On Preservation and Development of Minority Cultural Rights in Globalization

Culture is a physical and mental product created by human race in the long-time subsistence and multiplication and in labor and life. Different nations create and develop different cultures and own them, so culture is an important part of an ethnic group, or even an important indicator distinguishing one ethnic group from another. The cultural rights is the rights of one ethnic group to     

Ethnic Museum of the Central University for Nationalities

THE Central University for Nationalities Ethnic Museum houses over 20,000 cultural relics relating to China's 56 ethnic groups. The majority of these are traditional costumes and ornaments that examplify expertise on the part of ethnic minorities in weaving, dying, embroidery and tannage. Some are decades, and others centuries old. Exhibits such as the gifts to Chairman Mao Zedong and the central government in the early days of the People's Republic from the Panchen Lama, Dalai Lama, and ethnic minorities across China are of great political and historical significance.     

A Taste of the Southwest

Li Sulan gets up early in the morning to begin her daily routine.She prepares a breakfast of traditional rice noodles for her customers at a rural home inn where she is the owner.Li is of the Miao ethnic group from the Xijiang Miao Village of Leishan County in southwest China's Guizhou Province.Xijiang Village is home to wellpreserved aspects of aboriginal Miao culture,and is now a widely known cultural tour destination. "As many tourists from China and abroad learn about the Miao ethnic culture,we've seen a sudden boom in tourism in the past few years in our village," said Li with a smile.The flourishing tourist industry boosted the local service sector and revived the traditional Miao culture,bringing a host of benefits to local villagers like Li.     

辽宁省最大的满族中学（英文）

正In reaching out to share Manchu cultural traditions,the biggest ethnic school in Liaoning Province has brought Manchu performances like the Shaman dance and Peace Drum(Taipinggu)presentations to the big industrial city of Anshan and to audiences in other places.With support from authorities,Xiuyan Manchu     

Three Possibilities for Modernization of Traditional Ethnic Sports

Cultural Changes
Changes in China＇s traditional ethnic sports culture refer to a changes in the structure, pattern and style of traditional ethnic sports as a cultural system. The changes are due to an increase or decrease in the system＇s cultural content.     

China＇s Ethnic Sports vs. Globalization - Chinese Scholars＇ Views on Ethnic Sports in the Process of Globalization

Examining sports from a cultural perspective rather than their technical aspect, we will see that hidden in the process of globalization is a need to discuss the special values of ethnic or traditional sports. Covered up by the socalled ＂universality＂ of sports in general, these special values determine the cultural uniqueness of China＇s ethnic sports, which is often reduced to oblivion as sports, taken as a whole,     

Enhancing Cultural Consensus and Promoting Harmonious Integration: A Summary of the Views of “2016·China-Europe Seminar on Human Rights”

2016 ·China-Europe Seminar on Human Rights successfully took place on September 27 to 28, 2016 in Southwest University of Political Science and Law. The seminar was sponsored by China Society for Human Rights Studies, hosted by the Human Rights Research Institute of the Southwest University of Political Science and Law, and centered around the theme of the "Protection of Ethnic Minorities' Rights". More than 60 experts and scholars from six countries of Europe as well as China conducted in-depth discussions on the protection of economic, social and cultural rights, focusing on the protection of the rights of ethnic minorities. The participants agreed that enhancing cross-cultural consensus and promoting harmonious integration are essential for the cause of human rights protection for ethnic minorities and even for the overall progress of the human rights cause of all humankind.     

I Live by the Songhua River

HAVING worked in the television industry for 15 years, I've been to various Chinese, European and American cities, but of all of them I like my hometown, Harbin in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, the best. My affection stems neither from Harbin's beauty nor my nostalgia, but from the city's distinctive glamour.Harbin's unique culture came into being because of two major events: the Niizhen, ancestors of the Manchu ethnic group, establishing their capital in what is now Harbin 800 years ago, and the influx of foreign immigrants in the 20th century. Both of these groups introduced distinct cultural elements to Harbin.     

“一极六峰”铸品牌 满韵清风最魅力（英文）

正After qualifying for the playoffs in CCTV's Top 10 Charming Chinese cities competition,Fushun celebrated with festivities in autumn 2017.Proud of its large-scale cultural tourism brand,Fushan is part of China's effort to transform ethnic villages and towns through cultural tourism,thereby helping ethnic groups maintain their heritage and make a living.On October 20,programs,people and art of all kinds were staged,     

丹青和鸣——“民族百花”中国画名家邀请展作品选登（英文）

<正>Master painters representing China's cultural diversity recently exhibited their works as part of an invitational to promote the significant role that ethnic fine arts play in contemporary China.To encourage artists to follow the progress of national minority areas and maintain their enthusiasm for minority-related subjects,15 master painters representing 10 of China's minzu,or ethnic minorities,were hosted at the"Minzu Hundred Flowers"Chinese     

促进新农村文化建设 切实保障农民文化权益

Since the founding of New China in 1949, according to the Constitution of the People＇s Republic of China, the central government has made it a basic state policy to help ethnic minorities-inhabited border areas with their political, economic and cultural development, and to lead all the ethnic groups of China onto the road to common prosperity.     

侬垌节 世界上独一无二的农耕文化展示（英文）

<正>According to scholars,the cultural celebration called the Nongdong Festival,held annually in China's Longzhou County and in parts of Vietnam,is special because of its anthropological characteristic of directly linking humans with the supernatural.The festival is celebrated in China by a branch of the Zhuang ethnic group.While the Zhuang are China's largest minority     

Ethnic Culture Blossoms In Xinjiang

<正>Founded six decades ago,Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is one of China’s five autonomous regions designated for ethnic minorities,inhabited by 47 ethnic groups including Han,Uygur,Kazak,Hui,Mongolian,Kirgiz,Uzbek and Russian populations.The region boasts a treasure trove of ethnic cultures.People of all ethnic groups are able to uphold their cultural practices and live together in harmony.In ancient times,Xinjiang was one of the hubs connecting the West and the East,with the famed Silk Road passing through it.It’s geographic location which has made Xinjiang so accommodating of a diverse range of traditions.In early 2003,China launched a program to protect and preserve ethnic cultures and folkways.At various levels of government,a lot of work has since been done to protect the traditions and cul-     

Exchange and Communication Creates Value ——Notes on China＇s nationalities hiaher-education and culture deleaation＇s trip to the USA

order to further strengthen international cultural exchanges and promote international cooperation in the field of higher education for China＇s ethnic groups, a delegation of six colleges and universities led by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission （SEAC） visited the United States at the end of April to hold a series of educational and cultural activities,     

TWO POEMS

Editor's note: Jayanta Guha is a professor of the sciences of the earth at the University of Quebec, Chicoutimi. He has worked in China's Guizhou Province several times under the cooperation programmes of the Canadian International Development Agency. He is also an accomplished photographer and poet. He has mounted several photo exhibitions in Canada, India and other countries and published Faces of China and other photo albums, which are well received in the world. To preserve the cultural heritage of the ethnic groups in Guizhou,     

Xiao Changheng’s Misty Painting Language

正Xiao Changheng grew up in Beihai,Guangxi Autonomous Region,where grand and magnificent ocean views,a distinct cultural and geographical environment,plus various ancient ethnic customs,have shaped a particular cultural pattern differentiated from that of China’s Central Plains heartland.Xiao     

神秘白裤瑶(英文)

正Because of their distance from urban centers and their geographic insularity,the traditional Baiku Yao culture can be seen everywhere in the ethnic villages in Nandan County in southwestern China.The men dress in traditional"white trousers"that give the group its name.Women weave and dye their patterned colorful skirts.The rituals of olden days retain their spiritual meaning and the structures of the homes and granaries are     

跳傩(英文)

<正>A cultural legacy thousands of years old,the Nuo Opera had its inception in an ancient ritual to drive away devils and disease.Among the oldest surviving cultural forms in China,the Nuo Opera involves both song and dance with performers wearing masks to depict their character.It was derived from"Nuo Driving Dance,"     

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Editor＇s Note： China＇s vast territory and long history have engendered a profuse and colorful intangible cultural heritage. Wang Wenzhang, president of the China Art Academy, and his staff have spent years on comprehensive research into China＇s intangible heritage with the aim of salvaging aspects of it that are in danger of dying out. Talking to Wang Wenzhang on the subject truly brings home its universal significance. As Wang says, ＂The intangible cultural heritage immanent in folklore, ballads, festivals and handicrafts constitute the quintessence of a nation.＂ Folk festivals are a main aspect of the cultural heritage of China＇s various ethnic groups, one that we will explore and bring to our readers throughout 2008. To quote Wang Wenzhang once more, ＂History enables knowledge of a nation; knowing its intangible cultural heritage gives insight into its spirit.＂