THE Yi’s New Year is a popular folk festival celebrated by the Yi ethnic group in Sichuan,Yunnan,and Guizhou provinces,and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on an auspicious day around November 20 every year.It has a...
THE Yi ethnic group has a long history.The Yi people have lived in the belt between plateaus and coastal hills in Yunnan,Sichuan,Guizhou,and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for many of those years.An important part o...
The tuzhang houses or,literally,the clay palm houses,of the Yi ethnic minority are located in the central and southeastern parts of Yunnan Province.The traditional dwelling of the Yi people is mainly built of adobes,w...
FOR ordinary Chinese,the twin concepts of marine farming and marine agriculture are still novel,possessing a touch of mystery.Wang Yi,president of Wanning Haifeng Biotechnology DevelopmentCo.,Ltd.,is a pioneer in this...
Jiwu Wuqie was born to a family of lacquerware craftsmen in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture,Sichuan province.The Yi lacquerware craft,which Jiwu learned as an apprentice to his father,has been handed down for 16 ge...
MY enterprise is really small,probably the smallest you have ever covered,Zeng Yi said at his first meeting with China Today.Zeng didn't mince words when describing his goals:"I want my company to be the top medical d...
On July 17,2004 the State Postal Bureau issued a setof four stamps whose theme is Liu Yi Delivers a Letter.Thestamps picture the Dragon Princess Asking Liu Yi to Delivera Letter,Liu Yi Delivering a Letter to Dongting ...
THROUGHOUT the ancient world,eunuchs were a small stratum of society,most notably in China,Rome,Egypt,Greece,and Persia.Castration was a requirement of men seeking to work as imperial aides or entertainers.In most of ...
YUNNAN Province is home to 25 ethnic minorities,each with its own culture and conventions.There is consequently a diversity of folk festivals throughout the year.These exotic celebrations,together with the rich natura...