6 results for "China's Ethnic Minorities" between $0 and $170

Part of the Ethnic Cultures of China series, the book describes the traditional ethnic festivals in China comprising six parts: Chinese New Year celebrations in different parts of China, festivals of production such as Festivals Praying for Harvest, sacrificial a commemorative festivals on which sacrifices are offered, such as the Dragon Boat Festival, religious festivals, recreational festivals like the Horse-racing Festivals of Nomadic Ethnic Groups, and women s festivals like Flowers-picking Festival. With...

China's fifty-five ethnic minorities form about 9% of the Chinese population, with over 100 million people, and occupy over 60% of China's territory. This book examines the current state of China's ethnic minorities.

China has been a unified multinational country since the Qin Dynasty. During the long course of unification, different ethnic groups integrated with each other in the economic and cultural exchanges. They established a relation of mutual dependence, promotion and development, and together they created and developed Chinese civilization. This is a great introductory book on China's 55 ethnic minorities, presenting their histories, areas of distribution, populations, languages, religions, costumes...