Festivals and Customs

Tujia Ethnic Minority Customs: Weeping Marriage

A History of Chinese Tattoos and Chinese Tattooing Traditions

Chinese tattoos have become a raging phenomenon among tattoo enthusiasts of the western world. Chinese tattoos offer beautiful characters with a sense of the...

Business in the Old Lanes

Shuttling through the lanes of different sizes in the old town of Shanghai, seeking for the fading traces of history and experiencing the humanistic flavors...

Matriarchal Marriage Patterns of the Mosuo People

The Mosuo live at the shores of lake Lugu, situated on the South-West of China, it has common borders with the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan. The...

Folk Handicraft

Cao And Beijing Kite

Sixi Wawa (Four-happiness baby figurine)

The four-happiness baby figurine (Sixi Wawa) is a kind of folk doll made according to the conjoined shape of babies. People either display it at home or hang...

Sichuan Embroidery

Silk has been produced in Sichuan Province in abundance since ancient times and Chengdu was the starting point of the southern Silk Road. Sichuan embroidery...

• Folk Residences

  • Tibetan Diaofang: Stone Chamber
  • Top Five Chinese Houses You Cannot Miss to Experience Ancient Folk Customs

• Ethnic Minority

  • The Lisu Nationality
  • The Religion of the Hani Yeche

• Myths and Legends

  • Pixiu, Coming with Fortune
  • The Legend of Ji Gong

Wind-Riding Streamers(风马旗 Fengmaqi)

Travellers to Tiber often...

Gourd (葫芦 Hulu)

Gourd is the fruit of a...

Dragon Robe (龙袍 Longpao)

The robe embroidered with...

Traditional Muslim weddings with a twist

An imam officiates at the...