Hezhe Chinese worship white swan. Hezhe women often perform white swan dance during festivals. The Hezhen legendary says that a girl loved a handsome boy. However, a bad guy liked her and wanted to force her to be his wife. The girl remained faithful and unyielding. She jumped into the river and then became a beautiful white swan. The elliptic sacred drum is a traditional folk musical instrument of Hezhen Chinese. The soaring white swan, the leaping sturgeons and three rivers in this emblem represent Hezhen Chinese, who have been fishing and hunting on the Three-River Plain for generations, and whose careers take off like the soaring white swan.
赫哲族崇尚白天鹅,逢年过节,妇女都跳天鹅舞。传说天鹅姑娘爱上了一位英俊的青年猎手,但被坏人看上,要威逼成亲。姑娘坚贞不屈,投江自尽,变成了一只美丽的白天鹅。椭圆形神鼓是赫哲族的民间打击乐器。引颈高飞的白天鹅,凌空跳跃的鲟鱼以及三条江水,象征世世代代以渔猎为生繁衍在三江流域的赫哲族,各项事业像振翅高飞的白天鹅一样腾飞向上。
HAN Geng, a well-known ethnic Hezhe Chinese singer, dancer, and actor
Birth Bark House, a trational Hezhe house
Fishbone Art of Hezhe Chinese
Fish-skin Clothes (鱼皮衣), a traditional Hezhe outfit
Dwulechi (杜烈其), a traditional Hezhe sport. Dwulechi in Hezhe language means contest.
A girl and a Yimakan (伊玛堪), a kind of ethnic Hezhe performer who uses dialogues and singing to tell epic stories.
The Three River Plain, Hezhen people's home.
A cartoon image of Hezhe Chinese
A postcard of Hezhe Chinese