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A married woman wears a white turban-type head covering. She is conveying to her husband that she will love him until her hair turns white. The woman wears a black turban when she becomes a grandmother. If the foreheads look high, it is because as part of the pre-wedding preparations, she has the hair above her forehead pulled out .

The Old Han of Ji Chang Tu

April 15th 2013
Hello everybody, Around 600 years ago, a region in China just outside Kaili had a rebellion: they wanted to break away from the Han Empire. The Emperor sent in the military. The soldiers married the local women and today the descendants form this community. In many ways, not much has changed in 600 years. Enjoy the pictures. <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">再[/b ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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