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Daur People 达斡爾族


The Daur live near their mother river - Nenjiang
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Traditional Daur village
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Or a newer one
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A typical old village house
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Some Daur herders are constant on the moves
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They go where their herds lead them
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Some become farmers
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Some are fishermen on the frozen river and lakes
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Daur People 达斡爾族


The Daur prefer fresh water fish on all their dinner tables....
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.....but is not always possible so a well cooked beef offal dish is a good change
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A whole roasted goat on special occasion
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Stuffed goat sausage sometime....
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.....tofu made out of milk curd
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Goat offal soup
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Goat cheese and cereal for breakfast
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Leg of lamb for a big family
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Daur People 达斡爾族


Many Daur are Shamanists and have their own traditional deities
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The Shamans take charge of many ritual ceremonies
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They worship their hero......
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....and pay tributes to the soldiers that died fighting the Czar
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Daur People 达斡爾族


Sports and activities of the Daur people


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"Beikou" means 'white ball' - Daur's field hockey ethnic game
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Old Daur love it
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So do the youngsters
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Daur People 达斡爾族



Daur's 库木勒节 Holiday opera singing performance


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(Sorry there's a technical problem on this post)
 
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Index of Ethnic Groups in China

English Name.... Chinese Name Population(est.) Post # Page

Achang...............阿昌族.................40,000................

Bai ....................白族 ...................2 million..............144 .........10

Blang ................ 布朗族.................100,000..............

Bonan ................保安族 .................18,000 ..............2 ............1

Bouyei ................布依族 ................2 million ...........120 .........8

Dai ......................傣族 ...................1.3 million ........179 ........12

Daur ...................達斡爾族 ............150,000 ..............

De'ang .................德昂族 ................20,000 ..............

Derung .................獨龍族 ................8,000 ..............

Dong ...................侗族 ....................3 million ............6 .............1

Dongxiang ...........東鄉族 ................550,000 ............215..........15

Ewenki .................鄂温克族 ............35,000 ...........

Gaoshan .............. 高山族 ...............500,000 ............135.............9

Gelao .................. 仡佬族 ...............600,000 ........... .208 ...........14

Gin (Vietnamese)...京族 ..................25,000 ............

Han ......................漢族 .................1.25 billion .......

Hani .....................哈尼族 ..............1.5 million ..........152............11

Hezhen .................赫哲族 ..............5,000 ..............

Hui .......................回族 .................10 millions ..........42..............3

Jingpo ................. 景頗族 ..............150,000 ..........

Jino .....................基諾族 ................22,000 ..........

Kazakh ................哈薩克族 ............1.5 million..........159............11

Korean .................朝鮮族 .............. 2 million.............136 ...........10

kyrgyz .................柯爾克孜族 ........160,000..........

Lahu ....................拉祜族 ...............500,000 .............223 ..........15

Lhoba ..................珞巴族 ................3,000 ............

Li ........................黎族 ..................1.3 million ..........168 ..........12

Lisu .....................傈僳族 ...............700,000 .............199 ..........14

Manchu ...............滿族 ..................11 millions ..........34.............3

Maonan ...............毛南族 ...............110,000 ..........

Miao ....................苗族 ..................9 millions ...........59 .............4

Monba .................門巴族 ...............10,000 ...........

Mongol .................蒙古族 ...............6 millions ......... .84 ............ 6

Mulao ...................仫佬族 ...............220,000 .............281 ...........19

Nakhi .................. 納西族 ...............320,000 ..............251 ...........17

Nu .......................怒族 ..................30,000 .............

Oroqen ................鄂倫春族 ............10,000 .............

Pumi ...................普米族 ...............34,000 ............

Qiang ..................羌族 ...................320,000 .............261 .........18

Salar ...................撒拉族 ...............110,000 ..........

Russian ...............俄羅斯族 ...........15,000 ...........

She ......................畲族 .................750,000 ............190............13

Sui .......................水族 .................420,000 ............231 ............16

Tajik .....................塔吉克族 ...........45,000 ...........

Tatar (Chinese) ......塔塔爾族 ...........5,000 ...........

Tu ........................土族 ..................250,000 .............272 .........19

Tujia .....................土家族 ...............8.5 millions ........69............5

Uyghur ..................維吾爾族 ...........8.5 millions ........95 ...........6

Uzbek ...................烏孜别克族 ...... 13,000 ..............

Va .........................佤族 ................400,000 .............241 ........16

Xibe ...................... 錫伯族 .............200,000 ............290 .........19.

Yao .......................瑤族 .................7 millions ..........127 .........9

Yi .........................彝族 .................8 millions ...........77 ..........6

Yugur ....................裕固族 .............14,000 ...............104 .........7

Zang (Tibetan) ........藏族 ................4.7 millions ........109 .........8

Zhuang ..................壯族 ................17 millions .........23 ...........2



This is a preliminary index. a final index will be updated at the end of all my posts. Than you and I hope it'll help you to find various ethnic groups.

Point to note is almost the entire population is Han Chinese.

Daur People 达斡爾族


The Daur live near their mother river - Nenjiang
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Traditional Daur village
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Or a newer one
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A typical old village house
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Some Daur herders are constant on the moves
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They go where their herds lead them
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Some become farmers
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Some are fishermen on the frozen river and lakes
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Beautiful land. A must visit place.

Daur People 达斡爾族


The Daur prefer fresh water fish on all their dinner tables...

We had such good Chinese places in Canada but the Chinese in UAE and here at home in Pakistan never tastes the same
 
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^^^It's true the Han consist more than 90% of the Chinese population but I think the government's policies are fair to the minorities as well. Some groups in the far west and extreme NW are little left behind in terms of timing, however in the last couple of years, the money is reaching those places as well. There are plans of spending upward $50 billions in Tibet alone next few years and numerous infrastructure projects in progress as we speak in places like Xinjiang, Qinghai, Ningxia and Gansu.

Take the Gin people, on my next few posts, they were dirt poor a couple of decades ago.....
 
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Gin people 京族


Gin people 京族, numbered about 23,000, are an officially recognized ethnic group of China. The Gin connection to Vietnam is based on stories and documents which told that they moved from mainland Dai Viet to three sparsely inhabited islands of Wutou 巫头, Wanwei 万尾 and Shanxin 山心 islands off the coast of Dongxing city 东兴市 and Fangchenggan 防城港, Guangxi bordering Mong Cai 芒街 of Vietnam, in the 16th century. There are also smaller numbers of Gin living among other ethnic groups in various localities in Guangxi.

The Gin speak a dialect of Vietnamese and some speak Cantonese and mandarin. In addition to using Hanzi, the Gin have their unique Zinan script called Chu Nom 字喃 in Vietnamese, dating back to the 13th century. Most Gin in China are Buddists and Taoists.

The Gin people are also an officially recognized ethnic group in Vietnam, in fact the largest (86%) ethnic group with estimated population of 75 million, but known as Kinh people. There are also an estimated of 3 million Vietnamese Diaspora around the world with the US has the largest concentration of 1.8 million, Cambodia has 600,000 and France has 250,000.


Official portrait of a Gin family
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The Gin are the only seafaring ethnic group of China, as an old picture shows giant fishing boats here
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The three islands where most Gin in China live: 京族三岛: Wutou 巫头, Wanwei 万尾 and Shanxin 山心 as indicates by 3 red lines. The 3 islands were originally alluvial sand islands. Due to land reclamation and the construction of seawalls they are now interconnected and attach to the mainland as a peninsula with a total area of 21 km2. Administratively the 3-Islands group as one township, officially named Jingdao Islands 京族三岛. The Gin islanders are traditional fishermen but now a thriving tourist industry is being established. The individual island names are rarely used these days
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Dongxing 东兴市, the county seat of Jingdao
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Chu Nom 字喃 scripts of Vietnam past are still officially being used by the Gin in China and there are calls of revivals and re emphasis within the Gin community
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Protect Chu Nom, Gin intellectuals insist
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独弦琴, a monocord string instrument, is by far the most popular musical instrument of the Gin people
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The same type of instrument made out of a giant bamboo trunk
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Gin people 京族


A young girl learning 独弦琴 from a master
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A maker
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Uses in all kind platforms......
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......by the youngs....
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..... and the old
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Combines with other instruments.....
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.... or playing solo like this Beijing Olympic famous musician
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An excellent thread Ahfatzia, however some of your photos do not appear you should try to reupload them.
 
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Gin people 京族


As I mentioned before the Gin are the only ethnic group in China that are seafarers. They also have a unique way of fishing near the shores: the "stilt fishing'' 高跷捕鱼. The Gin stilt fishing are different then the Bangladeshi's, the only other group that fish this way, they walk with the stilts on water.
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The Bangladeshi stilts
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There's nothing fancy about the stilts
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You just need great coordination and tremendous leg and arm strength....and of course train at early ages help
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Gin people 京族


Jingdao Islands 京族三岛 are no longer islands anymore. They are parts of the mainland through reclamations, however, the island atmosphere still remained. They are now the second most island tourist draw in Guangxi and become the biggest industry for the Gin.


Most of the old houses like these are being torn down
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Except those with good culture values
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Or in great shape on top of culture values
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New houses are being put up.....
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....or being renovated
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Constructions are everywhere
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The main street
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The little channel that separates Dongxing City, the county seat
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Gin people 京族


Jingdao Islands 京族三岛


After several years of development, Wanwei 万尾金滩 Golden Island has begun to take a shape of a tourist resort zone where tourism infrastructure, reception facilities, and recreational facilities have become more efficient and has become another hot coastal tourist destination after Silver Beach of Beihai of Guangxi.
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Golden sand draw in many sun and water lovers
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The Gin too also use the wide open beach area for many occasions - especial the long Ha Festival, the Han equivalent of Spring festival
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Isolated villages on other part of the island
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There are still many fishermen on another beach
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There shall not be any further development here, I hope
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Every village on the island has a 哈亭 which has many uses
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A paifeng on the entrance of the islands
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Gin people 京族


The Ha Festival 唱哈节 or Changha Festival is the Gin equivalent of the Chinese Spring Festival. It usually lasts 3 to 4 days with continuous festivities like ancestral worships, singing, dancing and feasting. China has put this holiday on the culture heritage list


Let the celebration begin!
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