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Summit Explores Ways to Preserve Traditional Villages
Dec 16, 2015Qiandongnan's Xijiang village, the country's largest ethnic Miao community. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY It is like taking a walk back in time. Women from the Dong ethnic group in the 800-year-old Huanggang village are dyeing shiny traditional ...
Tags: Traditional Villages, Preserve
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The 4th Ethnic Groups Opera Show Kicks off in Beijing
Oct 28, 2015Starting from Monday, 15 operas that belongs to 11 ethnic groups of China will be shown during the 4th Chinese ethnic groups opera show. The event lasts till Oct. 26. Artists from Pengshui Miao-Tujia Autonomous County perform an opera of ...
Tags: The 4th Ethnic Groups Opera Show, traditional opera, Artists
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Eating Moon Cake Is a Palatable Custom of The Mid-Autumn Festival
Sep 4, 2013Chinese folk custom believes that spring is the time to worship and fall to pay back. Spring worship welcomes all saints from heaven and earth, mainly god of the sun; and fall payback is to pay tribute to the generous, load carrying mother ...
Tags: folk custom, artworks, folk arts, festivities
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Various Kinds of Main Festivals of The Miao People
Jul 2, 2013Lusheng Festival The Lusheng Festival is the most influential festival of the Miao minority. It is popular throughout Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan provinces. The Lusheng Festival in Kaili, the famous tourist hub in Guizhou province, is ...
Tags: Festivals, Celebrations, Miao Ethnic Group, Sisters'Meals festival
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Miao Ethnic Group:Playing Lusheng and The Stool Dance
Dec 17, 2012People of the Chinese Miao Ethnic Group, dwelling in southeast Guizhou Province, enjoy many ancient and distinctive traditions. A couple of favorite customs are playing lusheng (reed-pipe wind) and the stool dance, both of which continue to ...
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Kedao of The Miao Minority Is a Kind of Miao Toast Song in Shibing County
Dec 17, 2012Kedao (record by carving) of the Miao minority, also called the marital song there, is a kind of Miao toast song in Shibing County. The general content of the song is carved on the cylinder bamboo or wood club and the Miao people would hold ...
Tags: Kedao, marital song, most ancient sign
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The Golden Pheasant Dance Is The Major Dance Form of The Miao Ethnic Group
Dec 17, 2012The Golden Pheasant Dance is the major dance form of the Miao ethnic group during their ancestor worship activity held every twelve years, and it is often performed during the wedding ceremony, guest reception etiquette, and the "moon ...
Tags: Golden Pheasant Dance, ancestor worship activity, Miao ethnic group
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King Yalu Is The First Heroic Epic of The Miao Ethnic Group in History
Dec 17, 2012King Yalu is the first heroic epic of the Miao ethnic group in history. Usually sung and chanted in the funeral of the Miao people, the epic has been passed down orally, without word record. It tells about the origin of the Miao ethnic ...
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The Beauty of Golden Pheasants Lies in The Miao Ethnic Group Feather
Dec 6, 2012A saying of the Miao ethnic group goes like this: the beauty of golden pheasants lies in their feather, and girls of the Miao minority their silver ornaments. When walking in hustling markets, lanes paved with slates or mountain paths ...
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The Silver Ornament Civilization of Miao Ethnic Group
Dec 6, 2012The Miao girls fancy silver ornaments, and wherever they live, their dresses, especially their silver jewelries, will become the local highlights and cultural sight. The silver ornament civilization of Miao has been handed down ever since ...
Tags: silver ornaments, Miao Ethnic Group, circlet, clothes, bracelets
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The Introduction of Festive Clothes of The Miao Ethnic Group
Dec 6, 2012Festive clothes of the Miao ethnic group are the clothes worn at Miao festivals and sacrificial rituals or a bride's luxurious and gorgeous dresses worn at the wedding. The wedding dresses are also called "floral dresses". There are two ...
Tags: festive clothes, Miao ethnic group, apparel, national flavors
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Embroidery Art in Dress and Adornment Also Embodies Original Chinese Philosophy
Dec 6, 2012Embroidery art in dress and adornment also embodies original Chinese Philosophy. Likening human body to the universe, the upper part (the head) is the sky, the lower part (the feet) is earth, and the middle (the pubic area) is the center. ...
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The Introduce of The Pure Brightness Festival
Dec 6, 2012The Pure Brightness Festival is the time when Chinese worship nature and their ancestors. To worship ancestors is the centerpiece of the art works on the subject. A society of natural farming economy employed slash-and-burn cultivation, ...
Tags: artworks, folk arts, handicraft, festivities
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Flowers Represent Love in Miao Ethnic Group
Dec 5, 2012Flowers Represent Love The young men and women of the Miao ethnic group usually express their love through giving flowers at a special time, which is called "flowers decide relationship." A celebration is usually held during song ...
Tags: flowers represent love, celebration, lunar year, biting hands
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"Grabbing" Marriage Among Some People of The Miao Ethnic Group
Dec 5, 2012Besides popular forms of marriage, there is a marriage custom called "grabbing" marriage among some people of the Miao ethnic group. There are two kinds of grabbing marriage: One is based on an agreement with each other. The other is ...