Lotus Prince" ( 蓮花三太子) after he became a deity.