Daur is the title that the people from the Daur minority call themselves. It means "pioneer." They were descendants of Khitan, an ancient ethnic group in China. Living on hunting, agriculture and fishing, Daur people mainly inhabit the ...
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Women of the Hezhe ethnic minority marry in dresses of fish skin sewn with hand-twined animal tendons. Although made from primal material the finished article has many delicate flourishes, notably fret worked mosaics around the sleeves and ...
Men of the Shui ethnic minority mostly wear casual clothes with cloth buttons down the front. They usually wear blue or green clothes, a black or blue turbans and pailform pants. However, nowadays, quite a few men wear Sun Yat-sen ...
Tags: Shui ethnic group, leisure clothes, casual clothes, gown
Young women all wear short jackets, which are mainly white, black, and red, buttoned on the right, narrow-sleeved and high-collared. Adult women wear further shawls and aprons with plaited laces. In some areas, women wear close-fitting ...
Tags: pumi ethnic group, jackets, skirts, loose trousers
Yugur women usually wear a high-collared long gown, generally in green or blue, with embroidered design, and a bright-colored jacket over the long gown. They also wear a hat with decoration of lace and flowery design. Women in splendid ...
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The people of Shui ethnic group mainly inhabit in compact communities in Sandu Shui Autonomous County of Guizhou Province. Duan Festival is Shui people's most grand traditional festival, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han ...
The Knife-ladder-Climbing Festival of Lisu Ethnic Group, which is called "a-tang-de" in Lisu language with the meaning of "a festival of climbing knife-ladders", is a traditional festival of the Lisu people and Yi people in the Lushui ...
Few who have seen the film Lust, Cautionwould deny the beauty of lead actress Tang Wei. The cheongsams worn by her character were in perfect harmony with her figure and temperament. These elegant, refined and sexy garments originally ...
Tags: cheongsam, sexy garments, traditional long gown worn, Manchu ethnic group
The ancient Changhua River, running in peace, nourishes the people living along the river with its rich water system. In fact, living along the river was the best way to ensure the survival of the ancestors of the Li ethnic group under ...
Tags: calabash boat, Li people, watercraft
A long, long time ago, Humanity and Nature became sworn comrades and signed a non-aggression treaty. But soon, the humans who had pledged never to invade their ally realized that without Nature's offerings, they could not survive. ...
Tags: Naxi, journey, natural scenery
The Bouyei people, the 11th largest of China's 56 ethnic groups, inhabit the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, which slopes from an altitude of 1,000 meters in the north to 400 meters in the south. The Miaoling Mountains stretch across the plateau, ...
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They are the pioneer of international trade and the offspring of the caravans of the Hui ethnic group; they often have two names, one in the Hui language and the other in Dai; they can speak Mandarin, Dai and Arabic. They are the Dai-Hui ...
Tags: paxi village, Hui ethnic group, culture
The Mulam minority mainly inhabits in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. They called themselves "Ling" or "Jin". In the past, the Mulam people were polytheistic and had many festivals. Except for October and November, there are ...
Tags: Mulam minority, festival, "Yifan"Festival
Sama Festival of Dong ethnic group,spreading in Rongjiang County,Liping County,Congjiang County and the surrounding areas inhabited by Dong people,is mainly represented by Chejiang Dong ethnic Sama Festival in Rongjiang County.Sama Festival ...
The Nadam Fair is a traditional activity of the Mongolian ethnic group in China.It is derived from Mongol ancestors'custom of riding and shooting and wrestling which was formed in the nomadic life.The word"Nadam"in Mongolian is a joint term ...