Spinning Cotton

Dai Village and Water Sprinkling Ceremony

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July 21st 2011
On July 21, students visited Dai Village. At the village, we witnessed people making many activities such as jewellry-making, spinning cotton, writing scriptures on leaves and paper making, Afterwards, students fully enjoyed participating in the water sprinkling festival. The 2005 Water-Splashing Festival -- held on New Year's Day, 1367, according to the Dai calendar -- was celebrated by bo ... 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