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• Salar ethnic group
  ...al contacts. Nowadays, most young and middle-aged Salars know how to speak Chinese, which is also accepted as the written language of the Salar ethnic group. ...er (flower)," a kind of folksong sung sonorously and unrestrainedly in the Chinese language. However, in most cases it is presented with a sweet, trilling ton
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• Gelao
  ...communicate with each other. For this reason, the language of the Hans, or Chinese, has become their common language, though many Gelaos have learned three or In traditional Gelao clothes, women wore very short jackets with sleeves embroidered with
  5 KB (853 words) - 01:16, 11 June 2010
• Bouyei ethnic group
  ...uage is of the Zhuang-Dai branch of the Zhuang-Dong group belonging to the Chinese-Tibetan family of languages. In the past, the Bouyeis had no written langua ...as built in the city of Anshun with the help of the local authorities, and traditional technology was improved. Now, batik has become one of their best-selling ha
  6 KB (967 words) - 03:11, 4 August 2009
• Dong ethnic group
  ...n script of their own before 1949, many Dongs learned to read and write in Chinese. Philologists sent by the central government helped work out a Dong written ...aten with peppers and pickled vegetables. Home-woven cloth is used to make traditional Dong clothing; finer cloth and silks are used for decoration or for making
  6 KB (904 words) - 05:37, 3 June 2009
• Korean ethnic group
  The traditional Korean dress is white, a symbol of simplicity and serenity. Men wear baggy ...nt of drums and flutes in the fields or on construction sites. Traditional festivals are celebrated heartily, especially the Lunar New Year, and the Mid-Autumn
  6 KB (964 words) - 01:33, 7 March 2010
• Naxi ethnic group
  ...le trees, as well as many varieties of herbs including fritillary bulbs, [[Chinese caterpillar fungus]] and musk. ...ts of China politically, economically and culturally, the oral and written Chinese has become an important means of communication in Naxi society.
  11 KB (1,756 words) - 07:39, 18 March 2011
• Pali Buddhism
  The Chinese character “run” is a term of address used by the Dai people for the Lan The word “zuodi” is the Chinese transliteration of the Myanmese word that means sincerity. Legend has it th
  8 KB (1,245 words) - 05:14, 19 May 2010
• Painted Faces
  Three essential characteristics of Chinese opera are beauty, stylization and exaggeration. The facial makeup or "the p Although anyone can enjoy the spectacular beauty of Chinese opera, in order to appreciate the finer elements you should understand that
  9 KB (1,492 words) - 06:12, 4 July 2013
• Little New Year
  ...ery few families still make offerings to the Kitchen God on this day, many traditional holiday activities are still very popular. Studies of popular Chinese religion indicate that the Kitchen God did not appear until after the inven
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• Zhuang ethnic group
  ...room, Chinese cinnamon, pseudo-ginseng, Chinese gecko (used in traditional Chinese medicine to help regain vitality), fennal and fennal essence. The last four In 1851, the Taiping Revolution, the biggest of peasant uprisings in Chinese history, broke out in this area. Thousands of Zhuangs joined the Taiping Ar
  13 KB (2,020 words) - 00:40, 13 July 2009
• Kirgiz ethnic group
  ...n of the [[Altaic family]] of languages. It borrowed many words from the [[Chinese language]] after the 1950s, and a new alphabet was then devised, discarding ...the 10th century, the Kirgiz had very frequent communications with the Han Chinese. Their musical instruments – the drum, sheng (a reed pipe), bili (a bambo
  13 KB (2,214 words) - 04:39, 13 July 2009
• She ethnic group
  ...nguage is very close to the Hakka dialect of the Hans, and most Shes speak Chinese instead of their ethnic tongue; a few Guangdong Shes speak a language simil ...ial festival occasions, and every year Shes participate in several singing festivals. Shes like to sing duets, but they sing alone as well.
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• One Country, Two Systems
  [[File:One Country Two Systems.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher met ...haracteristics. The policy is an important component of the socialism with Chinese characteristics.
  13 KB (2,032 words) - 05:41, 3 July 2017
• Yao ethnic group
  ...e contacts with the Hans and Zhuangs, many Yaos also have learned to speak Chinese or Zhuang language. ...s of the [[Ming Dynasty]] (1368-1644). Ancient stone tablets engraved with Chinese characters can be found in a lot of Yao communities.
  15 KB (2,500 words) - 01:16, 8 July 2011
• Manchu ethnic group
  '''Language''': Manchu (in both script and spoken language) and Han (standard Chinese) ...st of the Manchu people in cities, who are better educated, are engaged in traditional and modern industries.
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• Yi ethnic group
  ...tretch across the Yi areas, where Yunnan pine, masson pine, dragon spruce, Chinese pine and other timber trees, lacquer, tea, camphor, kapok and other trees o ...x dialects. Many Yis in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi know the Han (standard Chinese or Mandarin) language. The Yis used to have a syllabic script called the ol
  36 KB (5,987 words) - 08:36, 13 July 2009

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