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Celebrating The 15th Anniversary of 'meet in Beijing' Arts Festival
Oct 29, 2015In the last 15 years, since the launch of the "Meet in Beijing" Arts Festival, there have been more than ten thousand artists, coming from hundreds of different countries in the world, who have participated by presenting their talents at ...
Tags: "Meet in Beijing", Arts Festival, artists
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Dancers Celebrate Holidays with Their Feet
Oct 29, 2015People danced to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday at Lotus Lake Park, Fengtai district, on Sept 26. It was also the final competition of Dancing Beijing, an annual contest for amateur dancers. The finalists ...
Tags: Mid-Autumn Festival, dance
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Western Dances Entering Chinese Fitness Routines
Aug 19, 2015Western dances are increasingly slipping into Chinese fitness routines. Chen Nan gets a feel for the moves, once taboo in China. Belly dancing. Pole dancing. Salsa. Foreign dance styles are twirling into China with nimble steps, ...
Tags: Western dance, Latin dance
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Da Shuhua Performers in China
Oct 31, 2014Da Shuhua is a 300-year-old tradition practiced during the lantern festival in Nuanquan town, Hebei province. It has been selected as the provincial cultural intangible heritage. Performers throw over 1,000 degree molten iron onto the cold ...
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The Most Famous Traditional Folk Dance of The Dai Minority in China
Dec 17, 2012As the most famous traditional folk dance of the Dai Minority in China, peacock dance is prevalent in the Dai and Jingpo minority autonomous prefectures as well as gathering areas of the Dai people. Legend has it that more than a thousand ...
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The Introduction of Jinuo Nationality "Drum Dance"
Dec 17, 2012Big Drum Dance is a kind of folk dance which has a long history and profound influence on the common people, and it is spreading in Jinuo villages in Jinuoshan Jinuo Town of Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan ...
Tags: Big Drum Dance, folk dance, e'che song
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Water-Nourished Folk Dance Described Below Are The Most Popular in Dai Areas
Dec 17, 2012The folk dances of the 840,000 Dai Ethnic Group enjoy not only wide popularity but great diversity. Most of them imitate the movements of subtropical creatures. The percussion instruments used for accompaniment include elephant-foot drums, ...
Tags: folk dances, subtropical creatures, percussion instruments
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The Introduction of Eagle Dance of The Tajik Ethnic Group
Dec 17, 2012Tajik is one of ancient ethnic groups in China and lives mainly in Tajik Autonomous Region of Tashkurghan, Xinjiang. Others are distributed in Shache, Yecheng, Zepu and other counties east to Tajik. They regard eagle as the strong and hero. ...
Tags: Tajik, eagle, eagle dance, self-entertaining folk dance
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Cigarette Case Dance of Yi Ethnic Group in Shiping Is a Kind of Folk Dance
Dec 17, 2012Cigarette case dance of Yi ethnic group in Shiping, also known as "tiaoxian" or "longzong", is a kind of folk dance loved by the people of Nisupo tribe of Yi ethnic group. It goes around Gejiu, Shiping, Jianshui, Mengzi, Kaiyuan, Tonghai, ...
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"Lurigele" Is a Kind of Representative Folk Dance in Daur
Dec 17, 2012"Lurigele" is a kind of representative folk dance in Daur. It differs in different places, and has several different names such as "Ahanbo", "Langtudabei", "Hakumai" , "Hagenmaigele" and so on. In the inhabited district of Daur Minority ...
Tags: Lurigele, representative folk dance, Daur
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Tujia Hand-Swinging Dance of Western Hu'nan Is a Folk Dance
Dec 17, 2012Originated from the primitive sacrificial dance, the Tujia hand-swinging dance of western Hu'nan is a folk dance most characteristic of the Tujia nationality and best representative of the age-old Tujia traditions. The dance is mainly ...
Tags: primitive sacrificial dance, Tujia hand-swinging dance, folk dance
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The Introduction of The Korean Nongak Dance
Dec 17, 2012The Korean ethnic people are good at singing and dancing. It's a common practice for the Korean people, men and women, old and young, to dance trippingly to the accompaniment of drumbeats and the gayageum (a traditional Korean zither-like ...
Tags: Korean ethnic people, folk dance, Korean folk performance
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The Flower Drum Lantern Is a Traditional Folk Dance Enjoying a Long History
Dec 17, 2012The flower drum lantern is a traditional folk dance enjoying a long history. Originating in the Song Dynasty, the art form got extremely popular in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty. It's much favored by local people and the mass ...
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The Lusheng Dance Is a Traditional Folk Dance Popular Among Ethnic Minorities
Dec 17, 2012The Lusheng Dance is a traditional folk dance popular among ethnic minorities like the Dong, Miao, Yi, Wa, Nu, Dai etc. It is also known as "Lusheng Steps in the Hall" or "Lusheng Tramping". The dance originated from ancient ritual dances ...
Tags: Lusheng Dance, traditional folk dance, ancient ritual dances
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The Taiping Drum Dance Is a Folk Dance
Dec 17, 2012The Taiping Drum Dance is a folk dance that originated among the common people who used it as a form of self-entertainment. It first appeared in Bejing during theMing Dynasty(1368-1644) and became common during theQing Dynasty(1644-1911). ...
