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...     

邓小平经济思想的理论支撑点

邓小平理论是党的十五大写进党章的全党指导思想。同时,她也是全国进行社会主义现代化经济建设的指导思想。1997年2月,朱镕基在学习邓小平理论座谈会上指出:“我们深深地感到,邓小平经济理论是具有强大的生命力的科学理论,是建设有中国特色的社会主义经济的根本指导思想和行动指南。”要“进一步深入学习邓小平同志博大精深的经济理论,完整、准确地掌握邓小平经济理论的科学内涵和精神实质。”在中国这样一个国情如此复杂的发展中大国,要把改革开放的浩大工程进行到底,同时准备     

Painting with the Genuine Gene of Classical Culture

With acute insight, Xun Shi （荀士） is devoted to Chinese classical culture. The creative classical cultural elements in his paintings appear in the form of an idiom story, a Buddhist philosophy or a cultural theme. Exceptionally vibrant are the elders who emerge playing chess, taking a tour, talking in bed or over wine. Their postures and expressions are rendered with minimal brushstrokes.     

Mani Stones：Tibetan Prayers from Deep within

As is widely known, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the highest place on Earth, .was once part of a vast ocean. Later geological movements resulted in that vast ocean becoming a high plateau bringing with it a huge and extraordinary variety of stones. Looking back on man＇s evolution process, almost all humans have chosen stones as tools for their evolution and carriers of culture, and the Tibetan ancestors were no exception.     

Tajik Girls

<正>The cover picture is the work of the young photographic talent Li Guang.Tajik Girls is just one of his creations featuring Tajik figures.According to Li,beca...     

Miao House Building Ritual

July 4, 2012 （the sixth day of the filth lunar month） was Meizhen, a couple living in the village of Lixin, Malichang building the timber frame of their new wooden house. the ＂＇auspicious day＂ selected by Long Zaiyun and his wife Ma Town, Huayuan County, Hunan Province. This was the day for For the Miao people, before erecting the timber frame, the foundation of the house needs to be installed and the timbers moved close alongside. Trees on the nearby hill, pre-selected as timbers for the house, are tied around with red cloth to mark them out for felling when the house owner comes along with friends to cut them down.     

Family Reunion Feast

These photos were photographed in Buchou Town, Yamou Town, Paiwu Town, Huaheng County, Western Hunan. ＂Family Reunion Feast＂ is an ancient wedding custom of the Miao people, unchanged even today. The procedure goes roughly like this： First, the engagement： whether or not the union is arranged by a matchmaker, the couple will ask the Badai （the shaman of the Miao people） to select an auspicious date for the engagement.     

Zhou Jianhua——Faithful Recorder of Miao Customs

Zhou Jianhua is quite a celebrity in Huayuan County, Hunan Province. That fame comes mainly from his photography, a path he started out on very early. As tar back in the 1980s when he worked in the educational field. Zhou used to carry a film camera to different schools to photograph various activities, as well as graduating students together with their teachers. Zhou does not grudge what he spends on his passion, so, after retiring he bought a full kit of Nikon＇s top digital camera equipment. Every time he came home from a shoot, he would select several images, have them enlarged, and give them to his subjects for free. What was once a pleasurable pastime has made him something of a name. For the last few years, he has devoted himself to photographing Miao folkways in western Hunan. Having amassed a large portfolio of such material, one top-notch photograph has followed another, and national magazines have used his shots in features on ethnic customs, many of those pictures winning awards at photographic exhibitions. Zhou Jianhua is not only a faithful recorder of Miao customs in western Hunan, but a leading photographer in Huayuan County.