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.