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Celebration Of Qingming Festival
May 16, 2013The Qingming Festival is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or ...
Tags: Celebration, Qingming Festival
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The Remainders The Liao Dynasty Fishing Activitie
Feb 7, 2013The festival features activities such as the ancestor-worship celebration of the Liao Dynasty, the lake-worshipping to ensure an ample first batch of fish, the hooking of the fish in nabo (an iced wooden house and a temporary camp used by ...
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Words in Chinese and Traditions in China
Dec 27, 20121. What's "guanxi"? Guanxi is regarded as the central idea in Chinese society with long historical and cultural roots. It is understood and utilized by virtually every Chinese person in greater or lesser measure. Understanding how the ...
Tags: Focus Vision, Culture, China, Customs
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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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Besides "A Xiao" Marriage at The Lugu Lake
Dec 5, 2012Besides "A Xiao" marriage, another kind of marriage, which exists around the Lugu Lake, is the formal marriage. For a formal marriage the matchmaker introduces the man and the woman. The elder hosts the marriage and holds a formal ...
Tags: Lugu Lake, marriage, "A Xiao"marriage
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Yao Minority Is The Popular Region for Shuagetang Songfest
Dec 4, 2012Liannan Yao Autonomous County of Qingyuan City in northwest mountain areas of north Canton is the only habitation of Paiyao in our country, and it is also the popular region for Shuagetang songfest. Shuagetang songfest is a large-scale ...
Tags: Liannan Yao, Shuagetang songfest, traditional festival
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Folk Worship Is a Religious Activity Inheriting From The Ancient Religion
Dec 4, 2012Folk Worship, an important part of ancient folk-custom in China, is a religious activity inheriting from the ancient religion. Objects worshiped by people in ancient China are numerous and sundry. For example, there are some popular ...
Tags: folk worship, folk-custom, God of Fortune, Door-God
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Winter Solstice Is a Solar Term in Chinese Lunar Calendar
Dec 4, 2012Winter solstice is a solar term in Chinese lunar calendar, and a traditional festival as well. It falls on December 22 or 23 (solar calendar) every year. It is the day when the Northern Hemisphere has the shortest daytime and longest ...
Tags: winter solstice, solar term, potlatch
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Drum Commune Festival Is a Religious Activity Passed Down From The Clan Society
Nov 29, 2012Ancestor worship of Miao Ethnicity,also called"Drum Commune Festival","Drum Commune Memorial Ceremony""Drum-worshipping Festival"or"Bull-sacrificing Festival",is a religious activity passed down from the clan society.Among varied ancestor ...
Tags: Miao Ethnicity, ancestor worship, Drum Commune Festival
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Folk Song of Napo Zhuang Minority Has Been Sung for Generations
Nov 29, 2012Napo Zhuang minority is also called"Black-clothed Zhuang".It is the most peculiar branch of the Zhuang minority,who call themselves"Min"(agile),"Zhong"(second in seniority)and"ao"(the sound of wailing).Currently,it has about a population of ...
Tags: Napo Zhuang minority, Black-clothed Zhuang, folk Songs, folk arts