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• Naxi ethnic group
  ...ting have reached fairly high standards. Moreover, they are mixed with the traditional styles of the Hans and Tibetans. Some famous buildings preserved in Lijiang ...ited to chant scriptures at weddings, funerals, the New Year Day and other festivals. Some of the Naxis were followers of Lamaism. Buddhism, Taoism and Christia
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• Monba
  ...n are all practiced. They follow the Tibetan calendar and observe the same festivals as the Tibetans. ..., introduction of irrigation systems and superior crops, and ending of the traditional slash-and-burn farming method.
  6 KB (918 words) - 05:58, 11 June 2010
• Painted Faces
  Chinese traditional theatre is based on a diametrically opposed concept. Reality is discarded i ...e expanded over time, so that eventually it was a part of most rituals and festivals. By the [[Han dynasty]] (206 BC – 220 AD), dancers and actors were wearin
  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. [[Category:Traditional_festivals]] [[Category:Festivals]]
  8 KB (1,313 words) - 01:13, 23 January 2014
• Pali Buddhism
  ...uch retain their popularity in local communities. During Buddhist and folk festivals, followers make it a point of assembling in local temples to worship and ce
  8 KB (1,245 words) - 05:14, 19 May 2010
• Moinba ethnic group
  ...for their dead. They follow the [[Tibetan calendar]] and observe the same festivals as the Tibetans. ...duction of irrigation systems and superior crop strains, and ending of the traditional slash-and-burn farming method.
  7 KB (1,063 words) - 03:24, 1 September 2009
• She ethnic group
  ...ial festival occasions, and every year Shes participate in several singing festivals. Shes like to sing duets, but they sing alone as well. ...empty, he would sing out what he wanted, calling for chopsticks, wine and traditional wedding food. At the end of the banquet, he would sing again, this time ord
  7 KB (1,125 words) - 06:07, 2 June 2009
• Kirgiz ethnic group
  ...ns; an "Ayinle" of five to ten families was a production unit as well as a traditional social organization; within the "Ayinle" there were customary relations of ...even before birth -- this was called "marriage arrangement at pregnancy." Traditional courtship starts when the bridegroom calls on the bride's family with a roa
  13 KB (2,214 words) - 04:39, 13 July 2009
• Zhuang ethnic group
  ...ea oil, mushroom, Chinese cinnamon, pseudo-ginseng, Chinese gecko (used in traditional Chinese medicine to help regain vitality), fennal and fennal essence. The l ...ow live in one-story houses the same as the Hans. But some have kept their traditional two-story structures with the upper story serving as the living quarters an
  13 KB (2,020 words) - 00:40, 13 July 2009
• One Country, Two Systems
  ...reached a consensus on the framework of chartered flights for traditional festivals and special cases. According to the agreement, chartered flights will be ar
  13 KB (2,032 words) - 05:41, 3 July 2017
• Yao ethnic group
  Festivals take place one after another in the Yao communities, at a rate of about onc ...s and the suona horn (a woodwind instrument), the long waist drum, another traditional musical instrument, is unique to the Yaos. It was said to have been popular
  15 KB (2,500 words) - 01:16, 8 July 2011
• Manchu ethnic group
  ...st of the Manchu people in cities, who are better educated, are engaged in traditional and modern industries. The traditional costumes of male Manchus are a narrow-cuffed short jacket over a long gown
  25 KB (4,035 words) - 01:05, 13 July 2009
• Yi ethnic group
  ...were considered good foods, which only the well-to-to Yis could afford. At festivals, boiled meat with salt was the best food, which only slave owners could en ...have either been brought under control or wiped out by and large. A lot of traditional medical experience of the Yis has been collected, summed up and improved. T
  36 KB (5,987 words) - 08:36, 13 July 2009

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