Have you ever been asked by your Chinese friend, “What is your zodiac sign?” Don’t think they are making small talk. If you say, “I’m a Monkey,” they immediately know you are either 24, 36, 48 or 60 years old. Asking a zodiac sign is a polite way of asking your age.By revealing your zodiac … Read more
Mongolianans, happiness, and khun tovshuur This video is dubbed in Chinese, with English subtitles. “I am Tuya, the second-class performer with the Bozhou song and dance troupe, I am also an autonomous region-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor of khun tovshuur. Since1995, I’ve been learning to play khun tovshuur under the guidance of Naidaiwuma. Folk art … Read more
The Kazak ethnic minority The Kazak ethnic minority, with a population of 1,250,458, mainly lives in the Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Mori Kazak Autonomous County and Barkol Kazak Autonomous County in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Some are also located in the Haixi Mongolian, Tibetan and Kazak Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province and the Aksay … Read more
The Jino ethnic minority Numbering 20,899 in all, the Jinos live in the Jinoluoke Township of Jinghong County in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The language of this ethnic minority belongs to the Tibetan-Myanmese group of the Chinese-Tibetan language family. Its structure and vocabulary have much in common with Yi and Myanmese. Without … Read more
The Jingpo ethnic minority The Jingpos, numbering 132,143, live mostly in the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, together with the De’ang, Lisu, Achang and Han peoples. A few of them are found in the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture. The Jingpos mainly inhabit tree-covered mountainous areas some 1,500 meters above sea level, where the climate … Read more
Traditional Festivals in China Spring Festival The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese lunar New Year, so the first meal is rather important. People usually eat jiaozi or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon on that special day. As for recreational activities during … Read more