Yushu, a remote county in the depths of northwestern China's Qinghai Province, used to be two days' drive from the nearest airport in the provincial capital Xining. As the source of China's three major rivers, center of Kham Tibetan ...
Tags: Yushu, remote county, Myths and Legends
As an agricultural people, the Buyi worship the Land. Outside every village there is usually a Temple of the Land, inside which there are usually two stones that represent the Father Land and the Mother Land. They sacrifice a chicken or a ...
Tags: Buyi, agricultural people, god
"Family tree" (or "pedigree chart") is a special chart representing family relationships and important events of family members in a conventional tree structure. Family tree is a special cultural legacy of China, being one of the 3 ...
The first Stones shop-in-shop opened in the Yansha Department Store in Beijing. The typical Stones collection mix existing of business and casual wear is now presented on 30 sqm. The brand is placed in the surroundings of Hugo Boss, Tommy ...
Tags: Stones, shop-in-shop, Yansha Department Store, mix existing, casual wear
The Chennai Silks, based in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has woven the most expensive saree in the world. The world record setting saree is worth Rs. 4 million and it weighs around 8 kg. It is intricately embellished with ...
Tags: saree, Chennai Silks, wedding sarees, silk sarees
Floor space for DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR is 79% booked five months ahead of the March 26-28, 2013 show in Shanghai. Enthusiasm for new programs, the addition of a new segment to the show and recognition that DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR sits at ...
Tags: Floor space, woods, laminate, cork, bamboo
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 ...
Liuyueliu festival (June 6th Festival) is an important traditional festival of the Bouyei people in Guiyang. On every sixth day of the sixth lunar month every year, thousands of the Bouyei people in Guiyang and nearby gather on the ...
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Kaquewa Festival of Dulong Ethnic Group, spreading in all the villages and stockaded villages in the Dulongjiang River Watershed of Gongshan Derung-Nu Autonomous County of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, is the ...
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Since the Stone Age the Bouyei ethnic minority have inhabited what is now Guizhou Province. Their main living areas are now Bouyei and the Miao's Autonomous Prefecture, Anshun and Guiyang City. This is a relatively large group with the ...
Tags: The Bouyei Nationality, Language, Belief, Crafts, Food, Festivals
According to Chinese legend, the mighty Pangu, above, broke through the chaos with his strength and axe to create the world as we know it. It may seem that every culture has its own tale about the creation of the world and the beginnings ...
The Qiang ethnic minority lives mainly in the counties of the Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan; Maowen Qiang Autonomous County is the largest area that is home to the Qiang. The Qiang have a profound history of over 3,000 years as ...
Tags: The Qiang Nationality, Language, Character, Belief, Crafts, Food
November 22, 2012 -- Crystal Stone Ltd has made a mark in the tiles industry as the leading wholesale and retail distributor of the best quality black starlight tiles. They have earned reputation in the sales of other materials like ...
Erecting Taishan shi-gan-dang nearby the houses, villages, bridges and roads has a long history in China. The word of “shi-gan-dang” first appeared in Han Dynasty. During Tang Dynasty, these three characters have been carved on ...
Tags: Taishan shi-gan-dang, Chinese tradition, Chinese culture, Chinese History
The Bai have a culture very elaborated with important works of history, religion, astronomy and medicine. Their most important myth is "Creation of the world" , which three sections well differentiated: Primordial times, Creation of the ...
Tags: Bai Myths, Literature, culture