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“The New Grain Dinner and the Long Dragon Banquet” are two significant cultural events among the Hanis people living around the Honghe River. New Grain Dinner: The Hanis celebrate...

Dancing to Meet the Bride and Beating the Bridegroom The Hanis in Mojiang call themselves “Amu”. Their whole wedding ceremony is permeated with dancing from beginning to end. As...

According to the legend, in ancient times, the Hanis lived in caves. Later when they immigrated into a place named “Reluo”, they found a vast field of mushrooms all...

The dress of the Hani People varies among different places due to different branches. Generally they prefer dark blue Hani local cloth to make clothes. Men usually wear trousers...

Among the continuous stretch of Ailao Mountain, many terraces with dozens of or even over a hundred steps zigzag upwards along the slopes from the foot of the mountain,...

Brilliant Creators of Terrace Culture The Hani People, one of Chinese minority nationalities, with a population of 1,253,952 at present, mainly inhabit counties like Yuanjiang, Mojiang, Lvchun, Jinping and...

The Jinos highly respect their maternal uncles, who possess an extremely high prestige in Jino’s social life. An uncle enjoys many items of traditional authority and responsibility, even surpassing...

Every December in lunar calendar, flowers in Jino mountain bloom luxuriantly and the time of celebrating the harvest comes. “Dong-Dong-Dong”, Zhuoba, an old man of the village, starts to...

Consecutive Naming System between Father and Children During the history of human society, the “consecutive naming system between father and children” is one important mark of the destruction of...

From generation to generation, the Jinos live in subtropical ancient forests covered with towering old trees, taking rice and corn as their staple food. Apart from vegetables planted at...