Naxi
Culture Through American Eyes:
(20100202)
An
account of seven years of her family life in a small Naxi village.
She arranged the information in nine chapters dealing with the
most important events of the Naxi yearly cycle, from the winter
season, the time of killing pigs, to be married and to raise a
new house.
Dong
nationality therapeutic methods:
(20091222)
In
the preparation of these medicines, besides the methods that can
be considered similar to those used in traditional Chinese medicine,
they have some special methods.
Image
of the the Jingpo in the Chinese films: (20091213)
We
introduce some films that can show the image of the Jingpo in
the Chinese films and its evolution in the last 50 years.
Notes
about the arts of the Buyi nationality:
(20091211)
Their
literature has been orally transmitted: myths, legends, songs
and folktales, and their sacred scriptures Mojing. Among their
myths some of the more widely known are: "Twelve suns",
"Brother and sister create the human beings".
Documentary
Films about the Kucong: (20091210)
We
only find three films about them.
The
Miao in Hosie's On the Trail of the Opium Poppy. (20091209)
This
country was and, after the lapse of 50 years, still is the home
of the Hei Miao-tzu (" Black Miaotzu"). Ruined stone
guard-houses and refuges on hilltops, evidences of the struggle
between extortion and docility, between might against right, are
to be seen on all sides
Basic
Bibliography of the Deng: (20091208)
We
introduce some books about the Mishmi and references about the
Deng in general readings about China's minorities.
Deng
people Photo exhibitions: (20091207)
One
in English language and some others, more interesting, in Chinese
webpages.
The
Deng people on the web: (20091206)
Some
of the webpages with information about them.
Chuxiong
Yi Autonomous Prefecture. (20091201)
In
the center of Yunnan Province. Inhabited mainly by some branches
of the Yi. Being one of the only two Yi autonomous prefectures
Chuxiong is considered the "epicenter of Yi culture"
and the place in Yunnan where the Yi culture is best preserved.
A
book about the Red Yao: (20091126)
Maybe
the first comprehensive study completely dedicated to the Red
Yao, the book cover all the aspects of The Red Yao life and culture.
In the classical descriptive style common to most of the Chinese
books about ethnic groups, this book follows a narrative that
lead the reader from the simplest facts, to the complex structures
of their religious thought.
Baisha
Frescos of the Naxi: (20091125)
One
of the most remarkable icons of the artistic heritage of the Naxi
people are the Baisha Frescos, a set of Ming Dynasty religious
paintings that decorate the walls of the main temples of Baisha
Village, a small village situated 10 kilometers off Lijiang
Echoes
of the Naxi culture: (20091116)
Yang
Fuguan proposes that the peoples living in the Zang-Yi corridor
of western Sichuan must be considered to belong to the same family
that the Naxi (in fact he considers the Naxi nationality to be
composed by five ethnic groups whose cultures and languages are
related to whom he calls collectively Naq)
Yuanjiang
Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County
(20091107)
Most of its territory is covered by the Ailaoshan Mountains,
home of different branches of the Hani and Yi nationalities, the
lowlands traversed by the rivers are inhabited mainly by Han Chinese
and people of the Dai and Bai nationalities.
Zhuang
phallic ritual: (20091027)
The
god Buluotou stretched out his big and long sex over the river,
making a celestial bridge.