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english.yunnan.cnThe Nation Tuesday, December 15, 2015YUNNAN DAILY PRESS GROUPYUNNAN DAILY PRESS GROUP The Nation Friday, September 1, 2017 No.45云快报
Contact us at: (86)871-64166895 Fax: (86)871-64166895 Editor: Yanqin Liu Email: 284747510@qq.com Address: No.337, XinWen Road, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, PRC. PC: 650032
China signs cooperation agreements with 69 entities
under Belt and Road
Let the world know Dongba culture
Introduction to the National Minorities of Yunnan
CULTURE
COMMUNICATION
The number of countries, regions, and
international organizations that have
signed cooperation agreements with China
on the joint development of the Belt and
Road Initiative has reached 69, the coun-
try’s top economic planner said recently.
The agreements consist of cooperation
deals in various fields, including infrastruc-
ture construction, financial collaboration,
and cultural exchanges, said a spokesper-
son with the National Development and
Reform Commission (NDRC).
Some key infrastructure projects, in-
cluding the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed
railway, have seen fast development with
the active participation of Chinese compa-
nies, said the spokesperson.
More than 4,000 cargo train trips have
been made between China and Europe,
with the trains passing through 31 cities in
12 European countries.
In terms of finance, China has signed
currency swap agreements with 22 coun-
tries and regions along the Belt and Road,
with total size reaching about one trillion
yuan (about 150 billion U.S. dollars).
In addition, China has signed educa-
tional cooperation agreements with more
than 60 countries and partnered with the
World Health Organization in promoting
health projects based on the initiative.
The Belt and Road Initiative, proposed
by China in 2013, aims to build trade and
infrastructure networks connecting Asia
with Europe and Africa along the ancient
Silk Road trade routes to seek common de-
velopment and prosperity.
The NDRC will continue to push the
construction of key projects under the
initiative while helping companies imple-
ment risk-control mechanisms, preventing
irrational overseas investments, said the
spokesperson.
It is the beginning of autumn. In
Jinxiu Art Garden of Yulong Naxi Auton-
omous County Baisha Town, He Wen-
zhen, a Dongba culture successor, was
copying Dongba scriptures.
The 42-year-old He Wenzhen is from
Mingyinxiang of Yulong County. His
grandpa is the 22nd generation Dongba
successor of the family and used to
work for the Dongba Culture Institute
on scripture translation.
“My real systematic study of Dongba
culture started in 1999,” said He Wenzhen.
To keep the Dongba culture from being
lost, seven people were selected from
the original Dongba decedent in Lijiang
to study systematically at the Dongba
Culture Institute.
During those three years, with the
guidance of the teachers, He Wenzhen
systematically learned Dongba scrip-
tures, Dongba drawings, the ritual of
sacrifice and so on.
After his graduation in 2002, He
Wenzhen worked for Lijiang City Mu-
seum and Yushuizhai Village to explain
Dongba culture for tourists.
He devoted himself whole heartedly
to the Dongba cultural heritage and
gradually found out that the explana-
tion can only let people know a little
bit of the culture. The only way to carry
on the culture is to look for someone to
study it systematically like himself.
For that purpose, he quit his job res-
olutely and went back to his hometown
in Mingyin. He worked in the fields and,
at the same time,looked for candidates
who love Dongba culture.
Later, he heard that some foreign
tourists like to stay in Baisha Old Town
and they are also interested in Dongba
culture. That gave him the idea of
getting foreign friends to learn about
Dongba culture so that younger people
would also learn about the culture.
Consequently, he came to Jinxiu Art
Garden in Baisha Old Town and got a
job explaining about Dongba culture.
“Every day I explain Dongbaculture
to at least three foreigners and some-
times as many as 10,” said He Wenzhen.
In 2009, he was awarded an honour
of municipal intangible culture her-
itage successor that gives him the re-
sponsibility of carrying on the Dongba
culture.
Now, he explains the culture to
foreigners in Baisha Jinxiu Art Garden
and gives them hand-copied scriptures
as a gift. The purpose of doing this is to
promote Dongba culture to the world
and let the whole world know about
Dongba.
On the 19th of August, the Thai Em-
bassy in China hosted the 2017 Thai
culture day event in its new pavilion.
This year, the Thai Culture Day takes
the theme of “the beauty of the country
and the feast” with the purpose of dis-
playing Thai cultural characteristics of
smiling, gentleness and friendliness.
On that day, there were traditional
Thai cultural performances in addition
to Thai food displaysand a products
exhibition, a Thai Street Food App release
conference and Thai food cooking show.
For easier access to tourists in Thai-
land, the embassy promoted a Street
Food App. The street food of famous
scenic spots in Bangkok, Chiang Mai,
Chiang Rai, Phuket and their surround-
ing cities can be searched through the
App in the three languages of Thai, Eng-
lish and Chinese. Tourists can down-
load the app from the Apple Store and
Google Play.
Thai culture day is held to showcase
Thailand’s top products and services,
to accelerate the development of
Thai tourism,and at the same time
to promote the Sino-Thai friendship,
to draw close the young people in
particular.
About 1,000 people from foreign
embassies in China,the Chinese
government and staff of state-owned
and private-owned enterprises, media
and other Chinese friends from various
countries in China attended the event.
To lead the Chinese people in their
pursuit of a better life is an unswerving
goal of the Communist Party of China,
President Xi Jinping reiterated in a
speech at a recent meeting of provin-
cial and ministerial-level officials.
Since the 18th National Congress
of the CPC in 2012, Xi has repeatedly
stressed a people-oriented develop-
ment philosophy and made a series of
important remarks on how to improve
people’s livelihoods, while vowing not
to let any person get left behind in the
efforts to build a well-off society in an
all-around way.
Xi insists that the country’s reform
programs should make people feel a
sense of gain and efforts to promote
the rule of law should make people
feel the justice in every judicial deci-
sion. Talking of the Party’s campaign
to promote stricter self-governance,
he says the key aim is to strengthen
the Party’s bond with the people.
Under the guidance of Xi’s remarks
and thoughts, China has taken a series
of measures to extend the country’s
development fruits to more people over
the past five years, which has greatly
boosted people’s sense of gain and hap-
piness. This attests to the Party’s gov-
ernance philosophy that its efforts to
improve people’s livelihoods will never
come to an end, and the Party’s ideolog-
ical pursuit to ensure ordinary people
can live fulfilling lives is the starting
point and also the objective of its work.
(Adapted from China Daily)
Editor ’s Note: Twenty-six ethnic groups live in Yunnan. These groups and their colorful costumes add to the variety and richness of Yunnan’s culturescape. This issue focuses on the Jingpo and Tibetan people.
The Jingpo NationalityThe Jingpopeople mainly live in the
Jingpo Mountain area in Dehong Dai and
Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in the west
of Yunnan. Their legends and stories reveal
that Jingpos had lived in the south of the
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau before their settle-
ment in Dehong about 600 years ago.
“Munaozongge” is the most important fes-
tival for the Jingpo people and would always be
scheduled whenever there are grand events and
festivals. During a Munaozongge performance,
four Jingpo men, in their traditional costumes
and wielding their swords, will lead the partici-
pants who are organized in an “S” dancing route
as a whole. The “S” route is said to be the migra-
tion route of their ancestors.(see picture 1)
By Xinhua
Edit by Liu Yanqin
He Wenzhen, a Dongba culture successor, was showcasing Dongba scriptures. Photo By Yunnan Daily
LiJie is a first-line manager at Heilongjiang Wandashan Dairy Company Limited. By Xinhua
CULTURE TOUR ROUTES ⑥
E-commerce helps villagers
eradicate poverty
CHINA STORY
Yuanyang in south Yunnan is famous
for its thousand years old terraces. In
recent years, a unique “Rice-Fish-Duck”
terrace farming mode has risen to
prominence. The mixed-mode farming
has been introduced on the 9,884 acres
of terraced fields, one third of which are
for 2,700 poor farmer households.
Yuanyang red rice is rich in many
nutrients, but its sales have been a big
problem for rural households. Thanks
to the e-commerce platform, Yuanyang
red rice now has a new channel to enter
the market.
The Yuanyang e-store sells agricul-
tural products. Over 1 million US dollars
worth of red rice has been sold online
since last August when the store opened,
helping 1,600 targeted poverty-allevia-
tion households. At the same time, more
red rice was sold offline that directly
helped more than 5,000 poor house-
holds increase their incomes.
Thai culture day held by the Thai embassy in China
Peopleoriented
development
"Always getting better"—How the Chinese dairy
industry is staging a comebackEditor’s Note:In this issue, the
column Chinese Story will focus on China’s supply side reforms.
In an era of increased health con-
cerns, the Chinese people now have
higher requirements and more diversi-
fied demands for the quality and varie-
ty of dairy products they purchase.
With consumers requiring safer-
food, how can companies provide
people of different ages and physical
constitutions with dairy products of
high quality and good taste?
Li Jie may have the answer. She is a
first-line manager at Heilongjiang Wan-
dashan Dairy Company Limited.Over
the past 16 years,she has witnessed the
shift from raising free-range calves to
more scientific breeding methods and-
how the domestic dairy industry has
staged a comeback.
Li Jie found that each and every
one of her peers wishes to raise good
cows and produce good milk. They
are always trying to get better.
Li Jie f i rst began to work at
Harbin Pingda Breeding Factory after
graduating from university. “Back
then, we did not know which kinds of
weather and environment conditions
were best suitedto raising cows.Our
place was thinly populated and had
vast meadows, so we raised cows in a
free-range environment,” Li Jie said.
After a year, Li Jie became a
member of the milk sourcing project
office.She learned to do research
and carried out ageneral survey of
the companies sources at all their
milk stations. It was not until then
that Li Jie learned that they actually
live in a world-recognized ‘golden
milk belt’ between 42 and 47 degrees
north latitude. “This is our unique
advantage.It would be a pity if we
didn’t make full use of it!” she said.
In order to produce milk that is
more nutritious and tastes better,
calves, growing cows and lactating
cows, gradually are provided their
own living spaces. Corn silage, calf
breeding and frozen sperm breeding
techniques are also put into use. On
the large ranches, cows are fed with
nutritious food and thermostatic water.
The cows even listen to music and sleep
on beds made of rubber and sponges.
The critical milking procedureis also
designed to mimic the rhythm and
intensity of suckling calves.
Quality and safety are the lifelines
of making dairy products. “I deeply
feel that product quality is like a
delicate baby. It must be taken
good care of to grow up healthy
and strong,” Li Jie said.How can
we keep milk fresh for a long time?
How can we prevent raw milk from
being contaminated by microbes?
What temperature sterilizes the milk,
facilitates processing and minimizes
the loss of nutrients?When you find
the answers to these questions, the
product quality can be assured.
“Now, I’m mainly responsible for
the production department. I’m most
concerned about the quality of infant
dairy products. In our factory, the most
frequently overheard idea is ‘we are an
infant milk powder producer.’ It is no
trifling matter to remove impurities in
the product so that parents can rest
assured,” said Li Jie. “Today, parents
want better quality products for their
babies, young people have higher
requirements and older people need
more milk. Production and supply
must keep pace with the needs of our
customers. Otherwise, who will buy
our products?”
(By Ke Zhongjia,People’s Daily)
The Tibetan people are dancing to celebrate their festival.
By He Qian
The Tibetan NationalityThe Tibetans in Yunnan are descend-
ants of the ancient nomadic Qiang people
from northwestern China. They are main-
ly distributed in Diqing Tibetan Auton-
omous Prefecture in northwest Yunnan. They believe in Tibetan Buddhism and have the highland barley as their main food. The yak butter tea is unforgettable, and the joyful Xuanzi musical dance and the solemn Guozhuang dance witness the artistic nature of the Tibetans.
The Meili Snow Mountain is supreme
in the hearts of the Tibetans. On the
snow-covered mountain trails of Diqing
Plateau, pilgrims are always seen on the
pilgrimage journey. The average pilgrim
is shaking a scripture wheel in hand and
proceeds by praying from afar to the Snow
Mountain.(see picture 2)
The Jingpo people are enjoying Munaozongge.
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