Taiwan＇s Indigenous Tribes Exhibition in Capital

The Exhibition of the History and Culture of Taiwan＇s Indigenous Tribes opened in the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing on December. 21, 2009. This, the first large-scale theme exhibit on China＇s mainland, is a systematic and comprehensive presentation of the history and culture of tribes indigenous to Taiwan.     

Drung Women＇s Facial Tattoos

THE Drung is one of China‘s smallest ethnic groups. Most of its 5,000 number live in the isolated Drung River valley region of Yunnan Province. Enclosed by Gaoligong Mountain in the east, Dandanglika Mountain in the west and     

It＇s Only Because I Love You- Ethnic Valentine＇s Customs

The Chinese have long ago found strange and interesting ways to express love on their own traditional Valentine equivalents.     

Valentine＇s Day the Chinese Way：Love and the City

WITH increasing exchanges between China and the West, many Western ideas and customs are modifying Chinese lifestyles, and Valentine＇s Day is one of them.     

Sorcerer＇s Dance in Huiyuan Monastery

RESIDENTS of Xiede Township, Dawu County. Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture tell a centuries-old legend of how the region was created by the gods. The area was a vast ocean before the God of Yala Snow Mountain dropped a lotus into its waters, which transformed into lotus-shaped land. The mountains that surround the area are its petals, while the Tibetan Buddhist temple of Huiyuan in the center is its stamen.     

A Witness＇s Account of Changes in Tibet＇s Human Rights Conditions

After riots that occurred on March 14, 2008 in Lhasa, Tibet, the China Central Television Station broadcast a documentary film titled Tibet＇s Past shot years ago by the Central Newsreel ＆ Documentary Film Studio about the miserable life of serfs under Tibet＇s feudal serf system before a democratic reform was carried out in the region. The documentary stunned many people. It helps people see through the reactionary and corrupt nature of the Dalai clique.     

Yuanyang＇s Aesthetic and Bountiful Hani Terraces

Magnificent TerracesYuanyang County is famous for itsHani ethnic minority-constructed farm-ing terraces that zigzag upwards overrange upon range of slopes to a heightof 144 to 2,000 meters. The Hani peoplesay that they can build and water terrac-es on any mountain, no matter how tall.Officials from the county tourism bu-reau recall proudly the many overseasresearchers and visitors that have cometo see the terraces. One official com-mented, "Most tourists cannot believethat the Hani people c…     

The Attractions of China＇s “Tin City”

Early one January morning I sat in a modern Daewoo coach of Yunnan Express as it pulled out of Kunming‘s Long Distance Bus Station. I was heading to the warmth of southern Yunnan, to Gejiu, capital of Honghe Prefecture.     

China＇s Centers of Longevity

THERE are three recognized centers of longevity in China: Rugao City in Jiangsu Province; Zhongxiang City in Hubei Province and Bama County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The total number of centenarians in these three places exceeds by far the UN demographic projection of 75 centenarians among every million people.     

China＇s Growing ROK Communities

WHEN the first ROK businesspeople settled in Qingdao back in 1989, they were asalien to the locals as any other profitsavvy foreigners. Two decades on, the Koreans have become an organic part of the beautiful seaside city looking across the Yellow Sea to the Korean Peninsula. According to the online ROK news site Chosunilbo, there are now over 1 million ROK nationals living in China, residing mainly in China＇s eastern metropolises such as Qingdao, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenyang.     

Chairman Mao＇s Cigar Man

FAN Guorong, aged 84,is known in his hometown as “the Old CigarMan.” The moniker isa fitting one as he has spent most of his life making cigars. In his early teens, Fan served a three-year apprenticeship and became the youngest cigar maker of his time when he started his career in the late 1940s.     

Pace of Development in Tibet Won＇t Stop

EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Bhattarai Choodamani, deputy editor-in-chief of Jana Aastha of Nepal, visited Tibet from May 28 through June 4,2005. After he went back home, Mr. Choodamani wrote a story for his weekly. Following is his story.     

Kidu：A Tibetan Village＇s Mutual Aid Institution

The Tibetan word kidu literally means sharing of prosperity and adversity. As a naturally formed order of nongovernmental mutual aid,kidu represents an evolution of customs,conventions and code of ethics in medium-sized and small communities in villages and towns in Tibet. Current researches interpret kidu as a mutual aid group,though in Tibetan,the word may also refer to a member of the organiza-tion or that kind of relationship.     

Dai Life

SUBTROPICAL Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province is home to 13 ethnic minorities, including the Dai, Hani, Blang, Yi and Jino, all of whom go about their daily business clad in colorful folk costumes. Xishuangbanna resembles a real-life Xanadu, far removed from temporal life. Of the ethnic minorities living here, Dai people have the longest history.     

Song Hai＇s World of Landscapes

IN current Chinese art circles. Song Hai is regarded as an artist with a mastery of traditional Chinese techniques as well as a sense of innovation.He began to study Chinese landscape painting in the 1970s under the instruction of several noted artists. For over two decades he worked tirelessly towards acquiring the techniquus and approaches of various schools of art, and traveled extensively across the country in order to see its mountains and rivers and feel the spiritual solace they brought.This experience has imbued his brush and ink works with a fresh,yet classical,perspective.     

An orange Farmer＇s Happy Life

ONE day in September,Liu Fugui got up eady to witness the early tangerine harvest in Shimen,Hunan Province. He stood on the balcony brushing his     

China＇s Philanthropists Thin on the Ground

Just 30 percent of the Forbes 2003 Chinese rich list appearing on the Forbes 2004 honor roll of Chinese philanthropists comes from China‘s mainland; their charitable donations account for a mere fraction of their total assets.     

A Family＇s Moral Standards Over a Hundred Generations

SHEN Ning is regarded as the most representative documentary writer among overseas Chinese literary circles. His latest book, A Family's Moral Standards over a Hundred Generations is leaping off bookshelves in China today, boosting his already large fan