Tujia culture

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Tujia culture is the traditional way of life of the Tujia ethnic group in China, characterized by distinctive folk songs and dances, wooden stilted houses, elaborate brocade weaving, and rich ancestral and shamanistic rituals.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tujia culture canonical 5
Tujia architecture 1
Tujia folk customs 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic culture ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
architecturalFeature courtyard-style layouts ⓘ
stilt foundations on slopes ⓘ
timber frame construction ⓘ
associatedWith Tujia people ⓘ
country China ⓘ
ethnicGroupOfOrigin Tujia ⓘ
festival Sheba Festival ⓘ
Tujia New Year ⓘ
worship of the White Tiger totem ⓘ
hasCharacteristic ancestor veneration ⓘ
animistic beliefs ⓘ
clan-based social structure ⓘ
mountainous rural lifestyle ⓘ
shamanistic rituals ⓘ
syncretism with Buddhism ⓘ
syncretism with Chinese folk religion ⓘ
syncretism with Taoism ⓘ
hasStatus recognized as part of China’s ethnic minority cultures ⓘ
influencedBy Han Chinese culture ⓘ
linked to: Sinosphere

neighboring Miao culture ⓘ
knownFor New Year festivals ⓘ
Tujia brocade ⓘ
drum and gong music ⓘ
folk dances ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
funeral rituals ⓘ
wedding rituals ⓘ
languageUsed Southwestern Mandarin ⓘ
Tujia language ⓘ
mainRegion Chongqing Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Chongqing

Guizhou Province ⓘ
Hubei Province ⓘ
Hunan Province ⓘ
Wuling Mountains ⓘ
religiousPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
divination ⓘ
ritual healing ceremonies ⓘ
sacrifice to mountain spirits ⓘ
ritualSpecialist shaman ⓘ
spirit medium ⓘ
socialCustom communal labor exchange ⓘ
hospitality to guests ⓘ
singing in courtship ⓘ
subjectOf ethnographic research in China ⓘ
symbol white tiger totem ⓘ
threatenedBy out-migration of youth ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
traditionalArt Tujia brocade weaving ⓘ
embroidery ⓘ
paper cutting ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalClothing brightly colored embroidered garments ⓘ
headscarves for women ⓘ
silver ornaments ⓘ
traditionalDance Baishou dance ⓘ
hand-waving dance ⓘ
traditionalEconomy hemp and cotton weaving ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
tea cultivation ⓘ
terraced rice farming ⓘ
traditionalFood glutinous rice dishes ⓘ
pickled vegetables ⓘ
smoked bacon ⓘ
spicy cured meats ⓘ
traditionalHousingType diaojiaolou ⓘ
wooden stilted houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic call-and-response folk songs ⓘ
mountain songs ⓘ
narrative ballads ⓘ
transmittedBy family apprenticeship ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sangzhi County → hasCulturalHeritage → Tujia folk customs ⓘ
linked to: Tujia culture
Tujia Sheba Festival → associatedWith → Tujia culture ⓘ
Tujia Sheba Festival → relatedTo → Tujia folk religion ⓘ
linked to: Tujia culture
Luxi County → hasCulturalHeritage → Tujia culture ⓘ
Yongshun County → hasEthnicCulture → Tujia culture ⓘ
Laifeng County → hasCulturalHeritage → Tujia architecture ⓘ
linked to: Tujia culture
Bizika → culturalContext → Tujia culture ⓘ
Qianjiang District, Chongqing → hasCulturalHeritage → Tujia folk songs and dances ⓘ
linked to: Tujia culture