Expansion of Shigatse Airport Slated for October

The 4th Beijing Ethnic Expo and Beijing Ethnic Wine Songs Festival will be held during the Nation,＇d Day Holiday, announced Niu Song, deputy director of the Beijing Ethnic Affairs Commission at a press conference on June 24.     

Two Projects Improve Life in the Tibetan Area of Sichuan

In September 2008 a group of people came into the tent of the nomadic herder Cheba pitched on the summer pasture of Lhagong Grassland in the Tibetan area of Sichuan Province.The visitors looked around,commented,asked questions and discussed among themselves before leaving.Cheba noticed that one in particular showed concern and urgency.     

Mai Xinmin： The Heart＇s Response to Life＇s Beauty

Mai Xinmin,Majored in Chinese Painting at the Arts Faculty of Central University for Nationalities （since renamed Minzu University of China）.Currently head of Chinese Painting Department of the Arts Faculty of Minzu University of China,supervisor of MA students.     

Fire and Ethnic Minorities in Yunnan

Fire, to the ancients, was a mysterious and unpredictable substance. appearing and vanishing without trace, scarlet in hue, dazzling and amazing, holy and divine, Fire-worshipping rituals have been passed down to this very day among many ethnic minorities in Yunnan Province. They cherish .special deep feelings for this element, feelings manifested in the joyous ioreh festival of the Yi people,     

“CAPITAL OF SALT”on an Ancient Trade Route

<正>The town of Shiyang,the ancient"Capital of Salt,"on the beautiful,Southern Silk Road,nestles like a bright pearl set into silk. The town is located in Dayao County,in the southwest of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in central Yunnan,where more than ten nationalities have lived for generations,among them the Yi,Hui,Miao,Bai,Dai,and Hani peoples.Shiyang has been famous for salt production since the Han(206 BC—220 AD) and Tang Dynasties(618—907 AD),and it gradually grew to become Yunnan's"Capital of Salt."     

Guizhou Mask Dance Performed in South Korea

On September 24,the opening ceremony of the 13th Andong International Mask Dance Festival featured an expansive and unrestrained display of mysterious Nuo Drama from Guizhou.     

看!黎族人怎样过父亲节

At the invitation of my photographer friend I came ,to Nanbing Village on the eve of Father＇s Day in 2012 to experience the Li people＇s celebration of Father＇s Day. Nanbing is in Maogan Township of Baoting County, under the jurisdiction of Sanya City on the island of Hainan.