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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.

A Brief History of the Tujia—The Tujia in the Reform and Opening-Up Period (Part One)

A Brief History of the Tujia—The Tujia in the Reform and Opening-Up Period (Part One)

🗓️ 2012-07-16 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

Section 2: The Tujia During the Reform and Opening-Up Era — The Third Plenary Se

A Brief History of the Tujia—The Tujia in the Reform and Opening-Up Period (Part Two)

A Brief History of the Tujia—The Tujia in the Reform and Opening-Up Period (Part Two)

🗓️ 2012-07-16 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

II. Economic Development in Tujia Areas After Reform and Opening Up. After the T

A Brief History of the Tujia—The Tujia in the Reform and Opening-Up Period (Part Three)

A Brief History of the Tujia—The Tujia in the Reform and Opening-Up Period (Part Three)

🗓️ 2012-07-16 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

III. The Western Development Drive and Social Development in Tujia Areas. On Jun

A Brief History of the Tujia: Tujia Culture in the Late Qing and Early Republican Period

A Brief History of the Tujia: Tujia Culture in the Late Qing and Early Republican Period

🗓️ 2012-07-13 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

Section 3: Tujia Culture in the Late Qing and Early Republican Period — In 1901,

A Brief History of the Tujia: The Tujia During the 1911 Revolution and Republican Era (Part 1)

A Brief History of the Tujia: The Tujia During the 1911 Revolution and Republican Era (Part 1)

🗓️ 2012-07-13 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

Chapter 5: The Late Semi-Colonial and Semi-Feudal Society — In this turbulent er

A Brief History of the Tujia: The Tujia During the 1911 Revolution and Republican Era (Part 2)

A Brief History of the Tujia: The Tujia During the 1911 Revolution and Republican Era (Part 2)

🗓️ 2012-07-13 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

II. Politics in Tujia Areas During the Republican Era — (1) Tujia Struggles Agai

A Brief History of the Tujia: The Tujia During the 1911 Revolution and Republican Era (Part 3)

A Brief History of the Tujia: The Tujia During the 1911 Revolution and Republican Era (Part 3)

🗓️ 2012-07-13 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

III. The Economy of Tujia Areas During the Republican Era — With the May Fourth

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles Under CPC Influence and Leadership (Part 1)

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles Under CPC Influence and Leadership (Part 1)

🗓️ 2012-07-13 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

Section 2: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles Under CPC Influence and Le

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles Under CPC Influence and Leadership (Part 2)

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles Under CPC Influence and Leadership (Part 2)

🗓️ 2012-07-13 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

II. The Tujia During the First Revolutionary Civil War — After the CPC's foundin

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles Under CPC Influence and Leadership (Part 3)

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles Under CPC Influence and Leadership (Part 3)

🗓️ 2012-07-13 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

III. The Tujia During the Second Revolutionary Civil War — (1) Establishment of

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles Under CPC Influence and Leadership (Part 4)

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles Under CPC Influence and Leadership (Part 4)

🗓️ 2012-07-13 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

IV. Tujia Participation in the War of Resistance and Struggles Against KMT Rule

A Brief History of the Tujia: The Tujia in the Late Qing and Early Republican Period (Part 1)

A Brief History of the Tujia: The Tujia in the Late Qing and Early Republican Period (Part 1)

🗓️ 2012-07-12 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

Chapter 4: The Early Semi-Colonial and Semi-Feudal Society — Section 1: The Tuji

A Brief History of the Tujia: The Tujia in the Late Qing and Early Republican Period (Part 2)

A Brief History of the Tujia: The Tujia in the Late Qing and Early Republican Period (Part 2)

🗓️ 2012-07-12 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

II. The Economy of Tujia Areas After Imperialist Invasion — After the Opium War,

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles (Part 1)

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles (Part 1)

🗓️ 2012-07-12 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

Section 2: Tujia Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles — I. Tujia Heroic St

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles (Part 2)

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles (Part 2)

🗓️ 2012-07-12 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

II. Opposing Foreign Churches and Protecting Ethnic Rights — Foreign churches an

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles (Part 3)

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles (Part 3)

🗓️ 2012-07-12 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

III. Anti-Feudal Struggles During the Xianfeng and Tongzhi Reigns — (1) Tujia Up

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles (Part 4)

A Brief History of the Tujia: Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal Struggles (Part 4)

🗓️ 2012-07-12 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

IV. Tujia Participation in Bourgeois-Led Revolutionary Struggles — In the early

A Brief History of the Tujia — The Tujia After Gaitu Guiliu (I)

A Brief History of the Tujia — The Tujia After Gaitu Guiliu (I)

🗓️ 2012-07-11 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

Section 2: The Tujia After Gaitu Guiliu — I. Reasons for and Implementation of G

A Brief History of the Tujia — The Tujia After Gaitu Guiliu (II)

A Brief History of the Tujia — The Tujia After Gaitu Guiliu (II)

🗓️ 2012-07-11 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

II. Major Political and Economic Changes After Gaitu Guiliu — (I) The Qing Court

A Brief History of the Tujia — The Tujia After Gaitu Guiliu (III)

A Brief History of the Tujia — The Tujia After Gaitu Guiliu (III)

🗓️ 2012-07-11 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

III. The Anti-Feudal White Lotus Rebellion: Although the Tujia region's society

A Brief History of the Tujia — Tujia Culture in the Late Feudal Period (I)

A Brief History of the Tujia — Tujia Culture in the Late Feudal Period (I)

🗓️ 2012-07-11 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

Section 3: Tujia Culture in the Late Feudal Period — I. Tujia Culture Under Tusi

A Brief History of the Tujia: Tujia Culture in the Late Feudal Society (Part 2)

A Brief History of the Tujia: Tujia Culture in the Late Feudal Society (Part 2)

🗓️ 2012-07-11 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

II. Tujia Culture After the Replacement of Native Chieftains with Officials: The

A Brief History of the Tujia — The Tujia in the Tang and Song Periods (I)

A Brief History of the Tujia — The Tujia in the Tang and Song Periods (I)

🗓️ 2012-07-10 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

Section 2: The Tujia in the Tang and Song Periods — I. Tujia Politics in the Tan

A Brief History of the Tujia — The Tujia in the Tang and Song Periods (II)

A Brief History of the Tujia — The Tujia in the Tang and Song Periods (II)

🗓️ 2012-07-10 📄 Source：Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)

II. Tujia Economy in the Tang and Song Periods: During the Tang and Song periods