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Folk customs of Zhushan county

Yichang folk customs and cultures

Pilgrimages to Mount Wudang

Sugarcane festival, a folk custom of Wuchang


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Ba People 未完

The Ba people, an ethnic group living in eastern Sichuan and western Hubei provinces in ancient China, were well known for their boldness and gallantry.

Shadow play, Hubei intangible cultural heritage

Shadow play is composed by a white screen, a flame, some music and a few flat puppets that move and tell a story.

Sayeryo, Hubei Tujia people's ritual dance

Ancestors of the Tujia ethnic group perform sayeryo as a way of mourning.

Dragon Boat Festival--festival originated from Hubei

The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.

Zhang Sanfeng, a legendary culture hero

A legendary culture hero, Zhang Sanfeng is credited by modern practitioners as having originated the concepts of neijia; soft, internal martial arts, specifically Tai Chi Chuan.

Wudang Inner School Boxing

Wudang Inner School Boxing, which originated on Wudang Mountain, is already known in China and abroad as the mountain’s natural scenery and majestic ancient building.

Taiji Sword of Wudang Mountain

Like Taiji boxing, the Taiji swordsmanship has the advantage of “overwhelming the hard by the soft” and “attacking the moving power with static force.”