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Dong ethnic group, old but dynamic
China’s Dong people normally live in Guizhou, Hunan, and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Composed of 2,514,000 people, the Dong Minority owns a diversified and dynamic culture. Visitors to the region could experience the fun of discovering their old way of living and old traditions. UNESCO...
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The Mosuo, an ethnic group in Lugu Lake area
The Mosuo Ethnic Group have a population of 40,000 people and live high in the Himalayas in the Yunnan and Sichuan provinces close to the Tibetan border in small towns and villages. They are said to belong to the Naxi minority group but actually they are an own group with a different language, cult...
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Hui ethnic group, widely distributed in China
The Hui ethnic group is the most widely distributed ethnic group of China with a total population of 9.8 million. Most of the Hui people live the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwestern China. There are lots of concentrated Hui communities in Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Hebei, Henan, Yunnan, an...
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Uyghur, Singing and Dancing in Xijiang
The Uygur Ethnic Group is target="_blank" title="China">China cultivating all kinds of grapes in the Turpan Basin. Besides, Uygur also plant other crops including rice, corn, grain, and cotton. Traditional Uygur costume is usually made of cotton. Men usually wear robes with a long scarf around th...
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Kazak, a Hospitable Nationality in Xinjiang Province
The Kazak Nationality is one of the 56 ethnic groups in People's Republic of China, living mainly in Xinjiang Province. Kazakhs speak their own language which belongs to Turkic family of Altaic language system. The ancestors of the Kazakhs were the earliest explorers in ancient Silk Road. Living ...
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Dai Nationality, a Legend of Dancing
The Dai Nationality, also spelled Tai in some area, is one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Dai ethnic group is made up of several smaller groups who live in Dai Autonomous Prefectures, Yunnan Province. The first Dai Prefecture was set up by Emp...
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Bouyei Nationality, Master of Growing Rice
The Bouyei Nationality (also called Buyi Nationality) is title="China">China and other countries. Pear flowers, fleuret, waves, eddy, and chains are the most frequently used patterns. Wood carving is another famous Bouyei handwork, especially masks with vivid characters produced in Anshun County. ...
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Bai Nationality, Shines in Southwestern China
The Bai Nationality is target="_blank" title="Dali">Dali of Yunnan Province, Bijie of Guizhou Province, and Hubei Province. Bai people are descendants of an ancient nationality named Ji, which habited in the drainage area of the Huangshui River during pre-Qin period (about 2,200 years ago). The J...
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Yi Nationality, Ethnic Group with Splendid History
Living mainly in the hillside and basin areas in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and the northwestern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Prefecture, Yi minority is reputed as a nation with a long history and splendid culture. Deriving from the Zang-Mian Austronesian family of Sino-Tibetan Phylum, Yi lang...
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Yao Nationality, Master of Handicrafts
The Yao ethnic minority is a typical nationality living in the mountainous regions of the southern part of China. They are divided into several branches, such as Baiku Yao (people who wear white trousers), Hong Yao (people who favor red clothes), and so target="_blank" title="China">China used only...
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