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Bamboo drifting, not for everyone |
| The 17-year-old Wu Yueming is perched there gracefully on a 7.5-meter-long bamboo trunk in the middle of the river, using a long, thin strip of bamboo as a paddle to glide along with perfect balance and poise. |
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An important way to pass on ethnic culture |
| China's 9th National Ethnic Games will begin on Sept 10, in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province and the country's ethnic groups have a lot of hopes for the games. |
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Focusing on the Miao for new photo display |
| BEIJING - Canon (China), the giant camera maker and global multimedia corporation, will hold an exhibition about the cultural heritage of the Miao in Beijing in February following a one-year protection project it undertook. |
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Wages of conflict |
| While most films about the Miao ethnic group focus on their vibrant culture and customs, a new documentary aims to present the flip side of this. Xu Lin reports |
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A life in pictures |
| TONGGU, Guizhou - Even at the age of 75, Yang Guangying maintains the same enthusiasm for painting that she had when she first picked up the brush. |
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Drum Towers of the Ethnic Dong Group |
| The ethnic population of the Dong people is about 2.5 million. They live in the border area of Guizhou and Hunan provinces and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southwestern China and north Hubei Province in central China. Drum towers are found wherever the Dong live. Indeed, the towers are the most distinguishing symbol of their culture, which is why experts have chosen to call the ethnic Dong culture the "drum tower culture." |
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Dong |
| The Dongs are distributed in Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi provinces. They take agriculture as the prime industry. |
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