Ethnic Culture and Arts

Zhuang Opera, which is also called Zhuang drama, is a stage acting art with a history of several hundred years, developing from various Zhuang folk literature, music, dance and...

Symbolizing wealth and power, bronze drum is a long lasting percussion instrument for worshipping among the southern Chinese ethnic groups. It came into being as early as 2,700 BC...

Textile in the Zhuang Nationality has a long history. As early as in the Han Dynasty, they could weave Dongbu Cloth, “The thin bring coolness in summer while the...

Marvelous frescoes on the precipices On the banks of the long Zoujiang River stand strangely shaped mountains and precipices. Mountains reflect themselves in the water, forming marvelous natural scenery....

The Maonan people live in the brace of mountains one generation after another. An indissoluble bound is forged with the stones in the mountains. They live in railing buildings....

No Tattoos, But More Beautiful Li women once had a custom of tattooing in the past. From the age of 12 or 13, the Li girls start to tattoo...

Kites The kite is a folk gadget first invented by Chinese. Flying a kite can not only exercise the bodies, but also cultivate people’s sentiment. It is one of...

Building pattern and house arrangement or furnishings are typical of Central Asian. Their houses are mostly styles of courtyard, which can be divided into 2 types, buildings and bungalows....

In early period, the Tu nationality believed in Shamanism, then it transferred to believe in Gelu group, Tibetan Buddhism. In the 32nd year of Wanli emperor in the Ming...

Hua’r: The Folk Song Tradition Historically, the Hui nationality did not emphasize songs and dances, but in northwestern regions, the Hui people embraced a folk song known as “Hua’r.”...