1. Peony in Love
(Resources and Reviews/Reviews)

... is one of the few books I have read that has portrayed spirits in the Chinese afterworld as real.  Spirits, whether beloved ancestors or ghosts, have the same wants, needs and desires as living people.  ...

2. God is My Chairman
(Articles/Business)

... his hand and said China allowed a few people to gain wealth first.  However, how did those few people use their money?  First, they renovated their ancestors’ tombs, which was a typical event in the 1980s.  ...

3. Achang
(People and Culture/People Groups)

The Achang Peoples The Achangs of China live in the Husa area of Longchuan County, and the Zhedao and Dachang areas of Lianghe County where Achang ancestors, the Echengs, settled around the thirteenth ...

4. Bai
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... and Guizhou. The Bai use the written Chinese language since attempts to use Chinese characters for the Bai language proved unsuccessful. Bai ancestors were collectively known as the Kunming people and ...

5. Buyi
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... on the first day of spring plowing. For the Ox King Festival each family steams dyed glutinous rice in five colors. After sacrificing to their ancestors, they feed half of the rice to their bulls and let ...

6. Dai
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... also worship ancestors and practice animism offering sacrifices to spirits. American Presbyterian missionaries entered Xishuangbanna in 1920 and built three churches. The TSPM took over the churches in ...

7. Dong
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... believed that their ancestors migrated out of present day Thailand more than 3000 years ago and settled in the lofty areas where Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan provinces are joined together. Reference to the ...

8. Ewenki
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... while the hunters worship the gods of mountains and fire. They also worship their ancestors as well as totems that have special taboos. Those who live in the Chenbaerhu area are adherents of the Eastern ...

9. Gelao
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... divided into three rooms. The central room is used for worshipping ancestors and storing sundries. One of the side rooms serves as the bedroom and the other, the kitchen. The older wooden houses with grass ...

10. Gaoshan
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... as a man will not marry an untattooed woman. This tradition of tattooing remains in spite of the pain involved because it is a custom handed down by their ancestors. Those of the Paiwan and Lukai subgroups ...

11. Jing
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... to gods and ancestors along with bullfighting also take place during the festival. With the modernization of China has come the modernization of the Jing. Many young people now prefer Western clothing ...

12. Jinuo
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... and did not wake up at the bugle call. The commander of their army punished them by making them stay and settle where they had fallen asleep. According to this story, these soldiers are the ancestors of ...

13. Kirgiz
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... Province. Kirgiz ancestors were known as the "Jiankuns," Jigas," or "Jilijis." China's Kirgiz descend from the Kirgiz who lived in the former Soviet Union whose forefathers inhabited the upper reaches ...

14. Lisu
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... Lisu are a conquered people. The Wudeng and Lianglin peoples ruled the Lisu's ancestors who lived by the banks of the Jinsha River. Later, the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties conquered them and strengthened ...

15. Maonan
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... are celebrated by the Han and Zhuang. They have a festival unique to them called the Fenglong Festival. It is celebrated by offering sacrifices to God and their ancestors and by praying for a good harvest. ...

16. Naxi
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... Naxi descend from the Di and Qiang tribes--records of Naxi ancestors are found in 1,900 books such as Records of the Historian. The Naxi, who lived in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, were subject to the Ming ...

17. Pumi
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... log chamber is the family altar for making offerings to the family ancestors. They will not eat anything until it has first been placed on the altar or the tripod over the fireplace signaling that the ...

18. She
(People and Culture/People Groups)

The She People The She are found in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Guangdong provinces where the land is fertile, hilly and mild in climate. Most believe the She ancestors originated in the Phoenix ...

19. Shui
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... If the dead is male, he will receive a haircut; if female, her hair will be washed. According to Shui belief only those bodies thoroughly cleansed will meet their ancestors in heaven. The corpse, inside ...

20. Tu
(People and Culture/People Groups)

... the invasion of their land by the Mongol army. The Mongol soldiers intermarried with the local people and the offspring of these marriages became the ancestors of the Tu. The Tu consider the connection ...