Xibe people 锡伯族
The migration
Good luck wishes from the elders of Xibe people
Goodbyes on the front entrant tower of the city wall
Here off
Wheels were stuck
Plagues struck
Hungers were endured
They made it
Many...
Xibe people 锡伯族
On April 18th, the 29th year of Qianlong (1764), of the Lunar Calender Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty awarded Xibe people as one of the 8 Banner tribes and enlisted them to protect the NW border of China against the Czar Russia. More than a...
Mulao people 仫佬族
A Mulao cart has many uses
These beautiful bridesmaids have to walk
One of Mulao cash industry is mushroom farming
Or Chinese sorghum
Hot pepper - wild or planted
Mulao people 仫佬族
Sports and activities of the Mulao people
Mulao's darling sport star and Olympic torch relay runner: "仫佬族之花 - 银悦西
Mulao people 仫佬族
Here's some of the Mulao special food
Four styled duck
Well cooked duck feet
Smoked chicken
Taro cake 芋头糕
Deep fried pork meat balls
Snails from the rice fields
Another spicy taro dish
Wine made from Osmanthus...
Mulao people 仫佬族
A scenic Mulao village
A walled village
Entrance
A watch tower of the walled village
A nearby tourist attraction: "Hundred Devil Cave"
Mulao people 仫佬族
Liu San Jie 刘三姐, a legendary folk singer, is believed to be a Mulao by many historians
Her style of song is called "mountain songs" that sing by young people of many ethnic groups live in or near the mountains. It becomes a...
Mulao people 仫佬族
A young Mulao woman in ethnic dress
A man's typical wear
A girl
Fancy headgear for some occasions
Just want to look pretty
Show time
Casual
Taking pictures
Mulao people 仫佬族
Mulao people 仫佬族, numbered just above 200, 000, is one of an ethnic groups officially recognized by China. Majority of Mulao people live in Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County...
Mulao people 仫佬族
Mr Pun is a 52 year ethnic Mulao man from Liuzhou Quangxi. After he graduated from high school in 1979 he was dispatched to Big Rock village to teach poor ethnic Mulao children. For more than 30 years he becomes a teacher and a baby sitter for all the...
Tu people 土族
The Tu have a thriving spirit making industry. Here's a master rice wine maker
A wine cellar
Commercial operation
National brands
The Tu make a good 葱花土鸡 dish
A hearty goat meat stew
Delicious...
Tu people 土族
Tu welcome guests: 下马三杯酒,上马三杯酒 "When a guest arrives and dismounts from his horse you toast him 3 cup of wine, when he mounts a horse and ready to leave, you toast him 3 cups of wine...
Tu people 土族
Many Tu were once nomads and herders, they followed where their herds went. However they settle down these days and live in villages. There are still some isolated yurt villages around though.
They live in villages like this one now a days...
Tu people 土族
The Tu are very fond of their 轮子秋 Swing Carousels, they often have their sport events, festivities, ancestral worships and wedding celebrations in big courts with carousels:
Sport events
Weddings
Occasions
Folk dances
Tu people 土族
Although most of the Tu are Buddhists but there are quite a number of Taoists as well. Here a Tu Tao temple
A Buddhist temple
互助佑宁寺, one of the most sacred temple shared by the Tu and the Tibetans...
Tu people 土族
A Tu boy lost himself on thoughts or he's just savoring the taste of the ice cream?
Teachers and students
Elders
A room full of women
Courting
Looking pretty
Playing Chinese chess on the street
The young and the olders
Tu people 土族
Tu people 土族, numbered about a quarter of million, is one of the official ethnic group of China. (Please be noted the Tu are an entirely different ethnic group than the Tujia 土家族) Throughout history the Tu people have been label...