A saying of the Miao ethnic group goes like this: the beauty of golden pheasants lies in their feather, and girls of the Miao minority their silver ornaments. When walking in hustling markets, lanes paved with slates or mountain paths ...
Pottery miniature courtyard among the burials during the Three Kingdom Period (220-280) unearthed from Echeng Hubei, showing ancient Chinese residential building in five elements and eight diagram styles. Residential building featuring ...
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The Miao girls fancy silver ornaments, and wherever they live, their dresses, especially their silver jewelries, will become the local highlights and cultural sight. The silver ornament civilization of Miao has been handed down ever since ...
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One 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 ...
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Silver ornaments are the favorite traditional ornaments of the Miao minority, and they are mainly adopted by women for make-up. There are many types of ornaments that could be used to adorn a girl from head to feet, including ...
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Commonly known as "xiuhua" (embroidering flowers), embroidery is an art craft performed by using needle and colored thread (silk, cloth with soft nap, and thread) to prick and stitch fabrics including silk, satin, ninon, yarn, thin silk, ...
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China will consider linking gas prices across the value chain as well as the establishment of a national natural gas trading market during the current 12th Five Year Plan period to 2015, according to an official development plan for natural ...
China's commercial inventories of oil products in 13 grain-producing provinces held by state companies Sinopec and China National Petroleum Corp. totaled 3.78 million mt as of November 25, the National Development and Reform Commission said ...
The Xiangdong Nuo Mask is a kind of mask made of camphorwood with original religious flavor. It originated in Hunan Province and later became popular in the Xiangdong Region, Piangxiang of Jiangxi Province. The Nuo Mask, an ...
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As a local folk art form in China, paper-cuts display not only that the folks are intelligent and deft but also that their inner world is as colorful and innocent as the peach blossom. Paper-cut is a seasonal art form. On holidays, ...
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The Yaos, with a population of 2,134,013, are mainly distributed in Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Jia ngxi provinces. A wedding of the Yaos living in Jinxiu, Yunnan Province. The bride and groom undergo the kneeling ...
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China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has ordered Hunan AVA Dairy to halt the production of infant formula products, as they were found to contain the carcinogen aflatoxin. AQSIQ ...
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GAC Mitsubishi Motors (GMMC), the joint venture formed by Guangzhou Automobile (GAC), Mitsubishi Motors (MMC) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), has started operations in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. Guangzhou Automobile Group owns 50% ...
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Investment Proportion (National Total=100) Accumulated from January (100 million yuan) Growth Rate over Same Period of Previous Year (%) ...
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What is the theme of human birth?First it is to know where life comes from;and then to wish that the newborn grows up healthy and strong.Human life comes from mother's body of the universe,which the Chinese believe is as primeval as pigeon ...