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The Dai people follow their traditional religion as well as Theravada Buddhism and maintain similar customs and festivals (such as Songkran) to the other Tai-speaking peoples and more broadly, in regards to some cultural aspects, to the unrelated dominant ethnic groups of Myanmar, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. They are among the few native groups in ...
Highest decision-making organ when Yunnan Provincial Congress is not in session. Elected by: Yunnan Provincial Congress: Length of term: Five years: Term limits: None: First convocation: February 24, 1950; 74 years ago () Leadership; Secretary: Wang Ning: Executive organ: Standing Committee: Inspection organ: Commission for Discipline Inspection
Xiyang is 55 kilometres (34 mi) away from the Jinning County seat, deep in the mountains, with 60.86% forest cover. Its highest point Leida Hill (雷打山) stands at 2,563 metres (8,409 ft) tall, while its lowest point Xiaoshiban river (小石板河) is at 1,340 metres (4,400 ft).
At the time of the 1977 census, however, Han people made up the largest single ethnic group in Xishuangbanna, making up 36.53% of a population of 627,089, while Dai made up 33.15%, and others 30.32%. The Xishuangbanna government has strived to maintain this ethnic balance of around 33% of each group: Han, Dai, and other; this policy is known as ...
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture [a] is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan, China. The titular ethnic group is the Lisu people, who make up nearly half of the prefecture's population. The state is long and narrow, with an area of 14,585 square kilometers and a total population of 552,700.
An alternate list gives the following ethnic minorities and subgroups. [13] Locations are from the Jinping County Ethnic Gazetteer (2013:89, 101). [14] Miao. Flowery Miao (花苗) White Miao (白苗) Black Miao (黑苗) Chinese Miao (汉苗) Yao. Red-headed Yao (红头瑶) Landian Yao (蓝靛瑶) Sha Yao (沙瑶) Dai. Water Dai (水傣) Black ...
The Hani of Jingdong (autonym: Kaduo 卡多) numbered 10,861 individuals as of 1990 and live primarily in Wenjing 文井, Zhehou 者后, and Huashan 花山 townships. The Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer 景东县民族志 (2012:209) reports that are about 200 ethnic Bulang in Manbeng Village 曼崩村, Dachaoshandong Town 大朝山东镇.
The Ming relied on the Mu family as the mainstay for the control of the people of various ethnic groups in northwestern Yunnan Province. In 1723, during the Qing dynasty , hereditary local chieftains in the Lijiang area were replaced by court officials, and the Mu chieftains were included in this group retaining position as local administrators.