We carry on the topic of the agricultural history of Danian and its surroundings after having evoked, in episode 4, the years before 1949. From agrarian reform to collectivisation (1952-1962) After the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China on 1 October 1949 and barely a year later, in June 1950, a law on land…
From November 28th to December 27th, the virtual race “Flying Colours” is organised in Hong Kong in honour of little girls Yao, Dong and Miao. Each participant is free to run on the day of their choice and share their experience on social networks with the hashtag #flyingcolours. Three different courses are possible allowing everyone…
At Couleurs de Chine, it is very important to us to establish real links between a sponsor and his sponsee. To this end, we encourage the exchange of letters. Sponsors have the pleasure of regularly discovering these letters filled with gratitude and small anecdotes about the daily life of their sponsees. Since 2018, the letters…
In 2015, China’s central government set the goal of completely eliminating absolute poverty in China by 2020. Despite the temporary slowdown in economic development during the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, this project has been pursued with determination. On 23 November 2020, Guizhou province announced the removal of the last nine cantons from the poverty…
We wish to honour one of our most faithful sponsors and volunteers, Josette Zoulim. Born in Paris in 1941, she studied sociology in Lyon and then in Paris. Open to different cultures, she travelled around the world, taking an interest in the various means of artistic expression and in Chinese culture. Josette Zoulim travelled to…
Today, as every year since 2008, the local team of Couleurs de Chine and that of Pays Miao visited FangFang’s grave in Danian to commemorate his memory. Fangfang, founder of Couleurs de Chine, died in a fire in her house in Danian in December 2008. It is also an opportunity to pay tribute to the…
The original vegetation There is almost no landscape left reflecting the vegetation of the subtropical mountain forest in the Danian region. The human mark has completely changed the landscape, but there are still a few scattered elements in the vicinity of villages and hamlets. You can find 锥栗属 (Castanopsis, an evergreen shrub of the Fagaceae…
In Miao Region, the villagers produce a very special honey in the traditional way. This honey comes from the Douglas pines, which are omnipresent in the region. This honey has the characteristic of not being produced from flower pollen (these are in too small quantities), but from a juice called “Honeydew”. This juice is a…
Yang Meizhen 杨美珍, a former sponsee, has become the director of the Linlang school. She is still in contact with the members of the local office of the association, and does not hesitate to call upon them to improve the material conditions of her school, but also to inform them of particular situations concerning underprivileged…
