Hao Yuejun

Hao Yuejun

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Jiacizhuoma and Her Matriarchal Family 1998 (9)

Aji Dolma is the fourth daughter of the second generation of the Caita family in Lushui Village, Lugu Lake. She lives in the Mosuo matriarchal family that still retains the custom of "marrying" between males and females. In 1993, by chance, she left home and went to the provincial capital Kunming. Since then, her fate has changed. At the same time, a large number of tourists poured into her village, which brought wealth to her hometown and also brought an impact on the culture here. Several versions of the film exist, with the earliest completed in 1998 and latest in 2005.
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The Carnivals of Life — An Introduction to the Festivals of the Yiche People 1986 (5)

This early Chinese ethnographic film documents festivals of the Yiche people of the Hani ethnic group -- their folklore and cultural phenomena, such as reproductive worship dance; their collective socializing on festival nights and marriage customs; and the "haruzhe," which has both characteristics of blood sacrifice and prayer, a ritual to offering for a good harvest. The directorial debut of documentarian Hao Yuejun, the film uses the language of documentary but with a specifically ethnographic focus on history and customs, and is recognized as an important historical work in its own right for 'restarting' ethnographic filmmaking after the end of the Cultural Revolution; in fact, this particular method of had never been used in China before.
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The Last Caravan 1999

Snce the late 1950s, the state has invested a lot of manpower and material resources to protect the basic life of the Dulong people. At most, there are more than 500 mule horses. They belong to the state-owned "State Horse Caravan" and transport about 600 tons of food and other production and life every year. The materials entered the Dulong River basin to rescue the Dulong brothers. In April 1997, the road leading to Dulong River finally began to be built.Two years later, in 1999, the whole highway from Gongshan to Dulongjiang was opened. At the end of the year, the state-run caravan, which had been established for 40 years and had been managed by the Gongshan County Transportation Bureau, was officially disbanded. All the last more than 150 mules were auctioned.