The Minor New Year's Day, or the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month of each year, is a day for offering sacrifices to the kitchen god and doing a thorough cleaning. The custom has been around since former times. It is also a day marking ...
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The Saga Dawa festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 4th Tibetan month and is one of the most important religious festivals celebrated in Tibet. This auspicious day coincides with three important events in Buddha's life namely his ...
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Liuyueliu festival (June 6th Festival) is an important traditional festival of the Bouyei people in Guiyang. On every sixth day of the sixth lunar month every year, thousands of the Bouyei people in Guiyang and nearby gather on the ...
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Maonan people belong to montagnard of China. They called themselves "A'nan" which means "people of this place". They are well known for their long history and unique culture. Maonan people have many special festivals and the grandest one is ...
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In the suspended wooden buildings (Diaojiao Lou) of Tujia ethnic group in western Hubei Province, several interesting "stealing customs" have been handed down till now, such as stealing pumpkin or beam. Among it, stealing rice bowl is a ...
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Kaquewa Festival of Dulong Ethnic Group, spreading in all the villages and stockaded villages in the Dulongjiang River Watershed of Gongshan Derung-Nu Autonomous County of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, is the ...
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The Chinese have in their rich culture many symbol objects like the dragon and phoenix. This section of the article is to give you a brief introduction to some of the well-known auspicious lucky Chinese symbols. Dragon, this mythical ...
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For more than 2000 years, the Chinese people have used brilliant colors. Today in modern China, red is a very popular color. However, contrary to popular belief, ancient peoples did not pay special attention to the color red. ...
Formal banquets are held to celebrate some traditional Chinese festivals, like the Chinese New Year, the Moon Festival and other traditional Chinese Festivals. Each Festival is associated with particular food, such as Chinese moon cakes for ...
So you've been invited to a traditional Chinese wedding and you're all excited. It's an exotic experience that few in the West have the opportunity to attend, and you're already mentally fitting yourself into a slinky red dress (or cool Sun ...
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Socializing around food and mealtimes is very important to the Chinese. Much of Chinese family life revolves around the dinner table. Traditionally, Chinese believed it was impolite to talk too much while eating. A good meal was regarded as ...
Blang, which is a minority group with a long history, mainly lives in some areas of Xishuangbanna, Lincang and Simao, Southwest China's Yunnan Province. There are several taboos in Blang people's life. A pedestrian must avoid brushing ...
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Gelao, one of the ethnic minority groups in China, has a population of 437,000. Most of them live in Wuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County and Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, and the others live in the city of ...
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The institution of family is the pinnacle of society. This is a fact that has long been realized by the Chinese who hold the family bonds as sacred and honor them accordingly. The traditional Chinese family has a hierarchical order with the ...
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Although Chinese embraces the concept of equality between man and women, traditionally Chinese families have followed patriarchal lines. The Chinese extended family tends to be more significant in life than that of Western cultures, and ...
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