Stories - firsthand encounters taking you right into the lives of China's ethnic peoples. |
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Courting the Baiyi way - Zi Haiwei, translated by Xiao Kang The beautiful and imposing mountains of Heqing (鹤庆) county, north-western Yunnan are home to the Kua-nsi, or Baiyi, people... Sweeping Ancestors’ Tombs - Qiu Li Min As we walked along the muddy path from our Zhuang neighbors’ family home in their ancestral village into the surrounding countryside... Toasting by a fire — Qiu Li Min When I first saw these upended woven baskets on sale in Du’an, Guangxi Province, I thought, “Surely this can’t be a cage for birds or animals?”... Cuiping Hill — Chen Wei Yin From my bedroom window, I can see Cuiping Hill (翠屏山) beyond the bus station (which is across the street)... Changing Facades - Qiu Li Min When we first saw privately-built homes in Guangxi some 6 years ago, they mostly fell into the same pattern... Holiday Herbal Market - Mo Rui Qiu While the rest of the country is hosting dragon boat races, and telling the story of the poet Qu Yuan during the Dumpling Festival... Nuosu Yi New Year: Slaughtering the Pig — Mother of Brook Song We were invited to our Nuosu friend’s house to celebrate Yi New Year. He slept with us in town the night before... |
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Late yesterday evening I got back from a trip up to the mountains, whereI got to see a minority-culture wedding among the Dongxiang people... No medicine needed for teething babies — Liu Shan Shan It was a cold, bone-numbing winter day in Mao Xian, Sichuan... Talbiuq:A Naxi Holiday— Jacqueline Pinson “What’s Talbiuq?” “I guess we’ll find out tomorrow,” I answered... |
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