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Nvshu Is Handed Down Exclusively by Women

Dec 17, 2012

Jiangyong County is located in southern Hunan Province. It is adjacent to Guilin of Guangxi Province in the west and south, and it is subordinate to Yongzhou City. Jiangyong Nvshu is popular in Shangjiangwei area (including Shangjiangwei ...

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Wuchuan Piaose (Literally, Flying Color) Originated in Shagang Village of Huangpo Town

Dec 17, 2012

Wuchuan Piaose (literally, flying color) originated in Shagang Village of Huangpo Town. It was created by Chen Quheng, a local artist born in the sixth year during the reign of Emperor Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty. Originally, three of the ...

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Nuo Dance Refers to The Dance Performed at Grand Nuo Ceremonies

Dec 17, 2012

As an ancient custom, Nuo basically means greeting the god to exorcize the ghost of pestilence. Nuo dance refers to the dance performed at grand Nuo ceremonies. With a long history, it can be dated back to the record of "folk Nuo" in The ...

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Puppet Shows

Dec 17, 2012

The life of a small puppet is given by its performer. Being pulled up and down, the small puppet gets its expression and movements. Thereafter the story begins. At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the small Quanzhou string ...

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Ancient Songs of The Miao Minority Is The Myth of Poetic Style

Dec 17, 2012

Ancient Songs of the Miao Minority is the myth of poetic style that takes creation as its main contents. It is popular in the residence area of Miao, an ethnic group of China. The folk oral literary work is an epic created by the ...

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The Most Famous Traditional Folk Dance of The Dai Minority in China

Dec 17, 2012

As the most famous traditional folk dance of the Dai Minority in China, peacock dance is prevalent in the Dai and Jingpo minority autonomous prefectures as well as gathering areas of the Dai people. Legend has it that more than a thousand ...

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Nuo Is a Phenomenon of Witchcraft Culture

Dec 17, 2012

Nuo is a phenomenon of witchcraft culture which has its root in Chinese primitive religion and means to drive away devils. Primitive people thought that all diseases were caused by devils. The ritual activities of Nuo were already in ...

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The Introduction of Hani Ethnic Polyphonic Folk Song

Dec 17, 2012

Hani ethnic polyphonic folk song is widespread in several Hani villages centering on Puchun Village in the east part of Azhahe Town in Honghe County, and its popular area is in a naturally enclosed environment with inconvenient ...

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The Introduction of Qiangmu

Dec 17, 2012

Qiangmu, also called "sorcerer's dance", is a kind of religious dance. "Semo qinmu qiangmu" is Gelug Qiangmu of Tibetan Buddhism performed by monks of Tashihunpo Monastery in Shigatse of Tibet. It is held in each eighth month of Tibetan ...

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The Introduction of Jinuo Nationality "Drum Dance"

Dec 17, 2012

Big Drum Dance is a kind of folk dance which has a long history and profound influence on the common people, and it is spreading in Jinuo villages in Jinuoshan Jinuo Town of Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan ...

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Hero-Praising Dance Is a Kind of Folk Square Dancing Integrating Dance

Dec 17, 2012

Hero-praising dance also can be called "Eagle Song", or "Parrot" or "Yangge". It's a kind of folk square dancing integrating dance, essential of southern style boxing, Chinese opera and acting. Its performance manner is vigorous and heroic, ...

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Miao Ethnic Group:Playing Lusheng and The Stool Dance

Dec 17, 2012

People of the Chinese Miao Ethnic Group, dwelling in southeast Guizhou Province, enjoy many ancient and distinctive traditions. A couple of favorite customs are playing lusheng (reed-pipe wind) and the stool dance, both of which continue to ...

Tags: Miao festivals, playing lusheng, stools for a dance

Ziyang Folk Songs Are The General Name of Folk Songs in Ziyang County

Dec 17, 2012

Ziyang folk songs are the general name of folk songs in Ziyang County, Shaanxi Province, and the most typical ones among folk songs in south Shaanxi Province. They have vivid expressions and images, beautiful and appealing melodies, ...

Tags: Ziyang folk songs, artistic treasure, earliest collection of poems

Water-Nourished Folk Dance Described Below Are The Most Popular in Dai Areas

Dec 17, 2012

The folk dances of the 840,000 Dai Ethnic Group enjoy not only wide popularity but great diversity. Most of them imitate the movements of subtropical creatures. The percussion instruments used for accompaniment include elephant-foot drums, ...

Tags: folk dances, subtropical creatures, percussion instruments

The Introduction of Acrobatics in The Tang Dynasty

Dec 17, 2012

The 300-year period in Chinese history from the Wei and Jin Dynasty (220-420) to the Southern and Northern Dynasty(386-581), witnessed great social turmoil and an intensive cultural amalgamation amongst various ethnic groups. The Sui ...

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