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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.

Tujia Wedding Custom of Crying Marriage in Zhangjiajie
Tujia Wedding Custom of Crying Marriage in Zhangjiajie
🗓️ 2009-08-02 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Visiting Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, besides enjoying the spectacular natu
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Tujia and Bai Costumes in Zhangjiajie
Tujia and Bai Costumes in Zhangjiajie
🗓️ 2009-06-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
According to historical records, Tujia clothing was called "xibu," "dongbu," or
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Tujia Folk Culture in Zhangjiajie
Tujia Folk Culture in Zhangjiajie
🗓️ 2009-06-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Jibai: Also called "adopting godparents." Tujia people, regardless of whether th
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Tujia Customs in Zhangjiajie
Tujia Customs in Zhangjiajie
🗓️ 2009-06-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Announcing Good News: After the birth of a child, the son-in-law reports the new
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Tujia Funeral Customs in Zhangjiajie
Tujia Funeral Customs in Zhangjiajie
🗓️ 2009-06-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
In the Zhangjiajie area, death is called "a hundred years of fulfilled life." It
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Tujia Religious Beliefs in Zhangjiajie
Tujia Religious Beliefs in Zhangjiajie
🗓️ 2009-06-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Although the Tujia people have been deeply influenced by the Han in religious be
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Tujia Taboos in Zhangjiajie
Tujia Taboos in Zhangjiajie
🗓️ 2009-06-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
The "36 Taboo": The number most taboo to the Tujia people is 36. In their minds,
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Tujia Language in Zhangjiajie
Tujia Language in Zhangjiajie
🗓️ 2009-06-23 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
The Tujia people originally had their own language, but with social development
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Zhangjiajie Folk Customs: Bench Dragon
Zhangjiajie Folk Customs: Bench Dragon
🗓️ 2009-06-06 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Dragon dance is a traditional sports culture of the Chinese nation, symbolizing
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Tujia Folk Architecture in Zhangjiajie: Stilted Houses
Tujia Folk Architecture in Zhangjiajie: Stilted Houses
🗓️ 2009-06-06 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Upon arriving in Zhangjiajie, everyone wants to see Tujia stilted houses. Becaus
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Tujia Seasonal Customs in Zhangjiajie
Tujia Seasonal Customs in Zhangjiajie
🗓️ 2009-06-06 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, they open the door and
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Zhangjiajie's 'Gan Nian': Seeing Off Brave Soldiers
Zhangjiajie's 'Gan Nian': Seeing Off Brave Soldiers
🗓️ 2009-06-04 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
The Tujia people living in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou celebrate the New
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Zhangjiajie Folk Custom: Inviting Guests Home for Oil Tea
Zhangjiajie Folk Custom: Inviting Guests Home for Oil Tea
🗓️ 2009-06-04 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Tea culture is a major part of Tujia culinary culture. The Tujia region abounds
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Zhangjiajie Folk Custom: Water-Splashing Dragon—A Rain-Praying Revelry
Zhangjiajie Folk Custom: Water-Splashing Dragon—A Rain-Praying Revelry
🗓️ 2009-06-04 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
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
Zhangjiajie Folk Custom: Tujia Bridal Lament—Joy and Sorrow of Tujia Girls
🗓️ 2009-06-04 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
A girl's marriage is the greatest joy in a woman's life and should be filled wit
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Brief Introduction to Zhangjiajie's Ethnic Minorities
Brief Introduction to Zhangjiajie's Ethnic Minorities
🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Zhangjiajie is home to Tujia, Bai, Miao, Hui, and other ethnic minorities, with
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Zhangjiajie Ethnic Customs
Zhangjiajie Ethnic Customs
🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
The ethnic minorities of Dayong, mainly Tujia and Bai, are known as 'mountain pe
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Zhangjiajie's Qin Hou Sun-Drying His Skin
Zhangjiajie's Qin Hou Sun-Drying His Skin
🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
The sixth day of the sixth lunar month is the death anniversary of the Tujia her
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Glimpses of Zhangjiajie Folk Customs
Glimpses of Zhangjiajie Folk Customs
🗓️ 2009-01-13 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Zhangjiajie's ethnic minorities have distinctive characteristics in everything f
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Comparing Maogusi Culture with Chu Culture
Comparing Maogusi Culture with Chu Culture
🗓️ 2012-10-17 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Section 2: Comparing Maogusi Culture with Chu Culture. Maogusi is a Tujia ethnic
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The Primitive Culture of Maogusi
The Primitive Culture of Maogusi
🗓️ 2012-10-16 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Maogusi is an ancient ethnic culture, rich and diverse, with features and styles
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The Economic Culture of Maogusi
The Economic Culture of Maogusi
🗓️ 2012-10-16 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Section 2: The Economic Culture of Maogusi—Maogusi Hunting Culture. The Tujia pe
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Sexual Culture in Maogusi
Sexual Culture in Maogusi
🗓️ 2012-10-16 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Section 3: Sexual Culture in Maogusi. Maogusi contains sexual expression—what we
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The Social Culture of Maogusi
The Social Culture of Maogusi
🗓️ 2012-10-16 📄 Source:Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Specialties / Food / Folk Customs)
Section 4: The Social Culture of Maogusi. As the Maogusi era belonged to humanit
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