Ethnic Celebrity

Liu Sanjie is a legendary figure in Zhuang’s folk stories. The earliest story about her can be found in Volume 98 San Mei Shan of Yu Di Ji Sheng...

In the national museum of Central University for Nationalities, there has collected an ordinary but extremely precious and important historical relic of Gaoshan ethnic group–“sculpture of righteous man Wu...

The Hero Coming to the East—-Wobaxi Wobaxi is the commander of Mongolian Torgut tribe in Weilate in Qing dynasty. When he could not bear the rule of tsarist Russia,...

The First Emperor who unified the Country—Kublai Khan Kublai is the fourth son of Tuo Lei, son of Genghis Khan and brother of Mengge Khan. He was born in...

God’s Favored Man of the Time—Genghis Khan Genghis Khan, whose name is Tie Muzhen (also called Te Meizhen, Te Mujin), is a member of Nilunmengguqiyan Boerzhijin clan. He was...

Zheng He lived from 1371 to 1435. His former family name was Ma, he belonged to the Hui nationality, was named as He and his childhood name was Sanbao...

Hai Rui (from 1514 to 1587) was a famous statesman of the Hui nationality in the Ming dynasty. He came from Qiongshan (present Haikou), Hainan province. He styled himself...

The folk stories, legends, long narrative poems and other literary and art works of Dongxiang nationality are rich and colorful. Among them, the long folk narrative poem Milagahei has...

Ashima is a character in Yi folk legend, and she is the heroine in the long folk narrative poem-“Ashima”. It is said that she grew up in a common...

Zang people believe in Tibetan Buddhism, which is also called Tibetan language family Buddhism (because its classics belong to the Tibetan system) and commonly called Lamaism (because its religious...