Inner Mongolia is the central living area of minorities in north China since ancient times with long-standing and well-established minority union. With time-honored history, each ethnic group in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region developed ...
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Within the settlement of Qiang Ethnic Group in the upper reaches of Min River of Sichuan Province,sorcerers are called Shibi in the southern dialect.However,given numerous branches of Qiang Ethnic Group,sorcerers are called differently in ...
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In the vast land of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China,which is regarded as"the Roof of the World,"diligent and smart Tibetan people have achieved much.Tibetan architectures,costumes,cuisines,folklores,epics,dances and festivals appeal ...
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The history of the Man ethnic minority (also called the Manchu) dates back almost1, 400 years to the Sui (581 - 618) and Tang (618 - 907) Dynasties. The Man originated in the Jurchen tribes of north east China. Having established both the ...
The Achang people,one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China,live mainly in Longchuan and Luxi Counties in the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of southwestern Yunnan Province.Their language ...
Festival represents a nation's culture.In China,each of 56 ethnic groups boasts their own festivals which record and carry forward traditions,cultures and ethnic folklore. The Sister Festival is one of the Miao people's most active ...
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Scene of Chinese New Year festivity inside the cave in northern Shaanxi. Chinese New Year,also known as the Spring Festival,is the biggest holiday in China.Recorded in Li Ji-Yue Ling,Chinese New Year is the time when"air pressure of ...
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For 600 years, Tunpu people have been living in fortress-like stone houses and keeping the old Han culture. Local Tunpu women in Ming Dynasty clothing make traditional cloth shoes for sale in Guizhou Province. ...
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Traditionally, four rituals precede and are prerequisite to the nuptials of Bouyei ethnic groups. Taking place in succession, the rituals comprise the Bouyei pre-wedding period and its customary practices. The first of these rituals, ...
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The capping and hair-pinning ceremonies were coming of age rites held for young people by clan elders according to traditions. The ceremonies originated in the Zhou Dynasty over 2,000 years ago. The ceremony for men was called "the capping ...
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"Lurigele"Dance is a traditional hunting dance form of the Daur ethnic group,taking a circle formation and imitating animal and bird calls.There are three parts of the dance.Part one is for singing competition,singing primarily and dancing ...
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The Zhuang have a number of dances. Originating from different periods of their history, it is thought that the older ones have a ritual origin, imitating the movements of their shamans during their religious ceremonies. In general their ...
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Located in a canyon with a depth of 3,800 meters (12,467 feet) and surrounded by the Tibetan Plateau in the north, the Gaoligong Mountain in the east, and the Dandanglika Mountain in the west, the inhabitated area of the Dulong ethnic ...
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Hoomei(Humai) is a kind of miraculous singing art created by the Mongolian people. It is featured by one singer's singing of two voice parts simultaneously with his own vocal organs. Basic structure of voice-part relation in Humai is the ...
The Dai ethnic minority, which numbers 1,158,989, is distributed throughout the Dai Autonomous Region and the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Region in Xishuangbanna in the southern part of Yunnan Province. In the past, they were called ...
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