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Local Specialties, Food & Folk Customs

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

About This Column

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.

Sources & credibility

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 Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part Three)
A Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part Three)
🗓️ 2012-08-03 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
The Historical Trajectory of the Tujia-language Names of Maogusi. Anthropologist
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A Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part Four)
A Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part Four)
🗓️ 2012-08-03 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Section Two: The Chinese Names of Maogusi. Maogusi has quite a few Chinese names
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A Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part Five)
A Study of the Names of Maogusi (Part Five)
🗓️ 2012-08-03 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Maogusi also passed through several stages of development. Though not as densely
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A Study of the Name 'Maogusi' (Part 6)
A Study of the Name 'Maogusi' (Part 6)
🗓️ 2012-08-03 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Origins of the Peng Clan: Peng Zu was the second son of Lu Zhong and a descendan
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The Mysterious Gu Poison
The Mysterious Gu Poison
🗓️ 2012-06-28 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
A pottery jar or porcelain vessel is filled with over a hundred insects — venomo
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The Tragedy of the Luodong Women
The Tragedy of the Luodong Women
🗓️ 2012-06-26 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
In the Miao regions of western Hunan, young women who fell into a coma or madnes
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The Battle Across the Blade's Edge
The Battle Across the Blade's Edge
🗓️ 2012-06-25 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
In the folk traditions of western Hunan, the sorcery ritual of climbing the knif
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The Terrifying Corpse-Driving
The Terrifying Corpse-Driving
🗓️ 2012-06-22 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
On a dark, windy night, in the silent mountain wilds, on a path leading to a vil
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The Magic of Chenzhou Talismans
The Magic of Chenzhou Talismans
🗓️ 2012-06-20 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Legend tells of a highly skilled physician at the side of the Yellow Emperor, Ch
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The Tujia — Topography and Natural Products
The Tujia — Topography and Natural Products
🗓️ 2011-12-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
II. Topography and Natural Products. The Tujia live in the contiguous border are
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The Tujia — Production and Daily Life
The Tujia — Production and Daily Life
🗓️ 2011-12-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
IV. Production and Daily Life. Mountain Production. Upon arriving at a Tujia vil
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The Tujia — Marriage Customs and Family
The Tujia — Marriage Customs and Family
🗓️ 2011-12-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
V. Marriage Customs and Family. Remnants of Primitive Marriage. After the "repla
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The Tujia — Festivals and Taboos
The Tujia — Festivals and Taboos
🗓️ 2011-12-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
VI. Festivals and Taboos. The Tujia have numerous traditional festivals. Althoug
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The Tujia — Religious Beliefs
The Tujia — Religious Beliefs
🗓️ 2011-12-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
VII. Religious Beliefs. The Tujia practice polytheism along with worship of Tuji
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The Tujia — Literature and Art
The Tujia — Literature and Art
🗓️ 2011-12-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
VIII. Literature and Art. Through long years of productive labor and social life
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The Tujia — Education, Health, and Sports
The Tujia — Education, Health, and Sports
🗓️ 2011-12-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
IX. Education, Health, and Sports. Education: The Tujia have their own spoken la
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The Tujia — Social Customs
The Tujia — Social Customs
🗓️ 2011-12-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
X. Social Customs. Beginning in the 1950s, the author conducted social and histo
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The Tujia — Population Distribution and Ethnic Name
The Tujia — Population Distribution and Ethnic Name
🗓️ 2011-12-20 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
I. Population Distribution and Ethnic Name. In the inland mountain valleys where
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The Earth God
The Earth God
🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Tourists visiting Zhangjiajie often see small stone huts made of a few slate sla
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Flowers as Matchmaker
Flowers as Matchmaker
🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
"Flowers as Matchmaker" is not a play, not an anecdote, nor a script—it is a liv
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Blocking the Gate
Blocking the Gate
🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
When Tujia families in the countryside marry off a daughter, they set up a squar
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Stealing a Wife
Stealing a Wife
🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
In some Tujia villages in Houping, Maogang, and other areas of Zhangjiajie, ther
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Village Bird-Fighting Gatherings
Village Bird-Fighting Gatherings
🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
In the lofty mountains of Zhangjiajie, Tujia villages often hold bird-fighting g
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Chen Wen (Hunting Tattoos)
Chen Wen (Hunting Tattoos)
🗓️ 2011-04-16 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
In winter, when heavy snow sealed the mountains, it was the best time for Tujia
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