“Hua’erCultures”ItmaynotbewellknowninthewesterncountriesthatthereisaheavyMuslimpopulationinnorthwesternChina,otherthantheTurkiclanguagegroupsinXinjing.TheyaretheHui,Sala,Bao'an,Dongxiang,TuandYuguethnicgroups.Accordingtohistoricalrecords,theancestorsoftheSalapeopleemigratedfromcentralAsiaduringtheYuandynasty,some1,000yearsago.Ontheotherhand,theHuipeople(itisbelievedthattheirancestorscamefr...[
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“HighlandCultures”TheQinghai-Tibetplateau,knownas“theroofoftheworld”,iscomposedoffar-stretchingmountains,loftyicypeaksandprecipitousgrandcanyons.MountQomolangma,meaning"thethirdgoddess"intheTibetanlanguage,orEverestasitisknownintheWest,istheworld'shighestpeak,morethan39,000feethigh.Qomolangmateemswithsnow-cappedpeaksandglaciers.Itboastsfourpeaksabove8,000meters,and38peaksabove7,000meters,thusr...[
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“SilkroadOasisCultures”TheethnicminoritygroupsspeakingtheTurkiclanguageinthenorthwesternarea,includingUygur,Uzbek,Kirgiz,Kazak,andTajik,belongtothisculturalcategory.Uygurmeans"unity"or"alliance."TheoriginofthisethnicgroupcanbetracedbacktotheDinglingnomadsinnorthernandnorthwesternChinaandinareassouthofLakeBaikalincentralAsia.TheUygursmaderapidsocio-economicandculturalprogressbetweenthe9thand...[
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“PastureLandCultures”ThevastprairieinnorthChinahasnurturedthestrongcharacteroftheherdsmenintheMongolian,Xibe,ManchuandKazakhtribes.TakingtheMongoliansasarepresentativeexample,theyhavelivedintribalgroupssinceancienttimes,enduringanextremeclimateandlandscape,withruggedmountainsanddesertinthesouth,anddrysteppelandsandharshwintersinthenorth.TheMongoliansbelievedinshamanisminancienttimes,andthey...[
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3.主要舞蹈團體的特點：為在大洋彼岸將中國的民族舞蹈藝術薪火相傳，北美的演藝團體必須以與中國國內舞蹈團體顯著不同的方式運作。因而擁有一些別具一格的特點。小結如下：演藝團體的創辦：大部分北美中華民族舞蹈演藝團體由資深中華民族舞蹈家創辦並擔任藝術總監。但是也有例外，如三藩市(舊金山)華人歌舞團由香港移民於1959年創辦，明尼蘇達州中美舞蹈社由[
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1。簡介：中華民族在幾千年的繁衍生息，文明演進的曆史進程中，創造了博大精深，魅力無窮的文化藝術。中華民族舞蹈是其中的一個重要組成部份。中國豐富的文史資料對曆史上舞蹈形象的具體描述，可上朔到5,800年前。一些久遠的舞蹈姿態和造型，保存在新近發現的石窟壁、雕塑、畫像石、畫像磚、陶俑，以及各種出土文物上的繪畫、紋飾舞蹈形象之中。隨著東西方文化[
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Mostartscantracetheirorigintodance.Danceoriginatesfromhumanlifeandthebasicemotionalneedsofhumanbeings.Itaptlyreflectsthesociety,history,ethics,aestheticsandcustomsoftheethnicgroupitrepresents.Danceasavisualartdoesnotrequiretranslationinconveyingitsmessages.Itcaneasilyserveasabridgeforharmoniousrelationshipsbetweenpeopleofdifferentethnicorigins.Inthissense,theappreciationofthedanceartformhelps...[
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Regardlessofwhattheofficialpolicyis,theethnicminoritygroupsaredisadvantagedinmanyaspectsofsociallifeinChina.Theymostlyliveintheremoteinlandorborderregions.Theseareasarecharacterizedbyharshnaturalconditions,poortransportationandinadequateeducationalopportunities,whichhaveseverelyhinderedlocalsocio-economicdevelopment.Poorinterethniccommunicationandmisunderstandingleadssomepeopletoconsiderethec...[
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ManyofthepeopleIhavemetintheUnitedStatesthinkoftheChineseasahomogenousrace.Infact,thereare56ethnicgroupsinChina.Amongthem,theHanpeopleaccountfor92%ofthecountry'stotalof1.3billion,whiletheother55ethnicgroups(seeNote1fortheirnames)makeuptheremaining8%--thatisthereasontheyareofficiallycalled“ethnicminorities”inChina.ThelargestethnicminoritygroupistheZhuangpeopleinsouthChina,totaling16million,w...[
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楊麗萍是筆者最為喜愛的著名中華民族舞蹈藝朮家之一。一襲黑色布衣，腳踩手工刺繡的繡花鞋，三尺長發隨意綰在腦後，一隻軟軟的臘染布包侉在身上，楊麗萍常常是這樣素麵朝天地走在北京鬧市街頭或者雲南大理的鄉間.楊麗萍是白族人﹐來自謎一般的雲南(參見本係列之四)，她本身就是一個謎。這位藝朮家處世低調、來去無聲，隻用驚世駭俗的舞姿詮釋一切。第一次[
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