The Daur Women

During festivals or weddings, young women dress in bright colored silk clothing. Here comes the bride.     

Wedding in Sheng■hou

"HAVING fun at weddings will bring good fortune to the new couple." This is a local saying in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province. Fun activities at weddings is actually a way of congratulating and blessing new couples. Singing and composing poems in antiphonal style are what people like to do at weddings in Shengzhou, a tradition that started in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). After the wedding banquet, the bride's maids and best men begin preparations. They try to figure out each other's ability, compose the first sentences of     

New Trends

After wearing thick clothes all winter young women can't wait to shed the wool and don spring-time fashions. With increased living standards young women like to follow new trends in fashion They     

DEAR READERS:

February is a month for romance.This year,Spring Festival,China's biggest holiday,falls on February 18.The festival is a popular time for weddings,as family members and longtime friends return to their hometowns for the holiday.Valentine's Day,a day for lovers,is     

Bridal Sedan Chair

Sedan chairs were a common mode of transportation in ancient China, with etiquette requiring their use during wedding ceremonies in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). They were an important part of weddings and added a jubilant atmosphere to the occasion. This well-preserved and quite likely the most luxurious sedan     

My Italian Friend—Where Are You?

Yu Xiuhui is a teacher with a vocational school in Dalian, During a visit to Beijing last summer, she befriended a young Italian woman. The brief encounter left Yu with a sweet memory,as well as a regret. So she came to us, hoping that Women of China could help her fulfill her wish—to convey the message of a young Chinese woman latent in her call...     

China's Floating Population

HAIXIA, a young housekeeper working for my family, left her hometown in Wuwei County, Anhui Province, and came to Beijing two years ago when she was only 18 years of age. Her older sister and cousin also work as housekeepers in our neighborhood compound. The older relatives, both of whom have worked in Beijing for a number of years, visited their hometown and convinced Haixia to come to the city to seek work. Just as many other young village women, Haixia graduated from junior middle school and failed to win     

"Bainiaoyi, " Bamboo-Pipe Wind Instrument Troupe

The "Bainiaoyi," or Bamboo-Pipe Wind Instrument Troupe, consists of young men and women of Miao nationality of the mountain villages in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Each of them can dance and sing well, and are often invited to perform in provinces and cities across China. Because of this, these young peasants who live deep in the mountain villages get a chance to leave their isolated homelands to visit other parts of the world and broaden their scope. The Miao people aren't the only ones to benefit from these travels. More and more people now have the opportunity to     

Temporary Rural Workers in Beijing

Many young farmers leave their native bomes and come to Beijing in search of a new life.     

Changing Perceptions of Marriage

IN a Beijing hospital a group of young women from Heze, Shandong Province, work as temporary employees. When the Beijing No. 1 Hospital Attached to Beijing Medical Sciences University was recruiting oddjob helpers in their hometown, these young rural women grasped the opportunity.     

Cherry Lane Movies

Directed: Dayyan EngStarring: Gong Beibei, Wu Chao, Li Yixiang and Zhou KuiProduced: 2001, 11 minutes A woman drives a bus along deserted country roads, and she picks up a young man alongthe way. Although the man tries to talk to the driver, she's not interested. Eventually, two robbersclimb into the bus, steal the passengers' money, and drag the driver behind some bushes,where they rape her. Only one passenger—the young man—tries to protect her. The remaining passengers sit     

中国城市流动人口更偏好在移入地择偶(英文)

In his academic report, Zhang Yi, researcher with theChinese Academy of Social Sciences, points out the tendencyof Chinese floating population—preferring to choose localspouses.According to his research, young migrant workers, whohave received secondary …     

Art of Pottery

Lü Pinchang, a young professor of sculpture in the Central Academy of Fine Arts, tries to express traditional themes symbolically and abstractly. In     

Double Cups with Phoenix

THIS cup, unearthed at the site of an aristocrat's tomb (No. 2 Baoshan Tomb) of the Chu State, was a vessel used during weddings in ancient times. According to the earliest account of the vessel, found in the book Liji, a new couple would use it to gargle together, which meant that they would be of one heart and one mind, and that they would love and take care of each other. Shaped like a standing phoenix, the vessel is 17.6 cm. long. The phoenix holds a pearl in its beak and its wings are spread     

Like Mother,Like Daughter

On the road to maturity, one's parents always have a great degree of influence. Yang Yuying, a young singer, attributes much of her success to her mother Xiong Yonghong. The hard working mother has exerted an imperceptible influence on her daughter's attitude to life with her traditional Chinese virtues.     

教育的意义

What is the ultimate purpose of education？ To teach children and young adults how to be functioning, contributing members of their societies？ To train future workers＇？ To enable individuals to grow, lead full lives, better able to understand~ transfbn-n themselves, their surroundings and the world at large？     

The Qingdao Young Reporters School

Arank of young journalists is active in Qingdao, Shandong Province. In 1993, at a conference during the 11th Qingdao Municipal People's Congress, people saw children, carrying cameras easily and confidently and taking photos for provincial-and city-level leaders seated at the rostrum. They were young journalists from the Qingdao Young Reporter's School, so they can be said to be professionally trained.     

Feelings of Love in Mountainous Villages

When March comes with its spring breezes, it is the time for many minority nationalities that inhabit southwestern China to hold their traditional festivities. There are two aims for these activities: to pray for a good harvest, to increase vigor fot production before the spring sowing and to develop commercial trade to improve life. These activities are usually occassions for young people to date and enjoy themselves.     

Tiger Boy Learns Peking Opera

Twelve-year-old Yang Ming looks as strong and dignified as a young tiger, which happens to be the year of the Chinese zodiac that he was born under. In 1996, his mother sent little Yang Ming to the Jingshan Children's Palace to learn Peking Opera, hoping that training in the acrobatic fighting would strengthen his frail body. To everyone's     

Revolutionary Base Spurs Development

MAO Zedong's Autumn Harvest Uprising spurred not only revolution but development and innovation among the masses. In October 1927, Mao Zedong led troops to Jinggang Mountain, establishing the first revolutionary base. During the 1960s, many young people went to work at Jinggang Mountain and devoted their youth to this revolutionary base. The open-minded and shrewd Tong