180Travel.com » silver bracelets http://www.180travel.com Find travel tips, destination guide, hotel, airfare and cruise deals. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:53:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Why Do The Miao Apply The Image of Oxen To Their Silver Jewels? http://www.180travel.com/why-do-the-miao-apply-the-image-of-oxen-to-their-silver-jewels.html http://www.180travel.com/why-do-the-miao-apply-the-image-of-oxen-to-their-silver-jewels.html#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:01:40 +0000 Clare Liu http://www.180travel.com/why-do-the-miao-apply-the-image-of-oxen-to-their-silver-jewels.html Living in the remote mountainous areas of southwestern China, the Miao ethnic group like and respect oxen. To them, an ox is a lucky animal. They apply the image of oxen to their embroidery, batik, and silver jewels. In the 12-year animal cycles, the year of ox is considered the most prosperous year.

However in many other parts of China, a tiger year is considered a hopeful year. Why do the Miao prefer oxen? Here is a story:

A long, long time ago an ox and a tiger were neighbors in a mountain. They both had great strength. One day they wanted…

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