The first day of the first lunar month is regarded as the New Year of the Chinese – the Spring Festival. It is the most important and ceremonious traditional festival in China, just as Christmas Day to the westerners. During the ...
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Don't 1: At the proposal meeting, the groom's family will present the bride with an alive goose. The bride's family should not kill the goose and eat it because the goose represents the groom. If the goose is quiet when it is turned over ...
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As a festival of the Miao minority,the Dragon-boat Festival is celebrated in the form of dragon-boat racing in the fifth lunar month every year.Similar to the Han people's custom of dragon-boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival,it ...
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As one of the ethnic groups with small populations in China,throughout history,Elunchun people have been living deep in the dense forests in the Basin of Heilongjiang River as well as in Lesser and Great Khinghan Mountains.Generation after ...
The birthday congratulation banquet is one of the traditional festivity banquets for the Mongolian ethnic group.There is a banquet held right on a baby's one-year-old birthday congratulation.After that,however,all banquets and other ...
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Travellers to Tiber often espy strings of tiny flags hanging down from trees or the eaves of buildings,or fluttering on mountaintops.Made of paper or cloth and inscribed with religious incantations,they are known as"prayers'streamers"or ...
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The Eight Auspicious Symbols, or "Zha Xi Da Jie" in Tibetan, are a group of choicest combined paintings that are most common in Tibetan paintings and are imbued with profound connotations. The symbols appear mostly on murals, and are ...
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Lion Dance,which originated from China,are traditional Chinese folk activities and folk dance forms. Lion Dance,also known as Playing Lion,is a traditional sport activity and a folk art that imitates the movements of lions.In China,people ...
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Chinese folk art reflects the long history of popular customs and traditions in Chinese culture.Deeply rooted in agriculture,people's daily life and rituals are inevitably connected with nature,the surrounding landscape,and the various ...
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Development of Chinese Embroidery Embroidery is a brilliant pearl in Chinese art. From the magnificent Dragon Robe worn by Emperors to the popular embroidery seen in today's fashions, embroidery adds so much pleasure to our life and our ...
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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A Thangka is a painted or embroidered banner which was hung in a monastery or a family altar and carried by lamas in ceremonial processions. In Tibetan the word 'than' means flat and the suffix 'ka' stands for painting. The Thangka is thus ...
The Zhuang have a number of dances. Originating from different periods of their history, it is thought that the older ones have a ritual origin, imitating the movements of their shamans during their religious ceremonies. In general their ...
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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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