人民网
Fri,Dec 26,2014
English>>Life & Culture

Ethnic Tajik life through the lens of a solider (Part II) (4)

By Cui Jia  (Chinadaily.com.cn)    11:19, December 26, 2014
Email|Print|Comments       twitter     facebook     Sina Microblog     reddit    

Ethnic Tajik life through the lens of a solider (Part II)

Two Tajik women milk a cow, June 21, 2013. The milk from cows and sheep are daily necessities for the Tajik ethnic group. [Photo by Wang Lie/chinadaily.com.cn]

The Tajiks are the only Caucasian people in China, physically resembling Europeans. The Tajik men also called themselves "sons of the sun".

Tajik males spend most of their time in the deep mountains herding sheep and yaks, leaving their wives and children behind.


【1】【2】【3】【4】【5】【6】【7】【8】【9】【10】【11】【12】【13】【14】【15】【16】【17】

(For the latest China news, Please follow People's Daily on Twitter and Facebook)
(Editor:Du Mingming,Liang Jun)
Email|Print|Comments       twitter     facebook     Sina Microblog     reddit    

Add your comment

Most Viewed

Day|Week|Month

Hot News

We Recommend

Photos

prev next

Related reading

Links