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1891 map showing a "Lolo" enclave in modern Liangshan, Sichuan. Long Yun, a Yi, was the military governor of Yunnan, during the Republic of China rule on mainland China. The Fourth Front Army of the CCP encountered the Yi people during the Long March and many Yi joined the communist forces. [18]
Ethnolinguistic map of China China's Autonomous Regions and its Designated Ethnic Minority. The Han people are the largest ethnic group in mainland China.In 2010, 91.51% of the population were classified as Han (~1.2 billion).
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture [a] (Northern Yi: /nɛ˨˩ʂa˧/) is an autonomous prefecture occupying much of the southern extremity of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. Its seat is Xichang. Liangshan covers an area of 60,261 km 2 (23,267 sq mi) and has over 4.8 million inhabitants as of 2020. [1]
Yi Ren Gu Zhen ("Ancient Town of the Yi People") is an ancient town and tourist attraction in the northwestern "new town". There is nightly dancing and music with people of the Yi People (who are one of China's 55 ethnic minorities). The Yi people's authentic, hand-made garb can be purchased in this community, along with many other hand-made items.
The Dongyi or Eastern Yi (Chinese: 東夷; pinyin: Dōngyí) was a collective term for ancient peoples found in Chinese records.The definition of Dongyi varied across the ages, but in most cases referred to inhabitants of eastern China, then later, the Korean peninsula and Japanese Archipelago.
Inscriptions on bronze gui vessels (including the Xun 詢, Shiyou 師酉, and Shi Mi 史密) do not always use the term yi exclusively in reference to alien people of physically different ethnic groups outside China. According to Chen, "yi" was also used for "certain groups of people residing in places within the region of Zhou control". [23]
The Yi people of southeastern China, Thailand, and Vietnam. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. N.
The southwestern Yi people lived west of Nanyue, and shared borders with Nanyue in Yelang, Wulian, Juding, and other regions. Yelang was the largest state of the Yi people, comprising most of modern Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces, as well as the southern part of Sichuan Province.