Tujia New Year
E704480
Tujia New Year is a traditional lunar celebration of the Tujia ethnic group in China, marked by ancestral worship, folk performances, and distinctive regional customs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tujia New Year canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7945840 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tujia New Year Context triple: [Tujia culture, festival, Tujia New Year]
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A.
Qiang New Year
Qiang New Year is a traditional ethnic festival of the Qiang people in China, marked by ancestral worship, folk performances, and communal celebrations to welcome the new year.
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B.
Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional Chinese New Year celebration, marked by family reunions, festive meals, cultural rituals, and the welcoming of the lunar new year.
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C.
Chūnxī Lù
Chūnxī Lù is a major commercial and shopping street in Chengdu, China, known for its bustling retail scene and modern urban atmosphere.
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D.
Ông Công Ông Táo
Ông Công Ông Táo are household deities in Vietnamese folk belief who oversee the family’s kitchen and domestic affairs and report annually to the Jade Emperor in heaven.
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E.
Yingtian
Yingtian was an important early Ming dynasty capital city, historically centered around present-day Nanjing in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tujia New Year Target entity description: Tujia New Year is a traditional lunar celebration of the Tujia ethnic group in China, marked by ancestral worship, folk performances, and distinctive regional customs.
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A.
Qiang New Year
Qiang New Year is a traditional ethnic festival of the Qiang people in China, marked by ancestral worship, folk performances, and communal celebrations to welcome the new year.
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B.
Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional Chinese New Year celebration, marked by family reunions, festive meals, cultural rituals, and the welcoming of the lunar new year.
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C.
Chūnxī Lù
Chūnxī Lù is a major commercial and shopping street in Chengdu, China, known for its bustling retail scene and modern urban atmosphere.
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D.
Ông Công Ông Táo
Ông Công Ông Táo are household deities in Vietnamese folk belief who oversee the family’s kitchen and domestic affairs and report annually to the Jade Emperor in heaven.
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E.
Yingtian
Yingtian was an important early Ming dynasty capital city, historically centered around present-day Nanjing in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar new year celebration
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traditional festival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tujia folk beliefs
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Tujia folk dance ⓘ
linked to:
Baishou dance
Tujia folk music ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunar calendar ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
Chongqing Municipality
ⓘ
linked to:
Chongqing
Guizhou Province ⓘ Hubei Province ⓘ Hunan Province ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
expresses Tujia ethnic identity
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strengthens family bonds ⓘ transmits traditional Tujia culture ⓘ |
| differsFrom | Han Chinese Spring Festival customs ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tujia people ⓘ |
| food |
glutinous rice dishes
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rice wine ⓘ smoked and cured meats ⓘ |
| hasCustom |
ancestor veneration rituals
ⓘ
cleaning ancestral tombs ⓘ drum and gong performances ⓘ family reunion banquets ⓘ firecrackers ⓘ folk dance performances ⓘ folk song performances ⓘ making preserved meat ⓘ offering glutinous rice cakes ⓘ offering sacrifices to ancestors ⓘ preparing special festival foods ⓘ visiting relatives and friends ⓘ worship of household deities ⓘ |
| hasLanguageElement | use of Tujia language in songs and blessings ⓘ |
| hasPerformance |
Tujia hand-waving dance
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linked to:
Baishou dance
Tujia narrative singing ⓘ |
| intangibleCulturalHeritageStatus | recognized locally as important Tujia folk custom ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chinese New Year
ⓘ
linked to:
Spring Festival
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| religiousAspect | ancestral worship ⓘ |
| ritualSpace |
ancestral hall
ⓘ
family home ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
community cohesion
ⓘ
intergenerational cultural transmission ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | around the turn of the lunar year ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tujia New Year Description of subject: Tujia New Year is a traditional lunar celebration of the Tujia ethnic group in China, marked by ancestral worship, folk performances, and distinctive regional customs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.