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BEIJING - Few people know what Confucius is - not who, but what. The ancient teacher is known by many names; he's King Kung, Master Kong or just K'ung Fu-tzu. But unlike the biblical Saint Nicholas, alias Santa Claus, Confucius isn't a Christian saint but a Chinese sage; more correctly...

13 killed in Philippine shootout: police MANILA: Police in the Philippines killed 13 members of a criminal gang in a shootout on Sunday, the third violent incident within days amid widespread calls for stricter gun controls. The battle erupted after the gunmen in two vehicles tried to...

Yao People 瑶族 A Yao village in Yangshou House architect Village people A village by the river A Yao village in Guizhou A modern tenement for the Yaos in SW China Modern schools for their children

Yao People 瑶族 A modern Yao wedding in SW China

Yao People 瑶族 The Yaos like to serve oil tea with their food Bamboo rice stuffed with pork or chicken is very popular with thw Yao Red Yao food - stuff eggplant Huangluo, Guangxi On a Yao banquette table Top it off with some sweets

Yao People 瑶族 Dazhai Yao village in the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces Wooden Yao houses hanging on the edge A new house with ten thousand views Not easy here

Yao People 瑶族 The long drum dance of the Yao Other dancing performance Singing Harvest folklore Hair! (not the Broadway show)

Yao People 瑶族 The Yaos are very close to the mountains A young lady washing her hair in the pristine river A group of Yaos in Thailand welcome the bride and groom Yao girls in Thailand

Yao People 瑶族 Yao People 瑶族 The long-hair women on post #127 are Yao women. It's Yao traditional culture that women never cut their hair in their lifetimes. Yao are are numbered about 2.7 million in China and about half of a million in Vietnam and is an...

^^^ You nailed it, Buddy! "Hypocritical b*stards" is the best description for the above two phonies.:tup:

Long hair - name this ethnic group in China

Here are some of the restored sections of Niangziguan 娘子关 Great Wall

Niangziguan 娘子关 In 2007 a railway tunnel, the Taihang Tunnel, was open for Shitai Passenger Railway to cross the Taihang Mountains. It measures 27,848 meters and is longest railway tunnel in China and the travel time by from Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan went down from almost...

Niangziguan 娘子关 You can tell the difference of new and old bricks This will remain a photo only A small part of the original wall remains more or less untouched - at least for now. This restoration work is a bit better This is good

Niangziguan 娘子关 is a mountain pass west of Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province in North China. One of the major passages from Shanxi Province to Hebei Province across the Taihang Mountain. Surrounded by a maze of hills and valleys, Niangziguan Pass was famed as "the...

Japan scrambles jets to head off China plane TOKYO: Japan scrambled fighter jets on Saturday to head off a Chinese state-owned plane that flew near islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, a Japanese Defence Ministry spokesman said. Japanese jets were mobilised after...

Bouyei People 布依族 The bride is being dressed Singing begins as gifts are accepted Singing, eating and dancing at the bride's house The bride's family begins to pack her dowry for a long trip to the groom's village Friends and relatives are immensed in their own...

Bouyei People 布依族 It's customary for a Bouyei groom to carry the bride home from her house ON FOOT. So my advice for a Bouyei Internet warrior here is: choose your mate by the distance where she lives, not by the way she looks. Here are some pictures of an...

Bouyei People 布依族 A Bouyei Festival Queen Let the games begin

Bouyei People 布依族 A Bouyei village at the bank of the Sixmoon River by the Longshan Mountain A village by Nanpan River and Beipan River Yunnan A villager fishes in the Qijiang River in Lianshan Village, Libo County of southwest China's Guizhou Province...