Culture & Life
Culture & Life
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The Wooden Drum Dance Is an Indispensable Dance in Traditional Sacrificial Activities
Dec 17, 2012The wooden drum dance is an indispensable dance in traditional sacrificial activities of the Wa Minority in China. The dance, led by a sorcerer, is performed throughout the sacrificial rituals held in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar ...
Tags: wooden drum dance, traditional sacrificial activities, Wa Minority
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The Fire Cat Dance Is a Sacrificial Dance Unique to The Zhuang Ethnic People
Dec 17, 2012The fire cat dance is a sacrificial dance unique to the Zhuang ethnic people in Wuzhou area of Guangxi. It is performed as a ritual to keep mice away from harvested grain. In the dance, dozens of young men and women play "cats" and "cat ...
Tags: fire cat dance, sacrificial dance, keep mice away from harvested grain
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The Lusheng Dance Is a Traditional Folk Dance Popular Among Ethnic Minorities
Dec 17, 2012The Lusheng Dance is a traditional folk dance popular among ethnic minorities like the Dong, Miao, Yi, Wa, Nu, Dai etc. It is also known as "Lusheng Steps in the Hall" or "Lusheng Tramping". The dance originated from ancient ritual dances ...
Tags: Lusheng Dance, traditional folk dance, ancient ritual dances
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The Shaman Dance Is a Kind of Dance Performed by Shamanistic Sorcerers
Dec 17, 2012The Shaman Dance is a kind of dance performed by Shamanistic sorcerers during sacrificial rituals and activities for driving out evil and disease etc. Shamanism is a primitive religion practiced among ethnic minorities of the Altaic ...
Tags: Shaman Dance, Shamanistic sorcerers, sacrificial rituals and activities
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"Guozhuang Dance" Means "Singing and Dancing in a Circle"
Dec 17, 2012In the Tibetan language, "Guozhuang dance" means "singing and dancing in a circle". It is one of the three major Tibetan folk dances popular in Tibet and places like Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu where Tibetans live. In the dance, men and ...
Tags: Guozhuang dance, singing and dancing in a circle, ibetan folk dances
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The Tong Grand Songs Are a Kind of Folk Music That Originated in The Song Dynasty
Dec 17, 2012Also called "Galao" the Tong grand songs, called as such because they are sung by large groups of people, are a kind of folk music that originated in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The songs are performed in male and female antistrophic ...
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The Taiping Drum Dance Is a Folk Dance
Dec 17, 2012The Taiping Drum Dance is a folk dance that originated among the common people who used it as a form of self-entertainment. It first appeared in Bejing during theMing Dynasty(1368-1644) and became common during theQing Dynasty(1644-1911). ...
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Kedao of The Miao Minority Is a Kind of Miao Toast Song in Shibing County
Dec 17, 2012Kedao (record by carving) of the Miao minority, also called the marital song there, is a kind of Miao toast song in Shibing County. The general content of the song is carved on the cylinder bamboo or wood club and the Miao people would hold ...
Tags: Kedao, marital song, most ancient sign
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Mupamipa Is The Widest Spread Mythological Story
Dec 17, 2012Mupamipa is the widest spread mythological story about the creation of the world in the style of an epic among the Lahu nationality in China. It is part of the Lahu oral literature popular in Lahu Autonomous County of Yunnan Province. The ...
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Jangar Is a Narrative Poem Presented in The Form of Singing and Story Telling
Dec 17, 2012Jangar is a narrative poem presented in the form of singing and story telling popular among the Mongolian ethnic group in China, especially in areas with Mongolian populations in Xinjiang. It is rated as China's top three heroic epics along ...
Tags: Jangar, narrative poem, heroic epics
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Naxi Ancient Music Is a Type of Folk Music Unique to The Naxi People
Dec 17, 2012Naxi ancient music is a type of folk music unique to the Naxi people in Lijiang area of Yunnan Province. The music is composed of three styles: Baisha Fine Music, Dongjing Music and Huangjing music, but Huangjing music has been lost. Naxi ...
Tags: Naxi ancient music, folk music unique, Taoist ritual music
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Chinese Mouth Organ Is a Folk Musical Instrument Enjoyed a Long History
Dec 17, 2012Also known as "harmonica" or "bamboo reed", Chinese mouth organ is a folk musical instrument enjoyed a long history. It comes in various shapes and sizes. The instrument is popular among a dozen or so ethnic groups, such as Yi, Lahu, Naxi, ...
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The Introduction of The Sichuan Boatmen
Dec 17, 2012The Sichuan Boatmen's Chant is a type of work song in folk music style sung to synchronize the working movements of boatmen and boat trackers in the Sichuan reach of the Yangtze River, with one person leading and all others joining in the ...
Tags: Boatmen's Chant, folk music style, boatmen and boat trackers
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Errenzhuan Is a Folk Art with Strong Local Flavor Featuring Ballad Singing and Dancing
Dec 17, 2012Also known as "Hop-Hop", Errenzhuan (a kind of folk song-dance duet) is a folk art with strong local flavor featuring ballad singing and dancing popular in Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang Provinces and Xing'an League, Hulun Buir, ...
Tags: Hop-Hop, folk art, ballad singing
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The Ancient Zhihua Temple Music
Dec 17, 2012The Zhihua Temple was first built in the ninth year of Zhengtong Period of the Ming Dynasty (1444 AD), under the supervision of Wang Zhen, a powerful eunuch of Emperor Yingzong. Later, Wang Zhen made a decision without consulting the ...
Tags: Zhihua Temple, music of the Zhihua Temple, traditional Chinese music
