What is the theme of human birth?First it is to know where life comes from;and then to wish that the newborn grows up healthy and strong.Human life comes from mother's body of the universe,which the Chinese believe is as primeval as pigeon ...
Traditional wedding is meant for the union of a male and a female,yin and yang,which lead to human propagation and perpetual life.The folk art works on custom wedding ceremony bear distinctive features on the theme. A ...
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Popular in Sichuan,Guizhou and Yunnan,Chuanju(Sichuan opera)is the major form of local opera in southwestern China.A combination of several local opera forms,such as kunqu,gaoqiang,huqin,tanxi and dengxi,it developed around the middle of ...
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Zhoushan is located in the north-eastern part of Zhejiang Province, east to the Hangzhou Bay and south to the mouth of the Yangtze River. The rich oceanic resources are the foundation of the local people's production and living, and the ...
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The Culture of China is quite unique and special. It contains wonderful and delightful arts and customs as well as very interesting ways of life. Yet there is one aspect of Chinese Culture that truly sets it apart from other cultures and ...
Lu'an Drum Song is a traditional form of singing and recital with drum accompaniment in North China. It is endowed with distinct regional features. Known as "Lu'an Hackneyed Tune", "Ganban Tone" and "Lu'an Gushu (recital with drum ...
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 ...
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UK - Audio manufacturer Flare Audio ensured pure sound quality for the launch weekend of Gibb Street Warehouse this October. The launch was celebrated with two very special nights headlined by Marco Carola and John Digweed; Marco flew in ...
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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The Dong ethnic minority lives primarily in the border regions between Guizhou, Hunan and Hubei Provinces, and it was during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), that this minority separated from the mixed minority 'Bai Yue', naming themselves Dong. ...
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Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy welcomed its first freshman class. The new six-year program focuses on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to foster college and career readiness. Supporting this innovative learning model, ...
Folk customs reflect the life of the people -- their habits and customs, ideologies and beliefs, social activities and the like. Traditionally, folk customs and folk arts have been congenial twins. since the New Stone Age, folk arts have ...
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The Miaos, with a population of 7,398,035, are mainly distributed in Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Miao women, living in Anning, Yunnan Province, and their ornaments. Once a girt is ...
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The present population of the Mongolians numbers 4,806,849. Most of the China's Mongolians are living in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, and others are scattered in the Northeast and Northwest of China. The Mongolians were ...
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Mark Major said he was looking forward to working with the Royal Society of Arts to promote the importance of good public lighting The Royal Society of Arts has announced that Mark Major and Jonathan Speirs are two of twelve top designers ...
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