Welcome to Bullfighting,Dong-Style

Along the Duliujiang River basin in southwest China, the Dong, Miao and other national groups retain bullfighting as a traditional sporting event, one that may date as far back as the Three Kingdoms Period 1,800 years ago. It involves bulls fighting other bulls, quite different from the Spanish-style, which is a competition between humans and a bull. This year just before the Spring Festival I found myself at a bullfight ground in Judong Village, Sanjiang County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonamous Region. This bullfight held by the Dong People was the largest and the most impressive I have ever seen.     

红瑶 长发在梯田上飘起来

<正>The Red Yao are a branch of the Yao ethic group,but the possess a culture that is distinct from other Yao people :they live in banbianlou(semi-stilt houses),...     

Choral Magic in a Dong Village

Every Spring Festival, the Dong people in Yandong, a village of Liping County in Guizhou Pravince, get together in their drum-towers and public rooms for grand song performances. The venues are chosen mostly for their~convenience, ensuring no interruptions from bad weather and providing a warm and cozy welcome inside.     

Spring Fishing of the Hezhe People

Ispent moree than two weeks of the spring fishing season with some Hezhe people at the Two-river Shore of Bacha Township by the Heilongjiang River in northeastern China. There I experienced their everyday life and their traditions of river-clearing and fishing.     

Tuvans：＂Living Fossils＂

<正>A panorama of Hemu village,Located in the north of Buerjin county the village has the largest Tuvan population and the most intact traditional Tuvan lifestyl...     

The Rongjiang Miao： Deep in the Mountains

<正>Located at the southern foot of the Miaoling Mountains on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau,Rongjiang County is home to some 80,000 Miao people.Locked in bv towering mountains,they and their colorful folk customs have remained little known to the outside world.I spent one and a half months in Rongjiang discovering all I could about the ancient villages,costumes, festivals,and weddings of this branch of the Miao.The story represents the first comprehensive coverage of the residents there.     

牛街民族团结小区

In the Liao, Song and Yuan dynasties many Muslims from Central Asia settled in northern China, and the Niujie section is the largest Hui community in China＇s capital city. Dating back with a history of more than a thousand years, the term Niujie, oxen street, today is commonly used to refer to an area of some 60 winding alleyways, or hutongs, with a central ＂Niujie＂ in its midst.