Culture & Life
Culture & Life
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The Hezhen Nationality Is One of The Smallest Ethnic Groups of China
Dec 4, 2012The Hezhen Nationality, with a population of 4.245, is one of the smallest ethnic groups of China. Most Hezhen people live in close communities in Jiejinkou, Sipai and Bacha townships of Raohe and Fuyuan counties, Heilongjiang Province. ...
Tags: The Hezhens, minority peoples, population
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The Lantern Festival Began in Han Dynasty
Dec 4, 2012The Facts: The Lantern Festival began in Han dynasty(A.D. 25 - A.D.220 ) The Lantern Festival was hold every 15th day of the 1st lunar month. The four important festivals in China are the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, the ...
Tags: Lantern Festival, customs, tradition
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The Tajiks Mainly Live in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County
Dec 4, 2012The Tajiks, with a population of 33,538, mainly live in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. A few can be found in Shache, Zepu, Yecheng and Pishan counties in the western edge of theTarim ...
Tags: The Tajiks, population, minority peoples
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The Shui Population Is 345,993 and Most of Them Live in Sandu Shui Autono
Dec 4, 2012The Shui population is 345,993. Most of them live in Sandu Shui Autono-mous County of Qiannan Buyi-Miao Au?tonomous Prefecture, Libo, Duyun, Dushan, and Kaili, Liping Rongjiang, Congjiang counties of Qiandongnan Miao-Dong Autonomous ...
Tags: The Shuis, language, population
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Yushu's Culture,Myths and Legends
Dec 4, 2012Yushu, a remote county in the depths of northwestern China's Qinghai Province, used to be two days' drive from the nearest airport in the provincial capital Xining. As the source of China's three major rivers, center of Kham Tibetan ...
Tags: Yushu, remote county, Myths and Legends
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The Shes Mainly Live in The Mountainous Areas of Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces
Dec 4, 2012The Shes, with a population of 630,378, mainly live in the mountainous areas of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. A few are distributed in Jiangxi, Guangdong and Anhui provinces. A She village usually contains less than 100 families, and many ...
Tags: The Shes, population, She area
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The Salars Mainly Live in Close Community in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County
Dec 4, 2012The Salars, with' a population of 87.697, mainly live in close community in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County of Qinghai Province. A few are scattered in Qinghai, Gansu and Xinjiang. Killing sheep on the Festival of Fast-breaking ...
Tags: The Salars, population, language
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The Primis Mainly Live in The Laojun Mountain of Lanping and The Foothills of The Maoniu
Dec 4, 2012The Primis, with a population of 29.657, mainly live in the Laojun Mountain of Lanping and the foothills of the Maoniu Mountain of Ninglang in the northwest of Yunnan Province. A small number can be found in Lijiang, Yongsheng, Weixi, ...
Tags: The Primis, minority peoples, religion
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The Nu Ethnic Minority Mainly Live in The Bijiang
Dec 4, 2012Population and Distribution: The Nu ethnic minority mainly live in the Bijiang, Fugong and Gongshan counties of the southwest of Yunnan Province, with some in the Lanping and Weixi counties. In comparison to the other ethnic groups in ...
Tags: Nu Nationality, population, character
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We Talk About The Discovery of The Fire in The Old Stone Age
Dec 4, 2012For clearly know about the Formation of the Lantern Festival, at first we must talk about the discovery of the Fire in the old stone age. The retaining and utilization of fire Paleolithic-Neolithic ages (about 2.5 million ...
Tags: Lantern Festival, utilization of fire, old stone age, neolithic ages
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The Religion of Hani Yeche People Is Based on The Cult to The Ancestors
Dec 4, 2012The religion of Hani Yeche people is based on the cult to the ancestors and in the deification of the forces of the nature. The fundamental concept is the existence of different souls or "yuela." They believe that people are eminently ...
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The Feng Shui for Rabbit in 2011 Is Not All That Rosy as The Rabbits Had Hoped
Dec 4, 2012Will the Year of the Rabbit be good for those with the rabbit Chinese zodiac sign in 2011? What is the 2011 horoscope forecasts for the rabbit in the 2011 metal rabbit year? How will the rabbit's fortune turn out in 2011? What are the feng ...
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As an Agricultural People,The Buyi Worship The Land and Gods
Dec 4, 2012As an agricultural people, the Buyi worship the Land. Outside every village there is usually a Temple of the Land, inside which there are usually two stones that represent the Father Land and the Mother Land. They sacrifice a chicken or a ...
Tags: Buyi, agricultural people, god
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Each Ninth Day of September in Chinese Lunar Calendar Is The Double-Ninth Day
Dec 4, 2012Each ninth day of September in Chinese lunar calendar is the Double-Ninth Day, a traditional festival of China. Having undergone a history of more than 2,000 years, the Double-Ninth Day was formally set down as a folk festival in the Tang ...
Tags: ninth day of September in Chinese lunar calendar, Double-Ninth Day
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The Delivery of The Baby in Hani
Dec 4, 2012When the child is born the person helping the mother will not pick it up until it has cried three times, the first for a life span, the second for the whole village and the third as a request of help. The helper must give a temporary name ...
Tags: The Hani, birth customs, child
