Xichehe
Xichehe (洗车河镇) is a town and township in Longshan County, in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province, China.
Xichehe is home to the Tujia people. The Sheba Festival is celebrated annually at the town's grand ancestral temple, and the Tujia language is spoken. The Dragon Boat Festival features dragon boat racing on the river.[1][2][3]
80 per cent of the children in Xichehe are left-behind children. Many elderly residents are hard pressed to care properly for the children for whom they are responsible, leaving the children in need of emotional as well as material support. A children's charity has built a drop-in center, which provides a safe place with beds, a meal, and a chance to talk, and serves 200 children.[4]
References[]
- ^ 李夏 (2019-06-08). "Sheba Festival celebrated in Xichehe Township, China's Hunan". Xinhua - English.news.cn. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Huge gatherings mark Sheba Festival in central China -". Xinhua - English.news.cn. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "1st LD-Writethru-Across China: "Bilingual" festival held to celebrate China's ethnic Tujia culture - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ Carney, Matthew (2016-09-06). "'I'd be a burden': Meet some of China's 61 million abandoned kids". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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