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• Huangmei Opera
  ...d in [[Huangmei County]], [[Hubei Province]], during the 18th century when Chinese local operas were flourishing. ...cities. It began as a diversion acted by and for peasants and artisans at festivals and special solar periods (the 24 weather-oriented divisions of the year).
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• Miao ethnic group
  ...ich in natural resources. Major crops include paddy rice, maize, potatoes, Chinese sorghum, beans, rape, peanuts, tobacco, ramie, sugar cane, cotton, oil-tea ...eastern part of present-day Guizhou. They were referred to as the Miaos in Chinese documents of the [[Tang]] and [[Song]] period (AD618-1279).
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• Chinese Music
  Traditional '''Chinese music''' can be traced back 7,000–8,000 years based on the discovery of a ...eligious melodies were absorbed into Chinese music and were enjoyed by the Chinese people at fairs organized by temples.
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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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• Mid-autumn Festival
  ...mid or late September according to Gregorian calendar. It is a traditonal Chinese festival during which the most popular food is [[moon cake]]s. [[Category:Traditional Chinese festivals]]
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• 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 ...vals as the Hans. On June 6 and April 8, however, they celebrate their own festivals in commemoration of the leaders of ancient uprisings and their ancestors. O
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• Religious
  ...amic Association of China]], [[Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association]], [[Chinese Catholic Bishops' College]], [[Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee of t ...]], baptising, [[monkhood]] initiation, [[fasting]], celebrating religious festivals, observing extreme unction, and holding memorial ceremonies, are protected
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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 ...they eat wheat, rice, millet and sorghum. All the Gelaos – like many other Chinese – love to eat hot and sour dishes as well as glutinous rice cakes.
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• Hani ethnic group
  ...age belongs to the Yi branch of the Tibetan-Myanmese language group of the Chinese-Tibetan language family. Having no script of their own before 1949, they ke ...nis who live in the Honghe area celebrate the Spring, Dragon Boat and Moon festivals.
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• Maonan ethnic group
  ...carce. In addition to paddy rice, agricultural crops include maize, wheat, Chinese sorghum, sweet potatoes, soybean, cotton and tobacco. Special local product ...belongs to the Dong-Shui branch of the Zhuang-Dong language group of the [[Chinese-Tibetan]] language family. Almost all the Maonans know both the Han and the
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• Kazak ethnic group
  ...slamic rules. If they wanted to invite mullahs for prayers on occasions of festivals, wedding, burial ceremonies or illnesses, they had to present given amounts ...estivals and ceremonies are related to religion. The Corban and Id El-fitr festivals are occasions for feasts of mutton and mutual greetings. The Nawuruz Festiv
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• Lunar New Year's Eve
  ...lets were thought to protect the household from evil. According to ancient Chinese folk beliefs, ghosts and demons fear peach wood. Protective charms made of ...time of the Ming Dynasty, Spring Festival couplets were popular throughout Chinese society. Some examples of popular couplets for Spring Festival are: "Anothe
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• Tatar ethnic group
  ...oran, Islamic history and Islamic law, these schools taught arithmetic and Chinese language. The Yining Tatar School, set up in 1942, was one of the earliest Tatar cuisine, popular in Xinjiang, includes various kinds of pastries. At festivals, they serve pastries called "Gubaidiai" and "Yitebailixi," the former being
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• 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
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• Lisu ethnic group
  The Lisu language belongs to the Chinese-Tibetan language family. In 1957, a new alphabetic script was created for t ...e animals, the forests yield many medicinal herbs including the rhizome of Chinese gold thread and the bulb of fritillary. The Lisu area also has abundant min
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• Gelo ethnic group
  ...onverse with each other. For this reason, the language of the [[Han]]s, or Chinese, has become their common language, though many Gelos have learned three or ...they eat wheat, rice, millet and sorghum. All the Gelos – like many other Chinese – love to eat hot and sour dishes as well as glutinous rice cakes.
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• 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.
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• Daur ethnic group
  ...ing Dynasty as their written language. Since the 1911 Revolution, mandarin Chinese has replaced Manchu. ...o serve in the armies of the Qing emperors and in garrisons all over the [[Chinese empire]]. The Daurs helped to repel Cossack invaders from Tsarist Russia in
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• Spring Festival
  [[Image:Springfestival.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year]] ...Guo Nian''. Guo means "pass over" and Nian means "year." The origin of the Chinese New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years through a continual
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• Little New Year
  Studies of popular Chinese religion indicate that the Kitchen God did not appear until after the inven Why do people clean house during the last month of the year? According to Chinese folk beliefs, during the last month of the year ghosts and deities must cho
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• Mulam ethnic group
  The Mulam language is a member of the Zhuang-Dong language group of the Chinese-Tibetan language family, but because of extensive contacts with the majorit ...Dragon Boat Festival was celebrated. Unlike the Han and Zhuang Dragon Boat festivals, the Mulams used to carry a paper boat into the fields and a shaman would c
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• Zhouzhuang
  An [[Ancient Chinese poem]] describes Zhouzhuang as a little town of "small bridges, murmuring s ...right angle, and their complementary shapes create the image of an ancient Chinese key, which is why Shide and Yongan are also known to the locals as Key Brid
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• 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
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• 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 The Dongs have many festivals – [[Spring Festival]], [[Worshipping Ox Festival]], [[New Harvest Festiva
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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.
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• Korean ethnic group
  ...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 ...sociation of Yanbian Culture and Art Workers and the Yanbian Branch of the Chinese Writers Association. The Yanbian song and dance, modern drama and theatrica
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• 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
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• 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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• 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
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• Jino ethnic group
  ...guage of this ethnic minority belongs to the Tibetan-Myanmese group of the Chinese-Tibetan language family. Its structure and vocabulary have much in common w ...y gatherings, the young dance to songs sung by elders. There are many Jino festivals. The biggest one takes place on New Year's Day in March and is celebrated a
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• Anti-Secession Law
  ...d territorial integrity, and safeguarding the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation. ...na's sovereignty and territorial integrity is the common obligation of all Chinese people, the Taiwan compatriots included.
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• 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.
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• Manchu ethnic group
  '''Language''': Manchu (in both script and spoken language) and Han (standard Chinese) ...n people moved to north of the pass, many local Manchus picked up Mandarin Chinese too.
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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
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