Speech by the Chairman of the Autonomous Region Located in the southwest frontier of the People's Republic of China, Tibet serves as an important gateway to South Asia. Tibet is an ethnic minority autonomous region where the Tibetan ...
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(i)Policy and Administrative Rules Catalogue of Related Laws Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China Customs Law of the People's Republic of China Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity ...
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(i) GDP In 2005, Tibet entered the best era of economic and social development, with it's GDP totaling 25.121 billion Yuan, and it's per capita GDP reaching 9,114 yuan, exceeding 1,000 USD$. Contribution to GDP of the Three Industries ...
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Cross-stitching, a type of embroidery, involves stitching one cross after another onto a fabric grid to form different patterns. Cross-stitched handkerchiefs and clothing accessories are unsophisticated and simple yet durable. ...
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Iran's handicraft exports to other nations is likely to post a robust year-on-year rise this year to reach US$ 1.5 billion by close of the current Iranian calendar year, Director-General of the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts ...
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Called "ba" in Tibetan, masks are mainly used for various folk performing arts and have direct links with people's daily life, work and entertainment. They are popular across Tibet. Masks used in Tibetan operas are developed from the ...
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A silk figurine is a kind of folk cloth toy developed from handicrafts like "pin cushions" and "color embroidery works" etc. In ancient China, it was fairly common for people to make various handicrafts with bamboo and paper. In the ...
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The four-happiness baby figurine (Sixi Wawa) is a kind of folk doll made according to the conjoined shape of babies. People either display it at home or hang it on the body, in the hope of bringing happiness and fortune. The ...
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The people of Miao Minority have developed rich and colorful ethnic culture as well as techniques in folk handicrafts and arts. Their batik painting art works and tourist craftworks, in particular, are extraordinary splendor and of great ...
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Gloves made of wild dog skin. A bag made of roe deer skin. Sledges are the major transport in winter. Children wear such deer skin boots. The Oroqens, with a population of 6,965, mainly live ...
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The Zhuang minority is an agriculture-oriented ethnic group by tradition, with a long history in handicrafts like spinning, weaving and printing, dyeing etc. The Zhuang people mainly live in Guangxi, which is between the central and south ...
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The Hengduan Mountains, with their cloud-capped peaks and deep ravines, force several torrential rivers, including Jinsha River, Nujiang River, Yalong River and Lanchang River all the way to the south. There is a Tibetan township named Hepo ...
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The Uzbeks, with a population of 12,453, live mostly side by side with the Uygur and Kazak peoples in the southern and northern parts of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Uzbeks derived from the Uzbek Kingdom of the Mongolian ...
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Origin of snuff bottles While snuff first came to China from the West, the snuff bottle is an absolute Chinese invention which combines the Chinese and western cultures. It's said that snuff was introduced to China between the end of Ming ...
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The "Pig Hair Doll" is a unique form of folk handicrafts in Beijing with a history of over 100 years, which emerged in the end of Qing Dynasty under the influence of Chinese shadow play and Beijing opera. In 1915, the Pig Hair Doll was ...
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