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1. A New Generation of Urban Migrants
(Articles/Urban Migrants)
“Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation.” – Ronald Reagan With each new generation comes change.  The new generation follows, ...
2. Symbols of the Chinese New Year
(Articles/Contemporary Culture and Society)
... and the celebration of his birth. As the Chinese New Year approaches, more red (the color red is to ward off the evil spirits or the color of good luck or good fortune) as well as Chinese New Year paraphernalia ...
3. 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.  ...
4. Bai
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... remains of the tree. These are tokens of luck and happiness. Circling the Three Spirits Each year, on the 23rd day of the fourth lunar month, the people don festival clothes, carry willow branches, ...
5. Buyi
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... of Chinese Taoist priests. Beliefs and practices include the propitiation of ancestral spirits with altars maintained in the homes. Food offerings were left at the roots of certain trees and at small shrines ...
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)
... spirits exist everywhere in nature. They often regard certain stones, trees and plots of land as being sacred. Some also practice Tu, a form of black magic. One god, a "kitchen god" is worshipped during ...
8. Gaoshan
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... anyone disobey the orders, disasters will happen to his family or even the whole village." To them certain plants and animals have spirits and are not to be eaten but worshipped. Witches treat patients ...
9. Jinuo
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... cemetery. They have many gods and spirits and frequently hold sacrificial ceremonies. Links: http://www.orientaltravel.com/people/Jino.htm  ...
10. Lisu
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... spirits. However, in the early 20th century, Christianity transformed the fabric of Lisu society. ...
11. Manchu
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... and ceremonies had to do with spirits and centered around Shamanism, but as the Manchus were assimilated more and more into Chinese culture, the traditional was replaced by Chinese influences in ancestor ...
12. Maonan
(People and Culture/People Groups)
...  The Maonan are polytheistic and practice ancestor worship. They believe the gods and spirits affect every part of life and have complex rituals for marriage, death, birth, and sickness . "When a person ...
13. Mulam
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... evil spirits." They also practice ancestor worship and likewise believe in the existence of the Heavenly Palace and the Netherworld. In former times they had slaughtered pigs and sheep, performed lion ...
14. Naxi
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... practice witchcraft, medicine and promote education, art and craftsmanship. They work regular jobs, preside over ceremonies, recite scriptures, expel evil spirits and pray for a good harvest. Only a few ...
15. Oroqen
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... has improved since Liberation. Oroqen practice shamanism and worship certain animals, particularly the bear and tiger. All things on earth have their own spirits, they believe, and a relationship between ...
16. Pumi
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... as this would be disrespectful to the ancestors. In addition, the initial boiling of tea is dedicated to the ancestors. Of all the spirits, the mountain deities are the most sacred. The Pumi believe that ...
17. She
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... educated She ceased believing in ghosts and spirits and no longer practice superstition. ...
18. Va
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... and are mediators between the Va and the spirits. These men receive direction from the spirits by entering into a trance and divining what sacrifices must be made in order to please the spirits. If the ...
19. Yao
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... the spirit. The Yao spirit world is hierarchical with two kinds of spirits: those above the sky and those below. Those that are below are malevolent. Images are used to represent the spirits that are ...
20. Yi
(People and Culture/People Groups)
... also worship the spirits of the hills, trees, water, earth, sky, wind and forests. They have a partially developed system of totemism. Magic plays a major role in their daily life such as in medicine, ...