Ethnic Minorities of China

preface
mongolian: the people on horseback
¡¡nomadic life on grasslands
¡¡the three necessary skills of mongolian men
¡¡the ancient urtiin duu (long-song)
hezhen: fisherman's songs across the wusuli river
¡¡fishing in all seasons
¡¡fish-skin clothes and birch-bark boats
¡¡merry dog sleds
daur: thousand-year history of playing hockey
¡¡home of hockey
¡¡shaman: a bridge to the supernatural
ewenkh the last hunting tribe
¡¡following reindeer anywhere
¡¡birch-bark fascination
uygur: little flowery hats by the tianshan mountains
¡¡the singing and dancing of twelve muqams
¡¡beautiful costumes
¡¡delicious food on the silk road
tu: the rainbow nationality and its unique songs
¡¡the popular regong art
¡¡rainbow costumes
¡¡folk songs
kazak: lovers of horses and eagles
¡¡training eagles in mountains and on grasslands
¡¡musicians who play dombera
¡¡the exciting game of "girls'chase"
hui: devout muslims
¡¡entering the islamic culture
¡¡unique islamic constructions
kirgiz: born from a heroic epic
¡¡homeric epic in china-manas
¡¡beautiful artwork of tu xi tu ke
¡¡countless uses of camel hide
tibetan: on the roof of the world
¡¡age-old tibetan buddhist culture
¡¡new looks of old tibetan opera
¡¡fascinating costumes
dai: buddhist temples and bamboo houses
¡¡devout buddhist followers
¡¡water-splashing festival
¡¡elephant-foot drums
dong: grand song singers
¡¡singing across the mountains
¡¡the charm of unique drum houses
¡¡wind-and-rain bridges
hani: painting masks for heavenly gods
¡¡thousand-year-old terraced fields
¡¡mushroom houses
miao: wearing history on costumes
¡¡chiming silver ornaments
¡¡graceful wax printing
¡¡elegant pictures on woven brocade
naxi: the last land of women
¡¡strange but romantic weddings
¡¡grand ceremony for adulthood
¡¡dongba culture-the naxi people's encyclopedia
qiang: watchtowers in hengduan mountains
¡¡watchtowers
¡¡ancient paths
¡¡rope bridges
va: drumbeats that transcend history
¡¡thunderous drumming
¡¡fascinating dances
tujia: living in high mountains
¡¡joyful at funerals
¡¡weeping at weddings
¡¡the age-old nuo opera
zhuang: the ethnic minority of the largest population
¡¡the singing festival
¡¡brocade embroidery
¡¡raised houses sitting on stakes
li: at the edge of the world
¡¡tattoos about to disappear
¡¡dancing to get blessings
gaoshan: calls from mount all
¡¡colorful clothes
¡¡highly spirited "hair-shaking" dance
¡¡twin-cups wine offered with utmost sincerity
appendix: distribution of the ethnic groups in china