Folk Cultures

folkways

The traditional customs in chinese each nation are rich and colorful with its unique features; however, they also havethe common kernel, value orientation and intensive method. The folk custom tourism has got a very big development and become more and more popular in our country.The values of Chinese have originated from the life practice of Chinese people,from the Confucianism,T aoism and Mohism of the Chinese academic elite and from the folklore and folk literature in China.



The Chinese 56 nationality's different cultures and the life style are colourful, the national holiday is unique.At the China Ethnic Culture Park, people can learn about the customs, costumes, and culture of China's fifty-six minorities.Lion and dragon dances during festivals are part of the traditional custom in China. People celebrate on these happy occasions and express their best wishes for good luck and prosperity.


The essence of traditional Tibetan culture is a component part of Chinese national culture and the government has always attached great importance to protecting and developing it and helping it flourish.
Sour Milk Drinking Festival is the largest and one of the most interesting festival in Tibetan.



The "Nadam Fair" is a traditional pageant with distinct Mongolian characteristics. It is usually held when the grass and water are full and flocks and herds are stout and strong.


The third-month Fair, a traditional festival of the Bai ethnic group in Dali, Yunnan Province, dates back1300 years to the Tang Dynasty.It lasts a week, from the15 th to the22 nd days of the third month by the Chinese lunar calendar.

As a single day for a fairy is a full year for ordinary mortals, people splash water once every year so that the twelve girls can clean themselves. This is said to be the origin of the Water-splashing Festival.
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