Festivals and Customs

Double-Ninth Day

Cultural Taboos in China

Foreigners are not expected to know all of these things the minute they step off the plane and will be given great latitude, however your knowledge of what...

Wedding of the Yi ethnic group: songs accompanying all through

The wedding ceremony of Yi people is very interesting and bustling with excitement. During the several days before the wedding, the young woman is supposed...

June Festival of Regong

The word "Regong" is a Tibetan name of a place, meaning golden valley. It is located in Tongren County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai...

Folk Handicraft

The past and present of Nanjing cloud-patterned brocade

The glory of Chinese woolen carpet

Large carpets, particularly large wool carpets, were not used in China until comparatively recent times. Rugs to cover the "Kang" or fire heated brick bed...

Hold up an oil-paper umbrella in a rainy alley

Very few inventions of man can match the perfect marriage of delicacy and sturdiness than that of the paper umbrella from China. The dainty surface, with its...

• Folk Residences

  • Strongly Fortified Stone Houses in Guizhou Province
  • The Courtyard of the Gan Family in Nanjing

• Ethnic Minority

  • Xijiang Miao stockade village: a serene place with Miao ethnic flavor

• Myths and Legends

  • There was once a dragon in the ancient Orient
  • Big-Mouthed Celestial Animal

Mazu Culture and Xunpu Women

Quanzhou, situated on the...

Wenzhou Wedding Rituals

Wenzhou, a prefecture-level...

Bonan Wedding Rituals

The 12,000 Bonan people in...

Going to Their Heads — Magnificent Ethnic Headdresses of China

Dresses and accessories...