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Western Hunan's Laosicheng Site Named as World Heritage Site
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“Fantasy of Zhangjiajie”, China’s First Tourism Performance on Intangible Cultural Heritage Staged
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China's First Book on Studies of Tusi Culture Published
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Laosi Town - Candidate for 2015 World Cultural Heritage
- Western Hunan's Laosicheng Site Named as World Heritage Site
- “Fantasy of Zhangjiajie”, China’s First Tourism Performance on Intangible Cultural Heritage Staged
- China's First Book on Studies of Tusi Culture Published
- Laosi Town - Candidate for 2015 World Cultural Heritage
- Relic Sites in Laosi Town up for National Renovation
Tusi Sites
Tangya Tusi Domain
The Tangya Tusi city in Xianfeng County in central China's Hubei Province was even bigger than the Forbidden City in Beijing. The chieftain there ruled for 460 years. Statues, a cemetery and an ornately decorated memorial archway still stand there.The site was added to the World Cultural Heritage List on Saturday afternoon (Beijing time) during the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee in Bonn, Germany.
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Intangible Cultural Heritage in Western Hunan
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Gannian of Tujia Minority
Tujia people called the new year celebration one day ahead of New Year’s Eve as "Gannian". There was a popular folk story on "Gannian" among the Tujia people.
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Tujia Brocade
Brocade of Tujia Minority is a class of richly decorative hand-woven fabrics, often made on a wooden draw loom in colored silk or cotton weft (woolen yarn is also available nowadays) that holds the cotton warp together.
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Youshui Boatmen Haozi
Youshui boatmen haozi aims to reflect the hard life of the boatmen and their working situation. Without specialized scripts, fixed lines, and teachers, it is handed down orally from generation to generation. It is sung by whoever at any place any time extemporaneously, and it is full of heroic artistic charm.
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Dongdong Kui
Dongdong Kui is a very ancient Tujia folk reed pipe instrument made from mangosteen.The sound of the pipe is crisp and melodious. It has the characteristics of both trilling and vibrato.
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Crying Marriage Song
The "Crying Marriage Song" is a folk song originating from Tujia people. According to their customs, bride begins to cry a month before the wedding day in different ways with diversified words, to convey attachment to their loved ones and recount Tujia women's sad fate in feudal society.
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Tima Song
Tima Song is the epic of Tujia culture. It is a huge artistic carrier which integrates poem, song, music and dance.It takes the Tima Day ceremony as the inheriting carrier and word of mouth from generation to generation.
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Daliuzi
The daliuzi takes its theme from nature, and has a strong local flavor.It is a kind of ancient folk instrumental ensemble composed of the maluo (horse gong), tuluo (earth gong), toubu (head cymbal) and erbo (second cymbal).
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Maogusi dance
The Maogusi dance is an ancient dance popular in areas inhabited by the Tu ethnic group in western Hunan Province."Maogusi" means grandpa in Chinese. The dance originated from the sacrifice rituals of the ancient Tujia people.
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Baishou Dance
The Baishou Dance is a 500 year old historic group dance of the Tujia, using 70 ritual gestures to represent war, farming, hunting and other aspects of traditional life.The Tujia nationality baishou dance in Xiangxi, Hunan province best reflects the ethnic flavor and ancient customs of the Tujia nationality.
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