The Street Fair is grandest show of the year for the Bais. Held from the 15th day to the 21st day of the third lunar month every year at the foot of the Mount Diancang Shan, west to the ancient city of Dali, the Bais are holding the ...
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In Mile Xishan of Southwest China's Yunnan Province is mainly inhabited by the Axi people, who are a subgroup of the Yi ethnic group. With a population of 170,000, Axi people, different from some other Yi branches, enjoy a simple marriage ...
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The Korean ethnic group is distributed mainly over the northeast of China, including Jilin Province, Liaoning Province and Heilongjiang Province. Other Korean people disseminate in some cities in other parts of China, such as the Inner ...
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According to the fifth national census in 2000, the Primi population is 33,600. Their language, Primi, is a member of the Tibetan-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan phylum. In the past, Primi was written using Tibetan characters, however, ...
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Song-and-dance Duet, or "Song-and-dance Squad", is a genre of opera prevailing in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and northern regions of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei Province. The repertoires are usually sung by one clown and one positive ...
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The Manchu ethnic minority is mostly distributed in Northeast China's Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning Provinces, especially in Liaoning Province. The Manchu have their own language and letters. They are fond of singing and dancing from of ...
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Norway - Comprising three spaces of up to 1,500 seats each, the new Stavanger Konserthus (Concert Hall) in Norway was always going to be an ambitious project - especially given the current economic climate. But thanks to a careful reading ...
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Daur 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 ...
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Mianhua is art created with flour. Fermented flour is kneaded into various shapes such as animals, gourds, fruits and flowers, and then steamed and finally coloured. In Mizhi County of Shaanxi Province, I was fascinated as an old woman ...
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In ancient China, engagement was an important social rite where man and woman confirm marital ties, next only to official marriage in significance. Marital ties were made by following "parents' order and on the matchmaker's word". However, ...
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The singsong on June 6th is a unique art festival featuring mainly singing and dancing performed by Tibetans on the June 6th in Tibetan calendar every year. In the days before the festival, the people will go out in a group to the exuberant ...
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China is a country with an ancient civilization, and the modern Chinese standards of beauty often mimic those from thousands of years ago. Garment The ancients had their own attitude towards beauty and fashion. "Beauties Wearing ...
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 ...
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Otherwise known as "Jinling lantern fair", Qinhuai lantern fair is a folk cultural activity with a distinctive flavor and popular in Nanjing area. It is usually held between the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival every year. The ...
The Corban Festival is a traditional festival celebrated by over ten ethnic minorities in China including Uyghur ethnic group.Also known as"Sacrifice Festival"or"Al Adha Feast",the Corban Festival is named with the Festival of Fast-breaking ...