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

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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.