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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).
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.
This group includes various other appellations of different groups of Yi. Some of them may be of other ethnic groups but are recognised as Yi by the Chinese. The "Pu" may be relevant to an ancient ethnic group Pu (濮). In the legends of the Northern Yi, the Yi people conquered Pu and its territory in the northeastern part of the modern Liangshan.
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 ...
Li was transferred to the General Office of Yunnan Provincial People's Government in August 1998 and finally became deputy secretary-general in April 2013. [ 2 ] Li was appointed executive vice governor of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in May 2016 and was admitted to member of the CCP Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefectural ...
However, A-Rong would not agree, so she escaped into the mountains and eventually turned into a stone statue in a cave. To honor her, the Nu people celebrate Fairy Festival on March 15 every year. Upon the arrival of the festival, the people will pick bunches of azaleas and sacrifice the fairy maiden at a cave, literally known as Fairy People Cave.
The Derung Valley area, the southernmost part of Tsawarong, was known by the Tibetans as Changyul or Kiongyul, meaning the "valley of beer" because Derung people enjoy drinking. [1] From the Yuan dynasty to the Qing dynasty , the Derung were governed by the local Tibetan or Nakhi rulers.