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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 Dai people are closely related to the Shan, Lao and Thai people who form a majority in Laos and Thailand, and a large minority in Myanmar. Originally, the Tai , or Dai, lived closely together in modern Yunnan Province until political chaos and wars in the north at the end of the Tang and Song dynasty and various nomadic peoples prompted ...
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.
The Jino (also spelled Jinuo) people (simplified Chinese: 基诺族; traditional Chinese: 基諾族; pinyin: Jīnuòzú, endonym: [citation needed]) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
Governors of Yunnan: The Governor is the second highest office in Yunnan, after the Secretary of the CCP Yunnan Committee. [65] The Governor, who is elected by the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress , is responsible for all economic , environmental , political , personnel and foreign affairs issues concerning Yunnan.
Mosuo girl weaver in Old town Lijiang Clothes of religious ceremonies of Moso, photo taken at Moso's Folk museum.. The Mosuo (Chinese: 摩梭; pinyin: Mósuō; also spelled Moso, Mosso or Musuo), often incorrectly referred to as the Naxi, [1] are a small ethnic group living in China's Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces.
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).
Numbering 3.5 million, they are the 10th largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Bouyei primarily live in the Qianxinan and Qiannan prefectures of southern Guizhou Province, as well as in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. [4]