Culture & Life
Culture & Life
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Love and Marriage Affairs of Monba People
Dec 5, 2012Love and Marriage Affairs The lyrics from a Monba love song go like this: "Mountains though high in the northeast, cannot block the sun in the sky; parents though powerful at home, cannot stop their children from choosing their own ...
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Traditional Costumes and Ornaments of Women in The Water Towns of Jiangnan
Dec 5, 2012China's Jiangnan area has many water towns, of which Zhouzhuang and Luzhi are the representative ones. The traditional costumes and ornaments of local women are featuring strong water town flavor. They like to wrap the head with a floral ...
Tags: Jiangnan area, water towns, traditional costumes, floral towel
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Batik Printing Is a Sort of Age-Old Traditional Folk Handicraft in China
Dec 5, 2012Batik printing is a sort of age-old traditional folk handicraft for fabric printing and dyeing in China. It was named together with tie dyeing and stencil printing as "Three Major Printing Crafts in Ancient China". Stripes on wax printed ...
Tags: batik printing, craft, traditional craft
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The Introduce of Monba People
Dec 5, 2012The Monba ethnic group resides mainly in Medog, Nyingchi and Cuona Counties within the Tibet Autonomous Region. "Monba" refers to the people living in a beautiful virgin land. Monba people have their own spoken language but no written form. ...
Tags: Monba ethnic group, virgin land, hospitality
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The Mandarin Jacket Is a Kind of Men's Short Jacket Worn Over The Long Gown in Former Time
Dec 5, 2012The mandarin jacket is a kind of men's short jacket worn over the long gown in former times. The sleeves of the navel-length jacket cover little more than the elbows, making it convenient for riding a horse, hence the name of the jacket ...
Tags: mandarin jacket, short jacket, magua, riding jacket
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The Daur Ethnic Group Stresses Obeying Etiquette and Customs
Dec 5, 2012The Daur ethnic group stresses obeying etiquette and customs. During the wedding ceremony, the party accompanying the bride includes the groomsmen, bridesmaids and the bride's younger brothers and cousins. When they arrive at the ...
Tags: customs, Daur, wedding ceremony
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A Legend Behind The Height-Enhancing Shoes Associated with Manchu Women
Dec 5, 2012Manchu women have long had a reputation for being tall and slender. This may be because in former times they wore platform-soled shoes (Manchu chopine), tall hair styles and close-fitting cheongsams. There is a legend behind the ...
Tags: Manchu, chopine, platform-soled shoes, close-fitting cheongsams
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Tujia Customs: "Wedding Tears"
Dec 5, 2012One of the largest minority groups in China lives deep in the remote, mountainous region on the borders of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces. It is the "Tujia" (literally "Soil Family") ethnic minority. Among well known Tujia ...
Tags: brocade, minority groups, Tujia
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The Special But Interesting Way of The Daurs Setting a Marriage Date Is Via Divination
Dec 5, 2012Daur 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 ...
Tags: Daur, marriage date, engagement feast
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Opera Facial Make-up Originates From Totem in Ancient Times
Dec 5, 2012Opera facial make-up originates from totem in ancient times, develops into facial paintings of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and eventually takes the shape of facial costume of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a pattern of put-on ...
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Women of The Hezhe Ethnic Minority Marry in Dresses of Fish Skin Sewn with Animal Tendons
Dec 5, 2012Women 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 ...
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When One Thinks of China,Silk Is One of The First Things That Come to Mind
Dec 5, 2012Foreigners are interesting in Suzhou silk. When one thinks of China, silk is one of the first things that come to mind. China is the birthplace of silk, and still produces some of the finest silk in the world. In all of China the best ...
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Usually People in Shanghai Are Not Very Fond of Moving
Dec 5, 2012Usually people in Shanghai are not very fond of moving. However, since the 1990s, a large number of residents have begun to move. As a result, the residents from block to block have joyfully moved to the newly-established dwelling areas. As ...
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The Dong Ethnic Minority Regards Silver as The Most Precious of Metals
Dec 5, 2012The Dong ethnic minority regards silver as the most precious of metals, and out of which the most dazzling jewelry is made. Families begin amassing silver jewelry, comprising corollas, hairpins, combs, chaplets, necklaces, bracelets, rings ...
Tags: Dong bride, silver jewelry, dazzling jewelry, embroidery, wedding gown
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Datong Is One of The Famous Producers of Folk Copperware
Dec 5, 2012On the vast and bleak plateau north of the Great Wall in Shanxi Province is Datong, a historical city of China. With a history of more than 2,300 years, it has retained rich and brilliant cultural relics, including the Yungang Grottoes from ...
Tags: copper hotpot, handicraft, Shanxi
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