The Nama are about 50,000 or 60,000 people that live in two western districts of Yunnan Province: Lanping and Weixi. 750 years ago, when the Mongolian troops commanded by Kublai Khan conquered the Dali Kingdom, many of their inhabitants ...
Tags: The Bai Nationality, Nama, Leimo
Population and Distribution: The people of the Naxi ethnic minority mostly live in the Naxi Autonomous County in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, while the rest live in Sichuan and Tibet. Their population is 308,893 according to the 2000 census. ...
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Basha people Basha people belong to a branch of the Miao ethnic minority in Guizhou province and have a reputation as the last tribe of gunman. Almost every man above the age of 14 carries a gun and a knife, which they regard as a sign ...
Tags: Chinese tradition, traditional culture, Chinese culture
Mud Carnival Tourists and local Va ethnic people are seen covering with mud during the "Monihei" carnival held in the Va Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Cangyuan, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 2, 2011. During the four-day ...
Tags: Chinese tradition, traditional festival, Ethnic Group festival, carnival
The Jino ethnic minority lives mainly in the Jino Town of Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. The expression Jino refers to an ethnic group that respects the mother's brother as a prominent person in ...
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With a population of 634,912 recorded in the 2000 census, the Lisu ethnic minority mainly inhabit in the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, and the few in other cities within Yunnan and Sichuang. According to their clan ...
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Teak is so rare and precious wood species in the world and it only can be cut in Thailand now from planted teak forest. There is a huge request for teak flooring and furntiure but the raw materials are not enough. This big request-demand ...
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Picture of a Ceramic Industry in Yimen, Yunnan Province A drought attacked Yunnan Province last year, but this year, the condition seemed to be favorable and electric power was abundant enough. Even so, the Yimen the production area in the ...
Tags: ceramic