The She nationality, one of the China’s many minority nationalities, call themselves Shanha. Ha means guest in the She language. The She people are mainly distributed throughout the mountainous areas of over 80 count...The She nationality, one of the China’s many minority nationalities, call themselves Shanha. Ha means guest in the She language. The She people are mainly distributed throughout the mountainous areas of over 80 counties and cities in the five provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Anhui. Most of the 368,000 She people live in Fujian and Zhejiang. As a whole, they are scattered in different areas and live together in small groups. Their villages are adjacent to Chinese villages. The She people mainly engage in farming rice and sweet potatoes, in addition to forestry, tea planting and hunting. The She nationality have their own language which is similar to the Kejia dialect of Mandarin. But because they do not have their own script, they use Mandarin. The She people have three major family names—Lei, Zhong and Lan—which are said to be the descendants of several ancestors of the She nationality. The She people take delight in singing folk songs. In their daily life and work, they sing展开更多
CHINA is in the midst of snowballing economic changes that are naturally affecting society deeply. Take bikes, for example, one of China’s main modes of transportation. Chinese-made, cheap, heavy, black, steel, mass-...CHINA is in the midst of snowballing economic changes that are naturally affecting society deeply. Take bikes, for example, one of China’s main modes of transportation. Chinese-made, cheap, heavy, black, steel, mass-produced bikes are being replaced by imported mountain bikes or tenspeeds. People are clearly making more money and are able to afford such fast, colorful imported products. Financial disparity is more apparent. One man who sells cigarettes and gum from a corrugated tin shack next to others who sell bike seats, fix shoes and make eys in a free market is now clad in展开更多
文摘The She nationality, one of the China’s many minority nationalities, call themselves Shanha. Ha means guest in the She language. The She people are mainly distributed throughout the mountainous areas of over 80 counties and cities in the five provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Anhui. Most of the 368,000 She people live in Fujian and Zhejiang. As a whole, they are scattered in different areas and live together in small groups. Their villages are adjacent to Chinese villages. The She people mainly engage in farming rice and sweet potatoes, in addition to forestry, tea planting and hunting. The She nationality have their own language which is similar to the Kejia dialect of Mandarin. But because they do not have their own script, they use Mandarin. The She people have three major family names—Lei, Zhong and Lan—which are said to be the descendants of several ancestors of the She nationality. The She people take delight in singing folk songs. In their daily life and work, they sing
文摘CHINA is in the midst of snowballing economic changes that are naturally affecting society deeply. Take bikes, for example, one of China’s main modes of transportation. Chinese-made, cheap, heavy, black, steel, mass-produced bikes are being replaced by imported mountain bikes or tenspeeds. People are clearly making more money and are able to afford such fast, colorful imported products. Financial disparity is more apparent. One man who sells cigarettes and gum from a corrugated tin shack next to others who sell bike seats, fix shoes and make eys in a free market is now clad in
