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Spring Festival Tourism Revenue Rises in Beijing
Feb 14, 2016Tourism revenue in Beijing rose 2.9 percent year on year during the week-long Spring Festival holiday, according to the municipal tourism commission. Tourism revenue reached 4.92 billion yuan (753 million U.S. dollars) during the holiday, ...
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Temple Fairs Remain a Firm Favorite
Nov 3, 2015A performer practices crying out his wares as a street vendor at Badachu Park on Feb 9. (Source: China Daily/ Li Jundong) Despite more and more young people turning their back on tradition, temple fairs remain a favorite event during ...
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Belief in and Commemoration of Mazu
Oct 31, 2014As the most influential goddess of the sea in China, Mazu is at the centre of a host of beliefs and customs, including oral traditions, religious ceremonies and folk practices, throughout the country’s coastal areas. Mazu is believed ...
Tags: Mazu Belief, Mazu Customs
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The Introduction of Women's Writing
Dec 17, 2012Jiangyong Nv Shu is the only existing female characters in the world. It is a writing system exclusively used by women in the Jiangxu area of Jiangyong County of just 20,000 people in the south tip of Hunan Province. Nv Shu characters are ...
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The Flower Drum Lantern Is a Traditional Folk Dance Enjoying a Long History
Dec 17, 2012The flower drum lantern is a traditional folk dance enjoying a long history. Originating in the Song Dynasty, the art form got extremely popular in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty. It's much favored by local people and the mass ...
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Leading Instrument of Changli Chuige Is The Suona Horn That Is Accompanied by a Drum
Dec 17, 2012The leading instrument of Changli Chuige is the suona horn that is accompanied by a barrel-shaped drum and a set of earthen bowls. And in a big performance, the national instruments, such as the sheng, pipe, flute, xiao and huqin would be ...
Tags: instrument of Changli, national instruments, suona horns
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Peaceful Cart Was Popular in The Folk Activity of Zaohuo and Temple Fairs
Dec 7, 2012Peaceful Cart,a folk artistic form of dancing and singing,was popular in the folk activity of Zaohuo and temple fairs in the Qing Dynasty.Peaceful Cart originated from the ancient entertainment of pushing the cart.And it developed to two ...
Tags: folk artistic form, Peaceful Cart, artistic form of dancing and singing
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Jingjing Garland Originates From The Folk Flower Fairs on The Festivals
Dec 7, 2012Jingjing Garland originates from the folk flower fairs on the festivals, temple fairs and celebrations and is popular in the Jingjing County of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. Since it has a history of hundreds of years and is well ...
Tags: Jingjing garland, north Yangko, hometown of Chinese folk art
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Rolling Lamp, a Folk Dance of The Han Chinese
Dec 6, 2012Rolling lamp, a folk dance of the Han Chinese, is popular in the area along the Qiantang River including Yuhang, Haiyan, etc. Yuhang rolling lamp originated in Wengmei area of Yuhang in Zhejiang. With a history of over 800 years, it is a ...
Tags: rolling lamp, artworks, folk arts, handicraft
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Temple-Fair Plays, Private Theatricals, Occupational Plays, and Seasonal Plays in Shanghai
Dec 5, 2012In Shanghai, the performing conventions constitute an important part of the urban customs. They incorporate the customs, beliefs and habits which have been accumulated during the artists' long-term performance. As an embodiment of national ...
Tags: temple-fair plays, private theatricals, occupational plays
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Praying for Rain Became a Grand Sacrificial Ritual in Former Times
Nov 29, 2012At a time when life hinges on weather-dependant harvest,a long drought could be a life-and-death issue for Chinese farmers.As such,praying for rain became a grand sacrificial ritual in former times. In old China,the Dragon King was ...
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The Special Production Mode and Life Customs Have Given Birth to Distinctive Folk Arts
Nov 29, 2012Zhoushan is located in the north-eastern part of Zhejiang Province, east to the Hangzhou Bay and south to the mouth of the Yangtze River. The rich oceanic resources are the foundation of the local people's production and living, and the ...
Tags: gong, drum music, folk arts
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Chuige Is a Very Ancient Chinese Performance Form with Wind Instruments
Nov 29, 2012Chuige is a very ancient Chinese performance form with wind instruments among which pipe is the principal one supplemented by sheng, flute, xiao (a vertical bamboo flute), drum, big cymbals, and finger cymbals, etc. It can be rated as ...
Tags: ancient music, Chuige, folk arts
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Shandong Clapper Ballad Is a Very Typical Folk Art Form of Story-Telling Performance
Nov 28, 2012Shandong clapper ballad is a very typical folk art form of story-telling of rhyme-singing performance. It is also called "Wu Laoer", as in its early period it mainly performed the stories of Wu Song who was the second child of the Wu family ...
Tags: Clapper Ballad, folk art, folk song
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Temple Fair Was Originally a Showing Activity Entertaining The People
Nov 28, 2012Temple fair was originally a showing activity entertaining the people by the Buddhism and Taoism organizations in order to transmit the tenet and increase votary, with the attractive recreation performance such as dances, drama and ...
Tags: Chinese tradition, traditional activity, Chinese culture, Chinese customs
