Entry: Strolling Among FlowersStrolling Among Flowers is an outdoor activity in Xiangxi for young people to meet each other and pursue their love life. It is held in May each year. Thousands of men and women gather on a hillside or on several hilltops, pi...[继续阅读]

    Entry: Bordered Love FieldBordered Love Field is a part of a county fair for the Miao people in Xiangxi. It is a particular way for the young to date. It is romantic and miraculous.It is a small town with the mountains as its protective screen and a cryst...[继续阅读]

    Entry: Sheba FestivalSheba Festival, sometimes called Tiaonian Gathering, is the grandest traditional festival of the Tujia People. Sheba in the Tujia language means dancing to worship the Eight Dongs—the Tujia peoples divine Kings. The typical characteri...[继续阅读]

    Entry: Maogusi DanceMaogusi Dance is the most traditional Tujia dance. The dancers are fully naked except for straw coverings and straw sticks in their hands. The straw stick represents the spirit and strength of man. It is the only dancing prop. Includin...[继续阅读]

    Entry: BandhnuBandhnu is a traditional fabric tie-dyeing method in Xiangxi. Parts of cloth are tied in tight knots before it is dyed with indigo. This process is called bandhnu. The Bandhnu is the most famous in Fenghuang County. I was invited to the 40...[继续阅读]

    Entry: Laosicheng Tusi DomainLocated at Sicheng Village in Lingxi Town, 19 kilometers east of the Yongshun County in Xiangxi, the Laosicheng Tusi Domain was the capital of the centuries-old hereditary tribal kingdom of the Tujia People in Hunan Province, ...[继续阅读]

    Entry: Picking Mr. RightPicking Mr. Right is a traditional custom for Xiangxi Tujia girls who are going to get married, and when it begins is decided by the girl herself.After the Spring Festival, the first lunar month approaches hand in hand with the war...[继续阅读]

    Entry: Knife Ladder ClimbKnife Ladder Climb is a show performed during festivals of the Miao People. The performer climbs barefoot up a ladder with rungs made of knives. It originates from an ancient hero story of the Miao ethnic group.A stretch of lawn ...[继续阅读]

    Entry: Luodong Luodong (falling into the cave) is one of the three mysteries of Xiangxi. The youth there, girls in particular, may fall in love with the Cave God without reason. The young ladies would then frequently visit the cave to date with their Cave...[继续阅读]

    Entry: Playing LiuziPlaying Liuzi, also called beating rhythm, is a kind of folk percussion music of the Tujia People for celebrating marriage and other festive activities. It has been formally recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.In Xian...[继续阅读]