por pedroceinos | Feb 7, 2021 | bai, ethnic-groups
Temple to the Mother of the Dragon of the Bai Temple to the Mother of the Dragon of the Bai Everyone who visits the ancient city of Dali goes to see the famous Three Pagodas, as it is one of the most famous monuments of the city and all of Yunnan, but very few know...
por pedroceinos | Feb 5, 2021 | ethnic-groups, tibetans
Unconventional languages used by the Jinuo Unconventional languages used by the Jinuo Not having a writing system, the Jino developed several systems of signs that covered communication in different situations: from the wooden gates in the mountain paths that warn of...
por pedroceinos | Feb 3, 2021 | travel
The Temple of Shen’an: Exemplary Writer and Traveler in Ming China The Temple of Shen’an: Exemplary Writer and Traveler in Ming China Almost at the entrance to Kunming’s famous West Mountains there is a small temple that goes unnoticed by most...
por pedroceinos | Feb 1, 2021 | ethnic-groups, tibetans
Ritual prostrations of Tibetan pilgrims Ritual prostrations of Tibetan pilgrims The end of the path of any pilgrimage is a temple or mountain considered the abode of the gods. Reaching it is the culmination of the journey. At that moment the pilgrims, in spiritual...
por pedroceinos | Feb 1, 2021 | culture
The ox and the ritual plow in springtime The ox and the ritual plow in springtime Throughout the imperial era, every year the beginning of agricultural work was celebrated by a solemn ceremony called the Plowing Festival. «The emperor himself would take a yellow plow...
