Pictures of Chinese people - 56 ethnic groups

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Dai people 傣族


Dai people 傣族 today

 

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Dai people 傣族


A rare Chinese lacquer panel with jade, ivory, marble and pearl inlaid, depicting The Water-Splashing Festival of the Dai People in Yunnan, China. c. 19th century.

The Dai people put their writings in various materials and the palm leaves are the most popular

In many ways the Dais are still nostalgic to those methods, as an artist prepares the palm leaves

Another artist spreads them out and sun dried them

Many users can write or draw whatever they want on them to keep the tradition going

Buddhist monks read Beiye Jing, palm-leaf manuscripts of Buddhist sutras, during a blessing for the new year of the calendar of Dai ethnic group.

Some Dai musical instruments

 

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Dai people 傣族


As Dai people getting ready for the water splashing festival beginning on their New Year's day, usually falls on mid April every year.

There's no specific location and just like firecrackers and firework, they could be anywhere anytime

Festivities are every where

Watching solo bamboo dance performances......

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Dai people 傣族


The Dai people eat what most other ethnic groups in China eat but, just like other ethnic groups, they have their own unique specialties



Bamboo Tube Rice(竹筒&#39277

Pineapple Purple Rice(菠萝紫米&#39277

Lemongrass Grilled Fish(香茅草烤&#40060

Fried Moss (油炸青&#33492

Lor Mee With Shark Meat Fritters

Stir-fried tender chicken

Sour Bamboo Shoots boiled with Chicken (酸笋煮&#40481

The Dai way of preparing tea is just about ready at mid course

 

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Dai people 傣族


Meng Long Le Village, near Mengla

The town of Mengla

A Dai village in Xishuangbanna

Manpo Village

A typical Dai house

The roofs of one village

A 600 hundred year old village by the Ruili River

Some Dai villagers are moving away from tea plantations to coffee plantations. The "black gold" as they call it when the coffee has risen so high

 

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Dai people 傣族


A Dai stupa wrap around a tree in Mangshi

A Dai temple in Xishuangbanna

Court area

Interior

A village market nearby

All types of food items are available

Working villagers

A couple sawing a palm tree trunk

 

[terranMarine]

Good job providing interesting photos of each ethnic group.

 

[ahfatzia]

Good job providing interesting photos of each ethnic group.

Actually it benefits me the most. I want to learn more about Chinese people and cultures so as I'm doing researches I get to read many articles behind each picture I select. It's a good way to spend my leisure hours though I like to debate too but you know how it is with many members in this forum.

 

[terranMarine]

Actually it benefits me the most. I want to learn more about Chinese people and cultures so as I'm doing researches I get to read many articles behind each picture I select. It's a good way to spend my leisure hours though I like to debate too but you know how it is with many members in this forum.

Taking a break from those trolls can put your mind at ease while you do some meaningful research.

 

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She People 畲族


She People 畲族, numbered about one million, are one of the official recognized 56 ethnic group of China. They are the largest minority in Fujian province. They are also present in the provinces of Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Guangdong. Some descendants of the She also exist amongst the Hakka minority in Taiwan and there are 45,000 listed as Dongjia 东家人 in Guizhou Province. The She people are not native to Zhejiang. During the Ming- Qing dynasties they moved into and settled Zhejiang's southern region and mountain districts in the Lower Yangtze region, after they left their homeland in Northern Fujian.

The She language belongs to the Miao-Yao language family, however, only a very small number of them speak the language today, and the majority use other Chinese dialects like the Hakka and Fu'an. Most Shes' religious believes are similar to what other Chinese believes, mainly Buddhism, Taoism and local or national deities.


Official portrait of a She family

Distribution of She people

There are also substantial Shes in Jiangxi Province (in red characters)

"Healthy food is better than all drugs" a She mantra

Shes dress differently depends on where they live

These two She women are officially listed as Dongjia ethnic group because they live much further west

a musician

A puppet master

 

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She People 畲族


She people in ethnic clothes

 

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She People 畲族


It's a She custom to pour drink for the performer(s) who did well

A culture performance

March 3 every year on the Lunar Calendar is a big She holiday

Celebrate good harvests

School performance

A treat after the performance

 

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She People 畲族


A part of the wedding gifts

A bridal party come down the mountain steps of Fujian

A happy groom

The bride

 

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She People 畲族


An old photo of a She village bridge

A new bridge in Fujian

An other covered bridge. Villagers use the bridge for all kind of functions

A village in 丽水景宁 by the lake

A street in the village

Another village

A girl doing laundry

 

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I guess the poster miss-spells "Merry Ramzan\Ramazhaan" ,,, not "Merry Randam"...???
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Hui people 回族
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The Halal food shops in Niujie Street

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