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The wild and wooly world of goat grabbing
Competitors of a goat grabbing game try to grab the carcass of a headless white goat or calf, usually below two years old, from the ground while riding on a horseback and pitch it across a goal line or into a target circle. |
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I'm counting down to the Spring Festival Gala
The chilling weather is making me think about the beginning of another year and, for me, the countdown has begun to the launch of the Spring Festival Gala. |
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Oroqens celebrate Fire God Festival
The Oroqen ethnic minority, with a population of about 8,000, is the third smallest of the 55 ethnic minorities in China. During their festival, they sing songs, dance around bonfires and participate in traditional ethnic sports. |
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Snapshots of intangible cultural heritage show
Performers display the intangible cultural heritage of Tibet on the themed gala titled "Colorful Hada" in Beijing Tianqiao Theater, March 25, 2010. |
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Emancipation Day of Tibetan serfs marked
Flag raising ceremonies were held across Tibet Autonomous Region Sunday to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the emancipation of serfs. |
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70,000 Buddhists gather to celebrate Tibetan festival
At least 70,000 Tibetan Buddhists gathered at a monastery in Lhasa Wednesday to celebrate a religious holiday and pray for good luck in the Tibetan New Year that begins Sunday. |
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People celebrate Eid al-Fitr in China
People celebrate Eid al-Fitr in China |
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New semester starts with Beijing Opera
Taizhou, thehometown of Mei Lanfang, a great master of Beijing Opera, has added Beijing Opera into the curriculum for primary and secondary school students in an effort topromote the traditional Chinese culture. |
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Shoton Festival celebrated in Tibet
Shoton Festival (Yoghurt Festival), usually celebrated in the sixth month of the Tibetan calendar, is one of the most popular holidays in Tibetan Buddhism. "Sho" means Yoghurt and "ton" means banquet in the Tibetan language. |
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Hisotry of Shoton Festival
ShotonFestival (Yoghurt Festival), usually celebrated in the sixth month of Tibetan calendar, is one of the most important festivals in the Tibetan Buddhism and in Tibetan area. It is one of the traditional festivals with a long history in Tibetan history. |
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Yi people celebrate 'black face festival'
Two women from the Yi ethnic group plaster black ashes on each other's face during the "black face festival" in Qiubei county, southwest China's Yunnan province, August 15, 2009. |
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Yi Torch Festival
The Torch Festival falls on the 24th day of the sixth lunar month. On that day, Yi people from Shilin County gather at the Stone Forest and participate in various activities |
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Lahu
The Lahus mostly reside in the counties of southern Yunnan Province. Lagu is a word of Lagu's language. |
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Lhoba
Lhoba, which is the minority with the least population in China, is mostly distributed in the Luoyu are in the southeast of Tibet in Southwest China. |
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Kirgiz
The Khalkhas mostly reside in the Khalkhas Autonomous Prefecture of Kezilesu in the south of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. |
