Baishaxiyue is called "Baishixili" or Bieshixieli in Naxi language. According to legend, it is from the music pieces of the Yuan Dynasty. It is said that when Kublai Khan, the first emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, led his south ...
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 ...
Tags: Street Fair, good harvest, Harvest, traditional commodities
Losang Dawa, a 56-year-old Tibetan farmer, brought down the house in Nanmuxiangjiang Village, Quxu County, Tibet's capital of Lhasa, on Saturday when he hit the tip of oxhorn in the game of "Dieguo." A Tibetan villager (Front) competes ...
Tags: traditional game, folk sports, Tibet
' Making sacrificial offerings to QinghaiLake is a folk customs activity of rich religious features. It is also a cultural phenomenon, comprising multiple folk customs while expressing people's good wishes to exist harmoniously ...
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Birch-bark handicrafts are unique to nomad nationalities in northern China. The handicrafts, with strong ethnic and regional flavors, are widely popular in the Heilongjiang River Basin as well as in areas like Oroqen Autonomous Banner, ...
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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In Shanghai, the performing conventions constitute an important part of the urban customs. They incorporate the customs, beliefs and habits which have been accumulated during the artists' long-term performance. As an embodiment of national ...
Tags: temple-fair plays, private theatricals, occupational plays
The Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year, is the most important festival for people in China and other neighboring countries, comparable to Christmas in the West. Family members try every means to get together before the Spring ...
Clay figurines are Wuxi's most famous folk craft. The techniques for making and decorating the figurines developed among the ordinary people of the area of many centuries, and these traditional styles and techniques are still used ...
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California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a health alert, asking consumers not to eat shucked and in-shell raw oysters from Drakes Bay Oyster, an oyster grower based in California, as they may be contaminated with Vibrio ...
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The Nadun Festival is a unique folk custom in Sanchuan Region, Minhe County, Qinghai Province. It is a festival that Tu people celebrate the harvest, enjoy social activities and have fun. It is also called "Peasants' Fair" or "Harvest ...
Tags: Nadun Festival, celebrate the harvest, custom, tradition
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 people of Shui ethnic group mainly inhabit in compact communities in Sandu Shui Autonomous County of Guizhou Province. Duan Festival is Shui people's most grand traditional festival, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han ...
Banyao kite is known as "Yaozi" in Nantong. It is featured by elegant shape, exquisite craftsmanship and unique acoustic effect. Since kite is very popular in China and there are many famous kite production places such as ...
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Liannan Yao Autonomous County of Qingyuan City in northwest mountain areas of north Canton is the only habitation of Paiyao in our country, and it is also the popular region for Shuagetang songfest. Shuagetang songfest is a large-scale ...
Tags: Liannan Yao, Shuagetang songfest, traditional festival