The Maolong lantern of the Gelao features a colorful, fierce-looking dragon with majestic horns, glaring eyes, and a wide-open mouth.Hundreds of bamboo hoops are banded with cloth or paper strips to make the animal＇s...The Maolong lantern of the Gelao features a colorful, fierce-looking dragon with majestic horns, glaring eyes, and a wide-open mouth.Hundreds of bamboo hoops are banded with cloth or paper strips to make the animal＇s body. In the folk custom of the Gelao, the lively dragon dance expresses a request for good weather for a bumper crop harvest, and for prosperity and peace. The festival falls on the 1 lth day of the lunar month.展开更多
What luck!In July 2013 on the Inner Mongolia prairie,I attended an Ewenki wedding with its traditional bride-escorting caravan.The last time I saw this type of ceremony was decades ago.It had been raining for several ...What luck!In July 2013 on the Inner Mongolia prairie,I attended an Ewenki wedding with its traditional bride-escorting caravan.The last time I saw this type of ceremony was decades ago.It had been raining for several days but the sky cleared on July 25 for a wedding day in bright sunshine.The azure sky,the green prairie,the white yurt,the throng in their decorative finery made a vivid atmosphere for a happy ceremony.展开更多
Dreaming of seeing an expanse of golden yellow rape flower,we traveled to the mountain in the south of Mangshi.But in that part of Yunnan we were disappointed.The luxuriant green fields were without a tinge of light y...Dreaming of seeing an expanse of golden yellow rape flower,we traveled to the mountain in the south of Mangshi.But in that part of Yunnan we were disappointed.The luxuriant green fields were without a tinge of light yellow anywhere.All of a sudden we caught sight of women dressed in their bright traditional costumes.Along came another group dressed the same way.Intrigued,and wanting to展开更多
In stockaded villages adjacent to Hongzhou city in Yunnan Province, Dai people live in modern buildings instead of bamboo houses. Concrete yards and streets lead to households that can be entered through a metal gate ...In stockaded villages adjacent to Hongzhou city in Yunnan Province, Dai people live in modern buildings instead of bamboo houses. Concrete yards and streets lead to households that can be entered through a metal gate large enough for tractors and other farming vehicles to access.展开更多
A Jingpo fellow in Xishan Village is marrying.This means a big celebration for Xishan,a stockaded village in Mangshi City in Jingpo and Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong,Yunnan.The village is in the mountains with a...A Jingpo fellow in Xishan Village is marrying.This means a big celebration for Xishan,a stockaded village in Mangshi City in Jingpo and Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong,Yunnan.The village is in the mountains with a scattered population so people are going to come from far away.展开更多
Heshun is a must for tourists visiting Tengchong. In early spring we started out from Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, to Tengchong County in the frontier area.
文摘The Maolong lantern of the Gelao features a colorful, fierce-looking dragon with majestic horns, glaring eyes, and a wide-open mouth.Hundreds of bamboo hoops are banded with cloth or paper strips to make the animal＇s body. In the folk custom of the Gelao, the lively dragon dance expresses a request for good weather for a bumper crop harvest, and for prosperity and peace. The festival falls on the 1 lth day of the lunar month.
文摘What luck!In July 2013 on the Inner Mongolia prairie,I attended an Ewenki wedding with its traditional bride-escorting caravan.The last time I saw this type of ceremony was decades ago.It had been raining for several days but the sky cleared on July 25 for a wedding day in bright sunshine.The azure sky,the green prairie,the white yurt,the throng in their decorative finery made a vivid atmosphere for a happy ceremony.
文摘Dreaming of seeing an expanse of golden yellow rape flower,we traveled to the mountain in the south of Mangshi.But in that part of Yunnan we were disappointed.The luxuriant green fields were without a tinge of light yellow anywhere.All of a sudden we caught sight of women dressed in their bright traditional costumes.Along came another group dressed the same way.Intrigued,and wanting to
文摘In stockaded villages adjacent to Hongzhou city in Yunnan Province, Dai people live in modern buildings instead of bamboo houses. Concrete yards and streets lead to households that can be entered through a metal gate large enough for tractors and other farming vehicles to access.
文摘A Jingpo fellow in Xishan Village is marrying.This means a big celebration for Xishan,a stockaded village in Mangshi City in Jingpo and Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong,Yunnan.The village is in the mountains with a scattered population so people are going to come from far away.
文摘Heshun is a must for tourists visiting Tengchong. In early spring we started out from Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, to Tengchong County in the frontier area.
