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China's Minority Peoples – The Blangs

The Blangs make their homes in a subtropical mountain area about 1.500 to 2.300 meters above sea level. The rolling mountains are covered with thick primeval forests. For the mild and rainy climate, tung and camphor trees are flourishing. Most Blangs engage in farming, growing rice, tea and cotton. Their tea is the raw material for the world famous Pu’er Tea.

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Chinese allegories Lesson 20

lú gōu qiáo de shí shī zi – shǔ bù qīng
卢沟桥的石狮子 – 数不清
There are numerous stone lions on Lugou Bridge. (Lugou Bridge, also known as Macro Polo Bridge, was first built in 1187 to the southwest of today’s Beijing.) – a large amount

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