Stories - firsthand encounters taking you right into the lives of China's ethnic peoples. |
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must go!" - Qiu Li Min A clearance sale? No, it was the lady beside me urging me to take my share of the food! I was attending the wedding feast of a Zhuang couple... “The three-wheeled vehicle goes fast …” — Qiu Li Min You can see them everywhere in the smaller towns of China – the three-wheeled workhorse of small-town China known simply as sānlúnchē... A Traditional Zhuang House - Situ Hui Ling “Baaaaa…” A sudden bleating sound from inside the house startled me as I sat on a bench near the front entrance of the tall, airy wooden house... The hands of a rice farmer - Situ Hui Ling “Harvesting a grain of rice takes more than one drop of sweat,” the farmer said as she weighed out twenty jin (10 kg) of rice for me in a transparent plastic bag... 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... 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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