All along, Bai people share the traditional custom of going to a temple fair. As for temple fair date, it is always decided by the patron god consecrated in the local ancestral temple (Birthday or death day of the patron god). That day, Bai people gather together form different places to exchange culture and commodities.

Culture 2012-12-20 21:04 View：2358

The Miao People believe that a supernatural power in everything around them decides their fate. They also believe that Everything that moves or grows has its own spirit. They worship the sun, moon, lightning, thunder, fire, rivers, caverns, large trees, huge stones, and some animals. They also believe the spirits of the dead become ghosts that may haunt their families and animals, make them sick, or even kill them.

Culture 2012-11-30 21:23 View：2575

Fenghuang paper-cuts are generally made by handwork instead of machine production. There are mainly two kinds: cutting by scissors and cutting by nicking tools.

Culture 2012-11-24 21:51 View：2689

Generally, Miao drums performance mainly has two types: one is for celebrating the New Year, and the other for celebrating the deity. As the gradual change of Miao people’s aesthetic taste and inheritage of strains of music accompanied by drumbeats, Miao people now usually express their emotions by performing drums in some important days, like eighth of the fourth month, around the Spring Festival, wedding or welcome for guest, harvest celebration and so on.Miao drum performance is also called drum dance, showing great territoriality. Owing to some factors such as Miao culture, history and aesthetic taste, Miao drum dance has a narrative performing style, and this is seen as a unique characteristic. Drum dance displays Miao people’s living and working scenes by the way of vivid dance movements. Without doubt, drum dance is a historical picture showing the life of Miao people.Translated by Becky

Culture 2012-11-22 11:17 View：2652

When the bride comes to the gate of the bridegroom’s home, women from the bridegroom’s village will rush on like a swarm of hornets. They crush towards the bride and then pinch her from all quarters in order to impress on the bride.

Culture 2012-10-18 01:00 View：3211

The national song and dances in Zhangjiajie show a unique style, extremely splendid. Some local dance like festival lanterns, drum dance in which the Bai nationality takes pride as well as the most affective large-scale dance of Tujia nationality-- hand-shaking dance and bud goose dance. In addition, sprightly Sangzhi folk song can also wake up your ears.

Culture 2012-10-15 15:32 View：3619

Huaihua Culture Town of Dong Nationality in Hunan Province, located in Xiangshipo Provincial Forest Park in Dong nationality autonomous county of Zhijiang, enjoys superiority that the Culture Town is 6 km away from Huaihua downtown, over 20 km from Zhijiang Memorial Hall of the Victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the Acceptance of the Japanese Surrender, adjacent to Hunan-to-Guizhou railway and 320 national road, and borders Wushui River in the south.

Culture 2012-10-09 09:43 View：2309

Chinese dove tree(Davidia involucrata), A kind of deciduous tree, also a relic species of Quaternary glacier. It mainly spreads over Yaozi village, Tianzi Mountain, Tianmen Mountain, hillside or valleyof Pipa boundary.Since 1869, Chinese dove tree has been introduced to England, America, Holland, Russia, Switzerland and many other countries.What’s more, as a unique plant; dove tree can only be seen in China. Its flowering phase lasts from May to Jane. Surprisingly, the Inflorescence is just as round as a bird head, bract is pure white, like a wing. Looking at dove flower, you may feel it is about to fly, like a pigeon does. Imaging, when mountain breeze blows to those Chinese dove trees, as if thousands of pigeons spread its wings in the cage suddenly, the whole picture is more than I can describe.Chinese dove tree is usually known as “living fossil of plantage” and “peace envoy”, national-level protected plant.Translated by Becky

Culture 2012-10-07 11:49 View：2942