Xibe group re-enacts their ancestors' journey to the west
By Cui Jia in Shenyang | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-15 08:05
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Guan Dazhi, of the Xibe ethnic group in Laohutou village in Kaiyuan, Liaoning province, shows his family tree on Tuesday. Some villagers embarked on a journey to pay tribute to their ancestors. Cui Meng / China Daily |
As their ancestors did 249 years ago, eight Xibe people knelt before a memorial tablet at a family temple in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Wednesday in preparation for a long journey west to Xinjiang.
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