Dolan Muqam and Dolan Meshref：Dolan People＇s Romantic Ideals

Dolan Muqam and Dolan Meshref music and dance seem to have brought people back to the Bronze Age because what happened to Dolan ancestors seems to have resurfaced. Dolan people＇s struggles and aspirations to conquer nature and change the environment, as well as their romantic thoughts and feelings are freeze-framed at the very beginning of the music and dance.     

What＇s in a Name？

I often think that Chinese women are wiser than we in the West, as they generally don‘t adopt their husbands‘ names upon marrying. There could be something in the Chinese belief that the name given at birth determines the fate of its bearer.     

China＇s Year of Russia

THE year 2006 in China is dedicated to Russia, and 2007 will be Russia's Year of China. Both countries are to host a wide range of cultural activities aimed at promoting mutual understanding between the Chinese and Russian peoples. Gap in Cultural Communications Li Qiang, a 22-year-old English ma-     

Q ＆ A of Valentine＇s Day

““My sweetheart ,I love you as a mouse loves rice,i miss you ,I fell in love with you at first sight,and I will not give up until you are mine forever!““     

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 Valentine＇s Day Love Affair

LIFE in China has become ever more diversified in recent years,allowing more space for Western fashion and convention. Today Valentine‘s Day and Christmas are widely celebrated, particularly among the young, who jump at every chance to party,revel and romance.     

China＇s Ethnic Films Visualizing Diverse Cultures

<正>The First Beijing International Film Festival will presen China’s Ethnic Films Festival,including a series of activitiessuch as Beijing Ethnic Film Salon,Chi...     

KFC and McDonald＇s —Models of Blended Culture

Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot Colonel Sanders first knocked on Beijing‘s door in 1987.Since then,his symbolic smiling face has been radiating throughout China.     

Warezu Qiang Women＇s Festival

Every year the Qiang women living in Sichuan＇s Maoxian County look farward with great anticipation to the arrival of a special day-the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. On this day, all the village women, young and old alike, rise early and dress with the greatest care. Then, arrayed in their most gorgeous attire, decked out with gold and silver jewelry, they go in groups of three or four to celebrate the Warezu Festival in front of the Goddess Liangzi Stone Tower.     

An Ancient Country＇s Love of Modern Western Art

HINA‘S contemporary art is gaining recognition amonginternational artistic circles, despite having got off to a relatively late start. Until the 1980s, Chinese art students were expected to cultivate traditional painting techniques.     

Chuxiong＇s Medicine Boom

YUNNAN Baiyao, a white medicinal powder produced by the Yunnan Laoboyun Pharmaceutical Company, is well known for its miraculous treatment of hemorrhages, wounds and bruises. The Yi ethnic minority group of Chuxiong, Yunnan Province discovered it some 300 years ago.     

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.     

The NBA＇s ＂China Derby＂

IF the sheer number of deals the American National Basketball Association （NBA） has with Chinese television stations around the country is anything to go by, basketball is big business in China these days. In addition to arrangements with 51 local and regional broadcasters in China, the NBA has concluded marketing contracts with 20 major Chinese companies. Millions of Chinese watch NBA games, and 30 percent of the traffic to NBA.com originates in China.     

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.     

The Hetzel Family＇s Friendship with China

AT the National ReAdvocacy Meeting to Eliminate IDD (Iodine Deficiency Disorders) held in October 2000 at Beijing‘s Great Hall of the People, Dr. Basil Hetzel, Chairman of the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders,and a major contributor to IDD control in China, spoke of the strong bond between his family and the Chinese people, and how it started with his father, Dr. Kenneth Hetzel. The course of this longstanding relationship is related by Ma Tai, former Chairman of the IDD Advisory Group of the Chinese Ministry of Health.     

Showcasing Colombia＇s Native Icons in Beijing

THE Object/Colombia Exhibition, the biggest ever held in China, went on display at the Beijing Jintai Art Museum in July of 2003. This exhibition structured as a journey across historic Colombia, featuring five uses of objects as icons: furniture, decorations, containers, clothes, and ritual and games relics, all grouped