The China Ethnic Museum (
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民族 博物馆; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínzú Bówùguǎn; also called Chinese Ethnic Culture Park,
中华
Zhōnghuá, Chung¹-hua² or Chunghwa is a term that means "''China''" or "''relating to China''" (), in a cultural, ethnic, or literary sense. It is used in the following terms:
People's Republic of China
* ', the Chinese name for the People' ...
民族 园; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínzú Yuán) is a museum in
Beijing
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,
China
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, located just to the west of the
Olympic Green
The Olympic Green () is an Olympic Park in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Since then, the streets around the park have been used for an exhibition street race of the FIA GT1 World Championship in 20 ...
. It features displays of the daily life and architecture of China's
56 ethnic groups.
As stated on its website, the museum's goals are as follows:
*To demonstrate ethnic architecture
*To preserve ethnic relics
*To spread ethnic knowledge
*To study ethnic heritage
*To enhance ethnic culture
*To promote unity of all Chinese ethnic groups
Construction began in October 1992. The North Section was opened to the public on June 18, 1994, and the South Section was opened in September 2001. Construction has continued through the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
. The museum covers approximately 50 hectares and so far comprises 44 ethnic villages and 200 ethnic buildings. There are 800 staff members comprising various Chinese ethnic groups. All buildings are constructed to a ratio of 1:1.
At the museum, several ethnic groups grow traditional crops such as paddy rice or buckwheat, and each day
Tibetan
Tibetan may mean:
* of, from, or related to Tibet
* Tibetan people, an ethnic group
* Tibetan language:
** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard
** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...
lamas from the
Tar Monastery of
Qinghai
Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...
chant Buddhist sutras.
The museum has also collected approximately 100,000 cultural relics, and exhibits items representing the daily life of China's ethnic groups.
The museum's curator is Wang Ping.
Ethnic activities
Festivals and cultural activities featured by the China Ethnic Museum include the following:
*Tibetan
Shoton Festival
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Tibetan New Year
Losar (; "new year"William D. Crump, "Losar" in ''Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide'' (McFarland & Co.: 2008), pp. 237-38.) also known as Tibetan New Year, is a festival in Tibetan Buddhism. The holiday is celebrated on various d ...
*The New-rice Festival of the
Va
*The Sowing Festival of the Va
*The Sanduo Festival of the
Naxi
*The Munao Singing Festival of the Jingpo
*The
Water-splashing Festival of the
Dai
*The Third of March Festival of the Bai
*The Huaer Fair of the Tu
*The Nandun Festival of the Tu
*The Sheba Festival of
Tujia
*The Chahua Festival of the Yi
*The Knife-shaft Festival of
Miao Miao may refer to:
* Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China
* Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages
* Miao (Unicode ...
*The
Dragon-boat Festival of the Miao
*The Horse Milk Festival
*The Pepper Festival of the Salar
*Raoshanlin Singing Festival of the Bai
*The Fashion Show of the Yi
See also
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China Folk Culture Village
The China Folk Culture Village (深圳中国 民 俗 文化 村) is a part of Splendid China Folk Village in Shenzhen, China. It is located adjacent to the Splendid China theme park and features displays of the daily life and architecture of China ...
*
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology ( vi, Bảo tàng Dân tộc học Việt Nam) is a museum in Hanoi, Vietnam, which focuses on the 54 officially recognised ethnic groups in Vietnam. It is located on a property in the Cầu Giấy District, ...
External links
China Ethnic Museum official site
Museums in Beijing
Culture in Beijing
Ethnographic museums in Asia
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