Note:
(a) Smithsonian Folklife Festival (June 25-July 6, 2014; daily except June 30 (Monday) and July 1 (Tuesday); programs in China and Kenya) www.festival.si.edu/2014/schedule/june-25
(regarding China, featuring Zhejiang Wu Opera Troupe 浙江婺剧团; Ih Tsetsn Ensemble 音和思琴乐团 from Inner Mongolia; Dimen Dong Folk Chorus; Quanzhou Puppet Troupe; Vocal Tradition: Hua'er and Qiang Folksongs; water calligraphy 水书法; Duck Blood Glass Noodle Soup)
(i) Dimen Dong Village 贵州省黔東南苗族侗族自治州黎平县茅贡乡 (Maogong town) 地扪侗寨
(ii) Lee Chee Yian, Dimen Dong Village 地扪侗寨, Liping 黎平, Guizhou Province 贵州省, China 中国 2011. Picasa (web album), Apr 24, 2011.
picasaweb.google.com/114243437538354159105/DimenDongVillageLipingGuizhouProvinceChina2011
(iii)
(A) For Hua’er, see shan'ge 山歌
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shan%27ge
(B) 山歌
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/山歌
("在青海为'花儿'")
(iv) Qiang people 羌族
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiang_people
(They live mainly in mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan province on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau)
(v) Duck Blood Glass Noodle Soup (usually written Duck Blood and Glass Noodle Soup) or
Duck blood and vermicelli soup 鸭血粉丝汤
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_blood_and_vermicelli_soup
Living in the United States is a blessing. When Japan was rising, it sent artisans/ensembles biennially to different cities in US to introduce Japanese way to Americans (I went once; can’t recall whether in Manhattan or Boston). They come no more. And it is China’s turn.
(c) Smithsonian Folklife Festival www.festival.si.edu/visitor/general.aspx
("held outdoors on the National Mall in Washington, DC, between the Smithsonian museums. There is no admission charg")
(d) folklife (n; First Known Use 1864): "the traditions, activities, skills, and products (as handicrafts) of a particular people or group” www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folklife