Explore Chinese New Year 2006 at China`s Remote Village
Released on = January 25, 2006, 7:18 am
Press Release Author = KanXiQi.com
Industry = Internet & Online
Press Release Summary = KanXiQi.com is making a last-call for participants
to a tour exploring Chinese New Year, to a small village in Dabieshan
Mountain-range in the middle of China, during January 27-31, 2006.
Press Release Body = EXPLORE CHINESE NEW YEAR 2006 AT CHINA\'S REMOTE VILLAGE
January 25, 2006
Beijing, China
KanXiQi.com is making a last-call for participants to a tour exploring
Chinese
New Year, to a small village in Dabieshan Mountain-range in
the middle of China, during January 27-31, 2006.
Participants will begin Chinese New Year (also known as Spring Festival)
adventure by joining the Liu villagers who still practise the Han
customs and traditions established 2000 years ago. Besides enjoying
the Spring Cultural Adventure in Dabieshan Mountain-range, you can
also experience the undisturbed mountain village environment with
its exotic charm of simple living, and touch 2000-year cultural
history with the Liu villagers, descendants of the founder of the
Han Dynasty.
It is said that Chinese culture and philosophies were consolidated
during the Han Dynasty. This tour is designed to make you experience
the living ecology of villagers, descendants of Liu Bang the
founder of the Han Dynasty, in Liu-ga-hang-zi (the Liu village).
They are still found practising the traditional customs and folkways
of some two thousand years ago. It represents the essence of Han\'s
traditional customs and folkways.
The Liu village is located at the southern foot of the Dabieshan
Mountain-range in central China that lies across Hubei, Henan and
Anhui Province. Liu-ga-hang-zi, which means \"alley-cross village
of LIU family\", is prominent for its \"hang-zi\" (alley-styled)
architecture. Hang-zi in the village is not normal open-field zigzag
village alley, but long, straight in-house passageways with special
functions.
In old days, all homes at the village were constructed in the form
of a closed blockhouse. There were three long in-house hang-zi:
the southern, northern and middle. Covered with \"liang-wa\"(local
transparent tiles) at the roof for lighting, they were served as
public passageways. The doorway of every home is connected by the
three unique hang-zi. Heavy doors were installed at the two entrance
of those hang-zi. At night, when every villager returned home from
their fields,the heavy doors were closed. No one from outside the
village were allowed in.
This unique hang-zi architecture is a result of adapting to local
surroundings in the remote Dabieshan Mountain-range. Bandits often
invaded local villages. The hang-zi was a special way to protect
villagers from attacks of these bandits. Some villages nearby construct
strong walls from such attacks.
During the tour, participants will enjoy:
* Pollution-free mountain fresh air and quiet environment
* Clear sky embedded with numerous shining stars in the night
* Be waken up in the morning by the chorus of cocks in the village
* Witnessing and participating in the unique customs and rituals
of Spring Festival celebration of the Dabieshan Mountain-range
* Participating in setting off firecrackers from 0:00 a.m. to start the Lunar New Year
* Tasting chemical-free fresh vegetables and well-known local delicacies
* Witnessing how local products and handicrafts (straw sandals,
cotton cloth, firecracker) are made
* Visiting historical and cultural sites nearby
For further information, please contact David Wu by kanxiqi@gmail.com or
(0086-10)6231-7255
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