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The Hlai, also known as Li or Lizu, are a Kra–Dai-speaking ethnic group, one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.The vast majority live off the southern coast of China on Hainan Island, [3] where they are the largest minority ethnic group.
Han Chinese presence on Hainan Island led to friction with Li aborigines (a Tai-Kradai group related to the Lao of Siam and Laos) from the beginning. After its incorporation into China during the Han dynasty in 110 BC, Han colonisation was fairly constant throughout the following two millennia, especially from Putian city of central Fujian and ...
Hainan Li-Miao Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 海南黎族苗族自治州; pinyin: Hǎinán Lízú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu) was an autonomous prefecture in Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China from 1952 to 1988. It was located on Hainan Island and was the home of the majority of the Hlai people, a recognized ethnic minority.
The Li people mainly reside in the nine cities and counties in the middle and southern part of Hainan – the cities of Sanya, Wuzhishan and Dongfang, the Li autonomous counties of Baisha, Lingshui, Ledong, Changjiang, and the 'Li and Miao Autonomous Counties of Qiongzhong and Baoting'. Some others live elsewhere on Hainan with other ethnic ...
Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County is an autonomous county in Hainan, China.It is one of 6 autonomous counties of the upper highlands of Hainan. Its postal code is 572900, and in 1999, its population was 196,581 people, largely made up of the Li people and the Miao people.
Língshuǐ Li Autonomous County is an autonomous county in Hainan, China. It is one of the six autonomous counties of Hainan with a postal code of 572400, and in 1999 a population of 318,691, largely made up of the Li people. Notably the beautiful Niuling (牛岭) mountain delimits the tropical area of the county.
The Hlai languages (Chinese: 黎语; pinyin: Líyǔ) are a primary branch of the Kra–Dai language family spoken in the mountains of central and south-central Hainan in China by the Hlai people, not to be confused with the colloquial name for the Leizhou branch of Min Chinese (Chinese: 黎话; pinyin: Líhuà).
Ledong Li Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 乐东黎族自治县; traditional Chinese: 樂東黎族自治縣; pinyin: Lèdōng Lízú Zìzhìxiàn; postal: Loktung) is an autonomous county in Hainan province, China. It is one of six autonomous counties of Hainan.