Deang woman with offering

Kaimenjie of the Deang people

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October 11th 2011
"Kaimenjie"(open-door festival) in Dai language call "Chuwa", is one of the main festival for the HinayānaBuddhism. Legend said Buddha went back to The Western Sky for his yearly visit to his mother for 3 days(3 months on earth), with the absent of their teacher, all his monk follower went out to preach in all direction, but in ruthness and careless they trespassed framland and fields, ruined man ... 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