Beautiful culture
It’s still a common practice to help one another in villages. When someone builds a house, the whole neighbourhood will come and help them. Beautiful culture !
Buyi village
The Buyi ( also known as Buyei, Puyi ) are one of the ethnic groups in China. Most of them are living in Guizhou province and Yunnan province in China.
Harvest time
Location : Nanhua Miao village. Guizhou Province China
JiuZhou : Part 2
During the Red Armys Long March, they got lost and came to this church and asked for help from a French missionary. This missionary gave them a map of Guizhou, which he had made. That is how the Red Army found their way back.
This house used to be a French Missionaries quarters
This Church is about 150 years old.
Inside the Church
This area used to be an American Air base during the 2nd World War
A statue of an American Army general who helped the Chinese from Japanese invasion
JiuZhou: Part 1
A small town called JiuZhou in Huangping county, Guizhou province is not a typical Chinese tourist town; busy and commercial. The town has witnessed historical events in its own significance. During World War II – the American Air base was just outside of this town. And during the Red Army’s long march, Gen. Zhou Enlai, Chaiman Mao Zedong and many other leaders met up in this town.
This building used to be a Communist Party gathering place
This is where General Zhou Enlai, Chairman Mao and his compatriots met up. During the Red Army -Long march
Quiet but not deserted
Another fake apple store in China ?
In the month of July, 2011 a fellow blogger ‘ BirdAbroad’ posted some pictures of an apple store in Kunming Yunnan province, China. Which turn out to be a fake apple store ! Her blog post was mentioned in different international news. I am sure you follow that news.
Last Sunday ( 25.September.2011 ) I walk passed an ‘ apple store’ in Kaili, Guizhou Province, China. Kaili is a very small city in Guizhou province. It’s a prefecture of Miao and Dong. According to wikipedia : Kaili has a population of only 50,000 . That’s a very small population for a city in China. As I saw this ‘apple store’, I remember reading on a blog ( BirdAbroad ) ” Apple never writes “Apple Store” on it’s signs – it just puts up the glowing, iconic fruit.” But this ‘apple store’ had written SMART STORE besides the apple sign. As I walked in, i saw ipad, iphones, Macbook, Macbook Pro but I did not see MacBook Air. And there was plenty of apple accessories. All the workers were wearing blue t-shirts. I wonder if this is just another fake apple store in China !
The entrance of the store
Inside the store
I was hesitate to take an obvious photo!
This is taken from the opposite store
A street of Kaili Guizhou China
A typical village kitchen
He was about to fry eggs
These pictures are taken in a remote BUYI village, in Guizhou province China.
Bullfighting Festival : Bull Vrs Bull
Bull fighting competitions are a part of the Miao ethnic minority culture in China. Normally bullfight competitions are held during the bull festival in the 25th day of the first lunar month. But it’s also common to hold bull fight competitions at different times throughout the year especially in surrounding villages in Kaili city in Qiandongnan prefecture in Guizhou.
I am sure you have heard or seen the Spanish ( Latin American ) bull-fight –tauromachia–corrida de torso : where one or more bulls are baited in a bullring for sports and entertainment. In which a matador will kill a bull by the end of the game.
But this Miao Bullfighting is very different. Its not a combat between man and a bull; it’s a bull and a bull fighting each other.
The crowd
Ancient paper making preserved
Shiqiao is a small village in the Danzhai county in Guizhou Province, where traditional hand-made paper is still preserved. They make it by using tree barks. Throughout the centuries Miao people have made this special paper. But because of modern technology this kind of paper making is disappearing rapidly, only a handful of families continue this handmade paper making today.
John Fanai
