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In Fact,Guanyin Plays an Important Role in The Oldest Myths of The Bai
Jul 30, 2013The Bai spiritual tradition consists of a set of syncretic beliefs, imbued with a strong local flavor, represented by the Benzhu or Local Lords/Gods tradition. Most of the Bai have believed in Buddhism since the 7th century. In fact, ...
Tags: Benzhu Religion, The Bai, beliefs, Buddhism
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Marriage Doesn't Always Come Easy
May 6, 2013Marriage doesn't always come easy. The following wedding customs from five ethnic minorities demonstrate its difficulty. It will be easy to understand why there are so many singles as well as dating shows in China after reading this ...
Tags: Wedding Customs, Customs
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The Introduction of The Bais
Dec 17, 2012In China, there are 1.594,827 people of the Bai nationality Most of them reside around the Ehai Lake in the Dili Bai Autonomous Prefecture in the west of Yunnan Province. The rest live elsewhere in Sichuan, Guizhou and Hunan provinces. ...
Tags: Bai nationality, prosperous economy, high civilization
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The Introduction of The Bai Nationality
Dec 17, 2012The main distribution of the Bai people is in the Dali Bai Autonomous County of Yunnan Province, together with Lijiang, Kunming, Yuanjiang, Guizhou and so on. According to the census taken in 2000, the Bai ethnic group numbered some ...
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The Introduction of Bai Nationality Embroidery and Dyeing Skill
Dec 7, 2012Embroidery and dyeing skill, known as "skein tie" in the ancient time, is a kind of old textile dyeing workmanship in China which is named knot cloth in Dali. As it is mainly produced in Dali and most of the dyers are the people of Bai ...
Tags: embroidery and dyeing skill, skein tie, textile dyeing workmanship
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The Introduce of Magnificent Ethnic Headdresses of China
Dec 6, 2012Dresses and accessories mark the lifestyles and production levels of the people of a geographic region during a historical period, and they vividly reflect the people's customs and aesthetic tastes. Headdresses play an important role in ...
Tags: Ethnic Headdresses, Headdresses, Dresses mark, accessories mark
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Bai Nationality's Marriage Customs
Dec 5, 2012\ The Bai ethnic group mainly engages in agriculture and fishery. The Bai people are very hospitable. They treat their guests to baked tea whenever they come to visit. Colloquially called "three courses of tea", the tea is bitter in ...
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The Bai Have a Culture Very Elaborated with Important Works of History,Religion
Nov 28, 2012The Bai have a culture very elaborated with important works of history, religion, astronomy and medicine. Their most important myth is "Creation of the world" , which three sections well differentiated: Primordial times, Creation of the ...
Tags: Bai Myths, Literature, culture
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Some Festivals' Introductions of The Bai People
Nov 28, 2012Third Month Fair This is one of the most important festivals celebrated in China, and one of the oldest. For most of the peoples who live in south China, this is the major yearly festival. For the Bai, it is the most important festival. ...
Tags: Festivals, The Bai People, Third Month Fair, Torch Festival, Dance
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The Nama Are About 50,000 or 60,000 People That Live in Two Western Districts of Yunnan
Nov 28, 2012The Nama are about 50,000 or 60,000 people that live in two western districts of Yunnan Province: Lanping and Weixi. 750 years ago, when the Mongolian troops commanded by Kublai Khan conquered the Dali Kingdom, many of their inhabitants ...
Tags: The Bai Nationality, Nama, Leimo
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The Third Month Street Fair Is The Grandest Show of The Year for The Bais
Nov 28, 2012The Third Month Street Fair is the 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 ...
Tags: Chinese tradition, traditional festival, Ethnic Group festival