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Local specialties, food and folk customs of Zhangjiajie and Xiangxi (sources noted per article).

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This column gathers local produce and folk culture of Zhangjiajie and Xiangxi, covering local specialties, local food, local legends, folk arts, folk customs and ethnic history & culture, for reference on local food, produce and the cultures of the Tujia and Miao peoples.

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This column is compiled from public source material and is local-culture/historical in nature; some price, business and statistical data may reflect earlier years. For specialties purchasing and dining, please refer to the latest notices of the merchants. Each article notes its source and date; legends and folk-custom accounts are local historical lore, provided for cultural reference.

Local Specialties 17 entries

Local Specialties

Premium Local Specialty: Xiang Xiaowu

🗓️ 2012-08-02 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Premium Local Specialty [Xiang Xiaowu] — Only the Best of the Genuine Goods. For

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Zhangjiajie Specialty: Kiwi Fruit

🗓️ 2010-10-22 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Kiwi fruit (commonly called "yangtao") is widely distributed and highly producti

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Zhangjiajie Specialty: August Melon

🗓️ 2010-10-22 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

August Melon, also known as "August Cracker," is the fruit of Akebia and three-l

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Zhangjiajie Specialty: Golden Fragrance Pomelo

🗓️ 2010-10-22 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Golden Fragrance Pomelo is one of China's five famous pomelos, with over 200 yea

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Zhangjiajie Specialty: Honey Mandarin Oranges

🗓️ 2010-10-22 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Zhangjiajie is rich in honey mandarin oranges, especially along both banks of th

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Zhangjiajie Specialty: Chestnuts

🗓️ 2010-10-22 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Chestnuts and pointed chestnuts (commonly called "xuanli"), of the beech family,

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Zhangjiajie Specialty: Kudzu Root Powder

🗓️ 2009-10-22 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Benefits and Health Value of Kudzu Root Powder: It clears heat, aids digestion,

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Zhangjiajie's Three Treasures: Fern Root Powder

🗓️ 2009-10-22 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

A fern species, taken dissolved in boiling water. Regular consumption helps redu

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Zhangjiajie's Unique Treasure: Eucommia Tea

🗓️ 2009-10-22 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Zhangjiajie can be called a source of tea, with particularly rich varieties such

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Zhangjiajie's Unbeatable Local Specialty Collection

🗓️ 2009-09-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

"Two lips, only craving the best food" — a local Zhangjiajie saying. Put nicely,

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The Father of Zhangjiajie's Giant Salamanders

🗓️ 2009-08-31 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Mention a cave and most people think of something dark and chilling. But what ca

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Zhangjiajie's "Qingyan Mingcui" and "Lobster Flower Tea"

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Among Wulingyuan's famous teas, Tianzi Mountain has Wuwu Tea and Maofeng, Suoxiy

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Zhangjiajie Chestnuts, Pointed Chestnuts, and Large Beech Nuts

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Chestnuts and pointed chestnuts (locally called "xuanli"), of the beech family,

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Zhangjiajie Tujia Brocade

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Tujia brocade is a handmade art form woven by Tujia women on an ancient wooden w

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Turtle-Shell Stone Carvings

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Turtle-shell stone carving is a local specialty produced in Tianzi Mountain Scen

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Hunan Purple Clay Pottery Series

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

"Purple clay pottery" is a local specialty made from finely selected and refined

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A Brief Introduction to Zhangjiajie's Famous Teas

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

(Lobster Flower Tea) (Lobster Flower) (Huangshizhai Cloud-Mist Tea) (Qingyan Min

Local Food

A Roundup of Mouthwatering Foods at Hunan's Scenic Spots

🗓️ 2014-01-01 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

A pickle stall deep in an alley of Fenghuang Ancient Town, where an eighty-year-

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Authentic Snack: Tuan San

🗓️ 2010-10-22 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Tuan San, commonly known as "glutinous rice sanzi," is a specialty enjoyed by th

Local Food

Zhangjiajie Specialty Foods: The Ultimate Collection

🗓️ 2009-09-23 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Eating in Zhangjiajie: Tujia cuisine has both strong ethnic characteristics and

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Eating in Zhangjiajie — A Collection of Zhangjiajie Food Guides

🗓️ 2009-09-23 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

1. Eating in Zhangjiajie: Downtown Zhangjiajie has plenty of good food, and it's

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Zhangjiajie Jiudouliang Tujia Cuisine Restaurant

🗓️ 2009-08-31 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Introduction to Hengyuan Jiudouliang Hotel: Zhangjiajie's Hengyuan Jiudouliang i

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Zhangjiajie Sour Fermented Fish

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Among the Tujia and Miao peoples there is a dish with a distinctive local flavor

Local Food

Zhangjiajie South China Torrent Frog

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The South China torrent frog, also known as stone frog and locally called "bangb

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Zhangjiajie Gaga Chicken

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Gaga chicken, also known as rock chicken, belongs to the pheasant family. It get

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Zhangjiajie Litsea Cubeba Oil

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Litsea cubeba, locally called "lajiangzi" or "mountain pepper," is a seasoning f

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Zhangjiajie Loach Burrowing into Tofu

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

"Loach burrowing into tofu" is a favorite Tujia dish. To prepare it, small loach

Local Food

Zhangjiajie Glutinous Rice Pounded Ciba

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

In Tujia and Miao villages, a widespread New Year custom is "pounding baba." Bab

Local Food

Zhangjiajie's Third Day of the Third Month: Mugwort Cakes to Plug Snake Eyes

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

In Tujia and Miao villages, there is a custom called "On the third day of the th

Local Legends

The Origin of the Tujia Bride's Mengpa in Zhangjiajie

🗓️ 2013-08-19 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The Origin of the Tujia Bride's Mengpa in Zhangjiajie. In Tujia villages around

Local Legends

The Origin of the Bride's Dew Veil

🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

When a Tujia bride is helped out of her sedan chair by the welcoming matron, her

Local Legends

The Origin of the Seventy-Two Trades

🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The Origin of the Seventy-Two Trades. Visitors to the Tujia Folk Custom Park in

Local Legends

The Mystery of Tianmen Cave's Opening

🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The Mystery of Tianmen Cave's Opening: A natural stone gate opened in the precip

Local Legends

The Mystery of Guiguzi's Shadow on the Cliff

🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The Mystery of Guiguzi's Shadow on the Cliff: In the hundred-meter precipice on

Local Legends

The Mystery of Yefu's Hidden Treasure

🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The Mystery of Yefu's Hidden Treasure: The Qing Guangxu-era 'Yongding County Loc

Local Legends

Legend of Jiutian Cave

🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Legend of Jiutian Cave: The White Mice. One day, several Tujia hunters were prep

Local Legends

Legend of the Chrysanthemum Core

🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Legend of the Chrysanthemum Core: There's a saying in Zhangjiajie: 'No water is

Local Legends

Legend of the Name Huangshi Village

🗓️ 2011-01-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

After Zhang Liang retired to Zhangjiajie, he devoted himself to alchemy and immo

Local Legends

Origin of the Tujia People

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Legend says long, long ago, a great flood covering the sky rose, drowning everyo

Local Legends

Legend of Huangshi Village in Zhangjiajie

🗓️ 2009-10-23 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

To explain the origin of Huangshi Village, one must start with Zhang Liang, Marq

Folk Arts

Tujia Folk Beliefs and Culture — Nuo Deity Worship (Part 1)

🗓️ 2012-05-21 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Chapter 10: Nuo Deity Worship. Nuo is an ancient practice of expelling plague de

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Tujia Folk Beliefs and Culture — Nuo Deity Worship (Part 2)

🗓️ 2012-05-21 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The Guangxu-era Longshan County Gazetteer records: "When performing the great Nu

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Tujia Folk Beliefs and Culture: Nuo Deity Worship (Part 3)

🗓️ 2012-05-21 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

That autumn, the empress fell ill with dysentery, and no treatment worked. After

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Tujia Folk Beliefs and Culture: Nuo Deity Worship (Part 4)

🗓️ 2012-05-21 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The main repertoire of the 'Zhongdong' section is 'Gansheng Takes the Exam,' com

Folk Arts

Fulfilling the Nuo Vow

🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The Tujia people practice "fulfilling the Nuo vow," worshipping the Nuo deities.

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Tujia Weeping Wedding Songs

🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Drinking the clear mountain spring water, Tujia girls grow up. When a young man

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Hand-Waving Dance

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Hand-Waving Dance: In early times, every New Year, in the Tujia villages of west

Folk Arts

Zhanggu Dance

🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Zhanggu Dance: Why do the Bai people of Sangzhi County in Zhangjiajie love to da

Folk Arts

Tujia Tima Divine Songs

🗓️ 2009-10-23 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Tima is a Tujia word, commonly known as Tulaosi, meaning "one who worships gods.

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Zhangjiajie Folk Dance: Zhanggu Dance

🗓️ 2009-06-06 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Zhanggu Dance is a unique ethnic dance of the Bai people in Sangzhi County, Zhan

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Ancient Tujia Ritual Art in Zhangjiajie: Eight-Treasure Bronze Bell Dance

🗓️ 2009-06-06 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

This is an ancient sacrificial dance of the Tujia people. Legend says the Eight

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Tujia Folk Art in Zhangjiajie: Daliuzi

🗓️ 2009-06-06 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Daliuzi, commonly called "da jiahuo," is a unique folk instrumental music of the

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Zhangjiajie Folk Art: Three-Stick Drum

🗓️ 2009-06-05 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Sanbanggu, called Sanzhanggu in the Tang Dynasty, was introduced to Zhangjiajie

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Zhangjiajie Folk Performance Art: Weigu

🗓️ 2009-06-05 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Weigu (including suona). Also called daliuzi or da paigu, it is an indispensable

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Zhangjiajie Folk Performing Art: Yugu

🗓️ 2009-06-05 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Among folk performing arts, yugu is the most popular form of entertainment singi

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Arts and Crafts of Zhangjiajie

🗓️ 2009-06-05 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Zhangjiajie crafts mainly include brocade, embroidery, bamboo weaving, and stone

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Zhangjiajie Folk Performing Art: Flower Drum

🗓️ 2009-06-05 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Miao flower drum originated in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of over a thou

Folk Arts

Xilankapu: The Beautiful Story of Tujia Culture in Zhangjiajie

🗓️ 2009-06-04 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

In the Tujia language, 'Xilankapu' refers to Tujia brocade. 'Xilan' means 'quilt

Folk Arts

Zhangjiajie's Ancient and Mysterious 'Nuo' Culture

🗓️ 2009-06-04 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

'Nuo,' according to Ciyuan, originally refers to rituals of welcoming gods and d

Folk Arts

Zhangjiajie Yangxi Opera: Emerging from Shamanic and Chu Traditions

🗓️ 2009-06-04 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Zhangjiajie Yangxi Opera, commonly known as 'Yanghualiu,' arose in a region that

Folk Arts

Zhangjiajie Gaohuadeng: A Living Fossil in Chinese Dance History

🗓️ 2009-06-04 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Gaohuadeng, also known as Gaohuangdeng, is a dance with strong ethnic characteri

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Maogusi and Baishou Dance in Zhangjiajie: Lifting the Veil on the Mysterious Tujia Ancestors

🗓️ 2009-06-04 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

'Maogusi and Baishou Dance' is a primitive theatrical form in which the Tujia pe

Folk Arts

Zhangjiajie Ethnic Martial Arts

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The Tujia people value martial prowess as an age-old tradition. Hongjiaguan in S

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Zhangjiajie Ethnic Song and Dance

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Gaohuadeng is a dance with strong ethnic characteristics popular in the Yuangupi

Folk Customs

Mengpa: The Tujia People's Auspicious Charm

🗓️ 2013-08-19 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Mengpa: The Tujia People's Auspicious Charm. When a Tujia girl marries, she wear

Folk Customs

A Bai Custom in Zhangjiajie: Leading a Goat on One's Birthday

🗓️ 2013-04-23 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

'Sixty is old, seventy is rare.' In some Bai areas of Zhangjiajie, once a person

Folk Customs

Maogusi Geography and Chu Geography

🗓️ 2012-10-17 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Culture is created by humans; wherever there are people, there is culture. Human

Folk Customs

Maogusi in Tutuping Village, Jiashi Township, Longshan County

🗓️ 2012-10-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Today Maogusi is mainly found in Longshan, Yongshun, Baojing, and Guzhang counti

Folk Customs

Maogusi in Laotian Village, Longtou Town, Longshan County

🗓️ 2012-10-16 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Section 2: Maogusi in Laotian Village, Longtou Town, Longshan County. Longtou To

Folk Customs

The Geographic Location of Maogusi's Origin

🗓️ 2012-10-15 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Section 2: The Geographic Environment of Maogusi's Origin. Every human culture h

Folk Customs

A Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part One)

🗓️ 2012-08-03 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Maogusi has many names, which fall into two major categories: Tujia-language nam

Folk Customs

A Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part Two)

🗓️ 2012-08-03 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Exploring the Origins of Differences in the Tujia-language Names of Maogusi. Why

Folk Customs

A Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part Three)

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The Historical Trajectory of the Tujia-language Names of Maogusi. Anthropologist

Folk Customs

A Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part Four)

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Section Two: The Chinese Names of Maogusi. Maogusi has quite a few Chinese names

Folk Customs

A Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part Five)

🗓️ 2012-08-03 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Maogusi also passed through several stages of development. Though not as densely

Folk Customs

A Study of the Name 'Maogusi' (Part 6)

🗓️ 2012-08-03 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Origins of the Peng Clan: Peng Zu was the second son of Lu Zhong and a descendan

Folk Customs

The Mysterious Gu Poison

🗓️ 2012-06-28 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

A pottery jar or porcelain vessel is filled with over a hundred insects — venomo

Folk Customs

The Tragedy of the Luodong Women

🗓️ 2012-06-26 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

In the Miao regions of western Hunan, young women who fell into a coma or madnes

Folk Customs

The Battle Across the Blade's Edge

🗓️ 2012-06-25 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

In the folk traditions of western Hunan, the sorcery ritual of climbing the knif

Folk Customs

The Terrifying Corpse-Driving

🗓️ 2012-06-22 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

On a dark, windy night, in the silent mountain wilds, on a path leading to a vil

Folk Customs

The Magic of Chenzhou Talismans

🗓️ 2012-06-20 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Legend tells of a highly skilled physician at the side of the Yellow Emperor, Ch

Folk Customs

The Tujia — Topography and Natural Products

🗓️ 2011-12-23 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

II. Topography and Natural Products. The Tujia live in the contiguous border are

Folk Customs

The Tujia — Production and Daily Life

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IV. Production and Daily Life. Mountain Production. Upon arriving at a Tujia vil

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The Tujia — Marriage Customs and Family

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V. Marriage Customs and Family. Remnants of Primitive Marriage. After the "repla

Folk Customs

The Tujia — Festivals and Taboos

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VI. Festivals and Taboos. The Tujia have numerous traditional festivals. Althoug

Folk Customs

The Tujia — Religious Beliefs

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VII. Religious Beliefs. The Tujia practice polytheism along with worship of Tuji

Folk Customs

The Tujia — Literature and Art

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VIII. Literature and Art. Through long years of productive labor and social life

Folk Customs

The Tujia — Education, Health, and Sports

🗓️ 2011-12-23 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

IX. Education, Health, and Sports. Education: The Tujia have their own spoken la

Folk Customs

The Tujia — Social Customs

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X. Social Customs. Beginning in the 1950s, the author conducted social and histo

Folk Customs

The Tujia — Population Distribution and Ethnic Name

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I. Population Distribution and Ethnic Name. In the inland mountain valleys where

Folk Customs

The Earth God

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Tourists visiting Zhangjiajie often see small stone huts made of a few slate sla

Folk Customs

Flowers as Matchmaker

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"Flowers as Matchmaker" is not a play, not an anecdote, nor a script—it is a liv

Folk Customs

Blocking the Gate

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When Tujia families in the countryside marry off a daughter, they set up a squar

Folk Customs

Stealing a Wife

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In some Tujia villages in Houping, Maogang, and other areas of Zhangjiajie, ther

Folk Customs

Village Bird-Fighting Gatherings

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In the lofty mountains of Zhangjiajie, Tujia villages often hold bird-fighting g

Folk Customs

Chen Wen (Hunting Tattoos)

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In winter, when heavy snow sealed the mountains, it was the best time for Tujia

Folk Customs

The Chongshan People Don't Eat Eel

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Eel stewed with lettuce is a famous Tujia dish. But the Chongshan people of Zhan

Folk Customs

The Nine-Segment Ox Horn

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The founding ancestor of the Tian surname in Zhangjiajie was Tian Chengman, orig

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"Yanmen Hall" and "Redbud Hall"

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As the principal major surname of the Tujia people, the Tian clan had two ancest

Folk Customs

The Wa Villagers

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In the area of Yuanguping Town, Yongding District, the Gong surname is most nume

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"The Ring-Bearing Sparrow's Repayment" and "Four Knowledges Declining Gold"

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The Yang clan of the Tujia people had their ancestral seat in "Hongnong Commande

Folk Customs

The Fu Family and the Carp

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The Fu family of Zhangjiajie was originally surnamed Fu . Legend has it that dur

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Three Catties of Yellow Wax Hiding Out

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Among the Fu, Zhang, and Mei clans of Zhangjiajie, one branch belongs to the Tuj

Folk Customs

Sanxiaguo (Three-Pot Stew)

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Sanxiaguo (Three-Pot Stew). Anyone visiting Zhangjiajie always asks, "What speci

Folk Customs

Gathering Rock Ear Fungus

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Gathering Rock Ear Fungus. "Rock ear fungus stewed with chicken" is a famous Tuj

Folk Customs

Corn Liquor

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Corn Liquor. Long ago, an old man surnamed Xiang who grew corn at the "Hanging F

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Chenzhou Talismans

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Chenzhou Talismans. At the Tujia Folk Custom Park in Zhangjiajie, a Tima shaman

Folk Customs

Corpse Driving

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Corpse Driving. Among the three great ancient mysteries of Xiangxi, corpse drivi

Folk Customs

Miao Women Casting Gu Poison

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Miao Women Casting Gu Poison. The so-called "gu" first appears in historical rec

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On the Three Great Ancient Mysteries of Xiangxi

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On the Three Great Ancient Mysteries of Xiangxi. Chenzhou talismans, corpse-driv

Folk Customs

Chisongzi Refines Elixir at Tianmen

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Chisongzi Refines Elixir at Tianmen. Around Tianmen Mountain, sixteen peaks clus

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Sacrificing a Son to Save an Orphan

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Sacrificing a Son to Save an Orphan. In early July of the fifth year of Hongwu i

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Yefu Takes a Disciple

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Yefu Takes a Disciple. Legend says Yefu was a general under Li Zicheng's rebel a

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General Liu Mingdeng and His Wife Lady Shu

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General Liu Mingdeng and His Wife Lady Shu. Liu Mingdeng, courtesy name Jianqing

Folk Customs

Daoist Yu

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Daoist Yu. In early autumn of that year, Daoist Yu and his disciple Wu Qi were l

Folk Customs

The Wit of Qin Jin'ou

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The Wit of Qin Jin'ou. A certain wealthy Tian family of Xixiping, with four hund

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Du Xinyu Assigned to Assassinate Empress Dowager Cixi

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Du Xinyu Assigned to Assassinate Empress Dowager Cixi. In the late Qing Dynasty,

Folk Customs

Xiangxi's Liu Sanjie — Tao Mei

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Xiangxi's Liu Sanjie — Tao Mei. Xiangxi is a land of folk songs. Zhang Taomei wa

Folk Customs

He Long's Three Cleavers Raid the Salt Bureau

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He Long's Three Cleavers Raid the Salt Bureau. In the past, a salt tax bureau wa

Folk Customs

Praying for Rain at Huanglong Cave

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Praying for Rain at Huanglong Cave: In fact, Huanglong Cave has long been famous

Folk Customs

Baofeng Lake

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Baofeng Lake: Legend says long ago, three immortal birds—a phoenix, a mountain e

Folk Customs

Maoyan River and Qin Hou

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Maoyan River and Qin Hou: The Maoyan River lies within the territory of the Maog

Folk Customs

Banggāo

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Banggāo: On a calm-lake cruise of Maoyan Lake, visitors can see a stretch of rui

Folk Customs

Wulei Mountain

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Wulei Mountain, Cili County: Wulei Mountain was originally called Dawei Mountain

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Pythons Devouring People at Xianren Stream (Ancient Text)

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Pythons Devouring People at Xianren Stream (Ancient Text): In Tianmen Commandery

Folk Customs

Yuhuang Cave Grottoes

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Yuhuang Cave Grottoes: One year, a feng shui master drove a golden horse from Yo

Folk Customs

Puguang Zen Temple

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Puguang Zen Temple: Legend says there are only two Puguang Zen Temples in China—

Folk Customs

Chongwen Pagoda

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Chongwen Pagoda: People used to say that Dayong was a place of fierce mountains

Folk Customs

Half-Side Street

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Half-Side Street: In the old city area of Dayong there was a Half-Side Street. W

Folk Customs

The Water-Carrying Bird

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The Water-Carrying Bird: In Zhangjiajie there is a very strange bird that looks

Folk Customs

The Knife-Knife Bird

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The Knife-Knife Bird: Long ago, in Black Dragon Bay of Zhangjiajie, there lived

Folk Customs

The Righteous Monkey Saves Its Master

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The Righteous Monkey Saves Its Master: In Suoxi there was an old monkey catcher

Folk Customs

Monkey's Delight

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Monkey's Delight: In Zhangjiajie, there is a type of oak tree whose fruit closel

Folk Customs

Monkey Funerals

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Monkey Funerals: When a monkey dies for unknown reasons, its companions bury it

Folk Customs

Monkey Weddings

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Monkey Weddings: The monkeys of Wulingyuan live in tribes. Each tribe has its ow

Folk Customs

Ginkgo Flower

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Ginkgo Flower: Not far from Luoguota in Zhangjiajie stands a ginkgo tree (also c

Folk Customs

Lobster Flower Tea

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Lobster Flower Tea: Visitors touring Zhangjiajie all like to go to the 'Slowly S

Folk Customs

Tujia Taboos

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Tujia Taboos: Travelers who don't understand local taboos easily offend them, an

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Celebrating 'Gan Nian' in Tujia Villages

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Celebrating 'Gan Nian' in Tujia Villages: 'Spring snow fills the sky, and flower

Folk Customs

Tianzi Festival

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Tianzi Festival: The grandest and oldest festival in Zhangjiajie is none other t

Folk Customs

Shentang Bay

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Shentang Bay: After King Xiang Tianzi broke out from Luoma Valley, he originally

Folk Customs

The Herb-Gathering Old Man

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The Herb-Gathering Old Man: In Ten-Mile Gallery stands a stone peak shaped like

Folk Customs

White Sand Well

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White Sand Well: By the Pipa Stream, there is a well whose spring water flows fr

Folk Customs

Flower Stream

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Flower Stream: After King Xiang Tianzi fought a hundred battles with the governm

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Rescue Rations

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Rescue Rations: Legend says after King Xiang Tianzi withdrew from Baizhang Gorge

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Luoma Valley

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Luoma Valley: About a mile and a half down from Shuirao Simen lies a valley. Leg

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Splitting the Mountain to Retrieve the Sword

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Splitting the Mountain to Retrieve the Sword: Legend says after Xiang Dakun rais

Folk Customs

Horse Hoof Rock

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Horse Hoof Rock: Long ago, Zhonghu in western Zhangjiajie was still a sizable la

Folk Customs

Baizhang Gorge

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Baizhang Gorge: Legend says after Xiang Dakun obtained four treasures—the heaven

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Zhang Liang's Tomb

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Legend says Zhang Liang cultivated Taoism on Qingyan Mountain for decades and ev

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Golden Whip Rock and Lobster Flower

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Legend says that when Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall, countless common peopl

Folk Customs

Meeting After a Thousand Miles

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To tell the origin of "Meeting After a Thousand Miles," one must start with Qin

Folk Customs

The Three Sisters

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Legend tells that long ago, three magnolia trees on Zhangjiajie cultivated into

Folk Customs

Water Surrounding Four Gates

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At the end of Golden Whip Stream where water winds around four gates lies an oas

Folk Customs

Lamp Wick Rock

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Lamp Wick Rock: In Ten-Mile Gallery stands a stone peak shaped like a lamp wick,

Folk Customs

The Heavenly Book Box

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The Heavenly Book Box: On the way up Huangshi Fort stands an isolated stone peak

Folk Customs

On Qu Yuan's Exile to the Li River

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Qu Yuan, given name Ping, courtesy name Yuan, was born on the 23rd day of the fi

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Zhangjiajie was originally called Qingyan Mountain, not Zhangjiajie

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Zhangjiajie was originally called Qingyan Mountain, and at that time no one surn

Folk Customs

The Alchemy Gourd

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Legend says Zhang Liang withdrew to the magical Tianmen Mountain, where he indee

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The "Great, Second, and Third Gods" of Zhangjiajie

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Among the Zhang family Tujia people of Zhangjiajie, every household enshrines th

Folk Customs

Candle Lake and Qu Yuan's Recitation

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Legend says after Qu Yuan questioned heaven at the Heavenly Platform, he lost fa

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Bai Ethnic Deity Parade Custom in Sangzhi, Zhangjiajie

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Sangzhi Bai Ethnic Deity Parade originated from sacrificial activities commemora

Folk Customs

Tujia Children's Rhymes of Zhangjiajie

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"Woodpecker, pecking the treetop, pecked a carp weighing two and a half jin. Mot

Folk Customs

Three Great "Dark Arts" of Xiangxi

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Xiangxi has three great dark arts: first, "Xiangxi corpse driving"; second, "poi

Folk Customs

Miao Village Gate-Blocking Wine

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Gate-blocking wine is an ancient custom of Miao villages, most prevalent and dis

Folk Customs

Zhangjiajie's Big Bowl — Wine

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Big bowls of wine, filled to the brim; big bowls of wine, carried to the brim; b

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Zhangjiajie's Big Bowl of Meat

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Big bowls of meat, steaming hot; big bowls of meat, mouths open wide; big bowls

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Zhangjiajie's Big Bowl of Rice

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"Man is iron, rice is steel, skip one meal and you'll starve!" "A tiger is fierc

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Tujia Wedding Custom of Crying Marriage in Zhangjiajie

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Visiting Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, besides enjoying the spectacular natu

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Tujia and Bai Costumes in Zhangjiajie

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According to historical records, Tujia clothing was called "xibu," "dongbu," or

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Tujia Folk Culture in Zhangjiajie

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Jibai: Also called "adopting godparents." Tujia people, regardless of whether th

Folk Customs

Tujia Customs in Zhangjiajie

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Announcing Good News: After the birth of a child, the son-in-law reports the new

Folk Customs

Tujia Funeral Customs in Zhangjiajie

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In the Zhangjiajie area, death is called "a hundred years of fulfilled life." It

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Tujia Religious Beliefs in Zhangjiajie

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Although the Tujia people have been deeply influenced by the Han in religious be

Folk Customs

Tujia Taboos in Zhangjiajie

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The "36 Taboo": The number most taboo to the Tujia people is 36. In their minds,

Folk Customs

Tujia Language in Zhangjiajie

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The Tujia people originally had their own language, but with social development

Folk Customs

Zhangjiajie Folk Customs: Bench Dragon

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Dragon dance is a traditional sports culture of the Chinese nation, symbolizing

Folk Customs

Tujia Folk Architecture in Zhangjiajie: Stilted Houses

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Upon arriving in Zhangjiajie, everyone wants to see Tujia stilted houses. Becaus

Folk Customs

Tujia Seasonal Customs in Zhangjiajie

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On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, they open the door and

Folk Customs

Zhangjiajie's 'Gan Nian': Seeing Off Brave Soldiers

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The Tujia people living in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou celebrate the New

Folk Customs

Zhangjiajie Folk Custom: Inviting Guests Home for Oil Tea

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Tea culture is a major part of Tujia culinary culture. The Tujia region abounds

Folk Customs

Zhangjiajie Folk Custom: Water-Splashing Dragon—A Rain-Praying Revelry

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Zhangjiajie's Water-Splashing Dragon, also called 'Watering Dragon,' originated

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Zhangjiajie Folk Custom: Tujia Bridal Lament—Joy and Sorrow of Tujia Girls

🗓️ 2009-06-04 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

A girl's marriage is the greatest joy in a woman's life and should be filled wit

Folk Customs

Brief Introduction to Zhangjiajie's Ethnic Minorities

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Zhangjiajie is home to Tujia, Bai, Miao, Hui, and other ethnic minorities, with

Folk Customs

Zhangjiajie Ethnic Customs

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The ethnic minorities of Dayong, mainly Tujia and Bai, are known as 'mountain pe

Folk Customs

Zhangjiajie's Qin Hou Sun-Drying His Skin

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

The sixth day of the sixth lunar month is the death anniversary of the Tujia her

Folk Customs

Glimpses of Zhangjiajie Folk Customs

🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source：张家界导游网 (33519.com·特产/美食/风情)

Zhangjiajie's ethnic minorities have distinctive characteristics in everything f

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