China Nationalities Museum

The Tujia Village

An Introduction to Tujia Nationality
    With a population of 8,028,100, Tujia live in the Xiangxi Tujia-Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province, the Enshi Tujia-Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei Province and other places in Sichuan Province. They engage in agriculture, and good at growing tung tree and tea-oil tree. Their language belongs to the Tibetan-Burmese group of the Chinese-Tibetan language family. Sheba and Gannian are major festivals to be celebrated. Tujia people believe in a plethora of gods and worship of ancestors.
The Landscapes in the Village
    Xiangxi Yongshun-style wood the building partially on stilts with two wings, Yongshun-style wood the building partially on stilts with two wings, oil extracting workshop, the waving ceremony hall, waving ceremony hall square, terraces, the restaurant.
Exhibits
    Live settings in dwellings of Tujia, the photo gallery of Tujia.
Ethnic Show
    The waving dance, da-liu-zi, dong-dong-kui, waving silankapu, local fair, dancing and singing, the evening party.