\[ **broader terms: [[China]] | [[folkways]]** ] --- # Chinese folkways [[In China, only elders can touch a man's head like a child's (for anyone else to do so would be a sign of disrespect).]][^1] [[In China, it's disrespectful to touch a woman's waist; only those close to her (e.g. husband and family) are permitted this.]][^2] [^1]: Translator’s note in Xi Zixu, *[[Xi Zixu, Kaleidoscope of Death, trans. Taida Translations, 2020|Kaleidoscope of Death]]*, trans. Taida Translations (Taida Translations, 2020), chap. 46. https://taidatranslations.wordpress.com/kaleidoscope-of-death/kod-chapter-46/. [^2]: Translator’s note in Xi Zixu, *[[Xi Zixu, Kaleidoscope of Death, trans. Taida Translations, 2020|Kaleidoscope of Death]]*, trans. Taida Translations (Taida Translations, 2020), chap. 46. https://taidatranslations.wordpress.com/kaleidoscope-of-death/kod-chapter-46/.