Although the economic boom is rapidly changing the face of China's cities, the more remote and mountainous regions of the country retain much of it's original atmosphere. The traveller who visits the country during the period of Chinese New Year can expect to be welcomed by shamans, the Kitchen God, Spring Couplets and many curious, hospitable villagers.
During New Year festivities in the Hejiang valley east of Hexian, members of a Miao mountain tribe carry a shaman in a sedan-chair. The shaman is standing barefoot on sharp ridges as a proof of her special powers. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[CHINA.GUANGXI 25.317] ’Special powers.’
During New Year festivities in the Hejiang valley east of Hexian, members of a Miao mountain tribe carry a shaman in a sedan-chair. The shaman is standing barefoot on sharp ridges as a proof of her special powers. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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