Shehuo ladle mask is mainly painted on the wooden ladle – a utensil used to scoop water or grain in ancient China, so it is called ladle mask. The ladle was a daily utensil used by ancient Chinese to feed the horses; usually the ...
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The board of livestock in New Mexico, US, has issued an emergency rule to limit the spread of vesicular stomatitis, a virus which can cause blister-like lesions in animals. Under the rule, all livestock events in the state, such as fairs ...
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The Kazaks, with a population of 1,111,718, mostly live in Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Mori and Barkol Kazak Autonomous Counties. The rest are distributed in Gansu and Qinghai provinces. Located in the north of Xinjiang Autonomous ...
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Gloves made of wild dog skin. A bag made of roe deer skin. Sledges are the major transport in winter. Children wear such deer skin boots. The Oroqens, with a population of 6,965, mainly live ...
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Pottery miniature courtyard among the burials during the Three Kingdom Period (220-280) unearthed from Echeng Hubei, showing ancient Chinese residential building in five elements and eight diagram styles. Residential building featuring ...
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Origin of snuff bottles While snuff first came to China from the West, the snuff bottle is an absolute Chinese invention which combines the Chinese and western cultures. It's said that snuff was introduced to China between the end of Ming ...
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An ice lantern is a wintertime work of art widely created in north China. It was originally made for illumination, providing a light source for the life and work of farmers and fishermen of north China in chilly winter night. Later, the ...
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The population of the Naxi nationality is 278, 009. Most of the Naxi people live in Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County of Yunnan Province in close communities. The rest are scattered in Weixi, Zhongdian, Deqin. Ninglang, and Yongsheng counties. ...
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The term"tang suit"is originated from abroad.A Chinatown is a section of an urban area associated with a large number of Chinese within a city outside the majority.The local people always named the Chinatown as"town of people from Tang ...
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The Street Fair is grandest show of the year for the Bais. Held from the 15th day to the 21st day of the third lunar month every year at the foot of the Mount Diancang Shan, west to the ancient city of Dali, the Bais are holding the ...
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The theme of transportation is to "Travel Safe." Art works for decoration on vehicles and horses are mostly symbols of "good luck" or an "eight diagram." At Maojin ferry, Henan on the Yellow River Mid-stream, an area where monkey totem ...
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' Making sacrificial offerings to QinghaiLake is a folk customs activity of rich religious features. It is also a cultural phenomenon, comprising multiple folk customs while expressing people's good wishes to exist harmoniously ...
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Farmer paintings are decorative paintings and printed pictures created by farmers. Traditional farmer paintings include farmers' self-printed paper horses, door paintings, god images and auspicious pictures drawn in places like the end of a ...
Mud Cuckoo, in Chinese we call it "Ni Gugu", is a traditional little clay sculpture in Xunxian. It is also a little toy. It has gained its name from its two main characters. Firstly, it is made of clay. Secondly, it is a kind of whistle. ...
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In the border region of western Yunnan, where China is linked with Myanmar by common mountains and rivers, there is a large expanse of beautiful land, Tengchong, which is known as "an emerald in the depth of great mountains." ...
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