The 634.700 Shes are scattered in Zhejiang. Jiangxi. Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces. They live in villages of several dozen households or live along with Hans. Most reside in hilly country 500 to 1.500 meters high. Rivers have carved out their valleys. The climat……
The Hezhe ethnic group. with the smallest population among China`s ethnic groups. lives by the rivers of Songhua. Heilongjiang and Wusuli in the northeast.
An old Chinese saying declares that those living on a mountain live off the mountain. those livin……
Drung girls
The Drung people live in Gongshan Drung and Nu Autonomous County of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture by the Drung River. Before the founding of the People`s Republic of China in 1949. the Drung people were undergoing.transition from a publ……
The Lusheng. a reed-type wind instrument. is often played by Miao or Dong ethnic people to celebrate their harvest or to worship ancestors. The length of a Lusheng ranges from two zhang (1 zhang=31/3 meters) of the longest one to one chi (1 chi =1/3 meter) of the ……
The Chashan people. a branch of the Jingpo ethnic group. have lived in Pianma for generations. It is a virgin land in the mountainous area of northwest Yunnan Province.
The people are diligent and hospitable; they have their own spoken language. but no written ……
The Chabai Songfest in southwestern Guizhou Province lasts for three days. from the 21st to 23rd of the sixth lunar month each year (August 12 to 14 in 1998). This year. the festival is held in Chabai Village in the suburbs of Xingyi City. which is located in the prov……
With a population of about 300000. the Naxi Ethnic Group mainly live in Lijiang. with the rest being scattered throughout Yunnan Province as well as in Sichuan and Tibet.
The Naxi language is traditionally written in a unique pictographic script called the Dong……
The Statue of Mazu at the Meizhou Bay
Over 1.000 years ago. a beautiful young firl by the name of Lin Mu was born at the Xianliang Port of Meizhou Bay in Putian. Fujian Province. Clever. brave and kindhearted. Lin Mu could forecast the weather and was h……
Water Splashing Festival
Dai Ethnic Minority
Men and women indulge themselves in the spree of the Water Splashing Festival
The three- to-four-day Water Splashing Festival is a traditional festival for the Dai people in Xishuangbanna and other places to send off ……
Lusheng is an antique reed instrument. The longest measures more than 1 zhang (1 zhang = 3.3 meters). while the shortest is less than 1 chi (1 chi = 1/3 meter). Some have a maximum of 10 reeds in one Lusheng. while others only have a single reed or two reeds. The most……