The Lugu Lake is situated in a place where Southwest China's Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province meet. Living around the Lugu Lake, the people from the Naxi ethnic group have a special marital tradition- "A Xiao." "A Xiao" means friends ...
Tags: Lugu Lake, marital tradition, walking marriage, Mosuo[eople
Naxi, an ethnic group with a history of about 1,700 years in China, is a branch of ancient China's Qiang group and mainly dwells in Naxi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province. "Naxi" became a unified name after the foundation of the People's ...
Tags: Naxi ethnic group, traditions
\ The Bai ethnic group mainly engages in agriculture and fishery. The Bai people are very hospitable. They treat their guests to baked tea whenever they come to visit. Colloquially called "three courses of tea", the tea is bitter in ...
The Pumi ethnic group mainly resides in Yunnan Province along the Nujiang River. Love Affairs There is a unique marital custom in the Pumi ethnic group. In the past, parents decided their children's marriage. Now, the young are ...
Costume of the Va ethnic minority varies from place to place. In areas influenced greatly by the Han people, Va costume is similar to the Han's; in areas with great Dai's influence, it is similar to the Dai's. Only in Ximeng area of Yunnan ...
Tags: Va ethnic minority, costume, coarse garment
The Knife-ladder-Climbing Festival of Lisu Ethnic Group, which is called "a-tang-de" in Lisu language with the meaning of "a festival of climbing knife-ladders", is a traditional festival of the Lisu people and Yi people in the Lushui ...
In the border region of western Yunnan, where China is linked with Myanmar by common mountains and rivers, there is a large expanse of beautiful land, Tengchong, which is known as "an emerald in the depth of great mountains." ...
Tags: magical art, paper horse, Yunnan
Yunnan Investment Holdings and BYD are planning to open new energy vehicle manufacturing plants in Yunnan Province, southwest China. Both the companies will cooperate in three stages over the coming year. Under the first stage, the ...
Tags: BYD, energy vehicle, manufacturing plants, Yunnan
With a population of 6,572,173, the Yi Nationality is one of the oldest minority groups in the southwest of China, mostly concentrated in the mountain areas of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou provinces and the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang ...
Tags: The Yis, population, minority peoples
The Va population is 351.974.They make their homes in Ximeng, Cangyuan, Mengiian, and Gengma counties in the southwest of Yunnan Province. Old Va woman love to wear big hollow earrings, in which they put money when they go to ...
Tags: The Vas, population, minority peoples
Yushu, a remote county in the depths of northwestern China's Qinghai Province, used to be two days' drive from the nearest airport in the provincial capital Xining. As the source of China's three major rivers, center of Kham Tibetan ...
Tags: Yushu, remote county, Myths and Legends
The Primis, with a population of 29.657, mainly live in the Laojun Mountain of Lanping and the foothills of the Maoniu Mountain of Ninglang in the northwest of Yunnan Province. A small number can be found in Lijiang, Yongsheng, Weixi, ...
Tags: The Primis, minority peoples, religion
Population and Distribution: The Nu ethnic minority mainly live in the Bijiang, Fugong and Gongshan counties of the southwest of Yunnan Province, with some in the Lanping and Weixi counties. In comparison to the other ethnic groups in ...
Tags: Nu Nationality, population, character
A long, long time ago, Humanity and Nature became sworn comrades and signed a non-aggression treaty. But soon, the humans who had pledged never to invade their ally realized that without Nature's offerings, they could not survive. ...
Tags: Naxi, journey, natural scenery
The Yaos, with a population of 2,134,013, are mainly distributed in Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Jia ngxi provinces. A wedding of the Yaos living in Jinxiu, Yunnan Province. The bride and groom undergo the kneeling ...
Tags: minority peoples, Yao people, The Yaos