Pictures of Chinese people - 56 ethnic groups

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Salar people 撒拉族


Villages and people


Some village houses

A well preserved ancient wooden house

Beautiful carving on this house

A new brick house. Notice the hot pepper drying

A wooden house with carving designs. Notice the hot pepper drying

Hot pepper growing and processing is a major cash income for the Salar. They own a few national brands too

Struggling time

Harvest time

 

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Blang people 布朗族


Blang people or Bulang 布朗族, numbered about 100,000, are one of the ethnic group officially recognized by China. The Blang are believed to be the descendants of an ancient tribe known as the "Pu" (&#28654, who lived in the Lancang river valley during ancient times. It is believed that these people were one branch of a number of peoples that were collectively known to the ancient Chinese as the Bǎipú (百濮, literally "Hundred Pu"). Today they live cordially with a few ethnic groups, especially the Dai, in this part of Yunnan.

The Blang language belongs to the Palaung-Wa branch of the Mon–Khmer family of languages. Some Blang also speak the Chinese language and Dai languages in addition to speaking Blang. Two systems of writing based on the Latin alphabet have been developed: 'Totham' in the Xishuangbanna 西双版纳 and 'Tolek' from Dehong 德宏 and Lincang 临沧. The Blang believe in Theravada Buddhism, animism and traditional Chinese worships including ancestral worship.


Official portrait of a Blang family

Distribution of Blang people in western Yunnan, near the border of Myanmar

Blang people's old script

A Latin script has been developed for the Blang people, however it's not widely used, a mixture of Chinese characters and their old scripts are more popular

A Blang ancient village in Manpo, Xishuangbanna

An ancient village on the hill side west of Menghai

A Blang village floating on cloud

The Blang people have a long history in western Yunnan Bulangshan area

 

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Blang people 布朗族


Su Guowen, prince and spiritual leader of the Blang people, next to an ancient tea tree on the holy tea mountain, Bulangshan, near Mangjing Village, Lancang County, Yunnan Province. This tree, likely more than 1,000 years old, has also been designated as a "spirit tree".

Shuangjiang Lahu Wa Blang and Dai Autonomous County 双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县 where all these 4 ethnic groups + the Hans live. Notice the tea mountains beyond the town

Many ethnic groups, including the Blang and Hani, have their tea plantations. Story has it that for more than one occasion Buddha came from a far distance just to listen to the Blang people play their Chinese Lyre music.

Jingmai Shan Blang people's plantations

Bulangshan hosts some of the most prestige Blang villages and tea plantations

Wild tea tree leaves are highly valued in certain sectors of society, especially in Taiwan and Hong Kong

Plantation tea is not as bitter as ancient tree tea, in Bulang Shan, it is called Tian Cha (sweet tea), as opposed to Ku Cha (bitter tea). South Bulang tea shares this distinct, very deep aroma, it's not a fancy one but it makes you feel good! It is particularly pungent and should give an intense feeling in the mouth and throat.

A thousand year old tea tree in Jingmai Shan

 

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Blang people 布朗族


The daily live the Blang people revolve around tea and, as a result of their collective efforts, they produce many international brands

more: The Half-Dipper: July 2010


There are various tea gods they pay tributes every year

Women enjoy cups of their hard earned efforts at the end of a day

Girls on mountain top plantation

A man working on the top of a wild tree with an ingenious bamboo ladder so that the tree would not be harm

There are three traditional fundamental steps to process Blang Pu'er tea: 1) Use a giant wok to fry up some tea leaves to dry them out a little. Not too much because Pu'er tea ferments.

2) Roll the hot steamy leaves in a circular fashion until they get all rolled up into compact twists.

3) Dry the leaves on giant baskets under the sun.

 

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Blang people 布朗族


The daily lives of Blang people revolve around tea


A girl just came down from the mountain

A small home operator

A woman fermenting the tea

Villagers drying tea

A complicated way of making bamboo sweet tea 竹筒蜂蜜茶

Tea pickers lining up to sell their fresh leaves to the maocha factory

Or many villages have commute style operations

Modernization has its merits

 

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Blang people 布朗族


An old photo of a Blang girl

A 1993 photo of2 Blang boys

A girl at home

A centenarian

 

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Blang people 布朗族

 

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Blang people 布朗族


Village people

 

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Blang people 布朗族


What's on Blang people dinner table

Herbs marinated deep fried fish 香茅草烤鱼

BBQ chicken meat

Purple rice inside a pineapple 菠萝紫米饭

Natural fish soup 卵石鲜鱼汤

Steamed roast chicken 蕉叶蒸鸡

Pickled tea leaves

Don't be shocked, a bamboo worm dish is a delicacy

 

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Blang people 布朗族


Sports and activities of the Blang people

 

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The Blang people pay tributes to the tree gods

 

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Blang people 布朗族


The Blang are traditionally associated with animism, ancestor worship, and Theravada Buddhism. Here are some of the Blang temples

Villagers all chip in to build a new temple

An ancient temple on the hill side

The Blang pay tributes to local deity with tea - the highest form of respect

 

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Blang people 布朗族


How ethnic villagers handle the cooking aspect of a village wedding where the guests can reach up to a thousand people? In here the Blang villagers will show us how they do it


They make sure to fatten enough chickens months ahead of time

Make sure these little piglets are well fed

On that day every available big wok is being utilized .....outdoor.....

...or indoor

Big item meat are prepared ahead of time on that morning as this gentleman using a blow torch to get rid the hair on the goats for BBQ

Clean enough fish for cooking

Enough pepper and garlic so that the chefs don't have to skim

Oh yes, old wine and spirits are dig up from the ground and let them breath for a day or two

 

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In here I like to wish the following groups of people 新年快乐，恭喜发财. 身体健康，万事如意！


1) The 56 ethnic groups living in China

2) The 56 ethnic groups of China living all over the world

3) All Vietnam people

4) All Korean people

5) All Mongolian people

6) All people that I might missed

(See you next year)

 

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Chinese Zodiac Signs:


Animals ..........In Chinese..............Previous..........Current Rotation ......Next


Rat ................鼠 .........................1966-02-19 ......2008-02-07 .............2020-01-25

Ox .................牛 .........................1997-02-07.......2009-01-26 .............2021-02-12

Tiger ..............虎 .........................1998-01-28 ......2010-02-14 .............2022-02-01

Rabbit ............兔 .........................1999-02-16 ......2011-02-03 .............2023-01-22

Dragon ...........龍 .........................2000-02-05 ......2012-01-23 .............2024-02-10

Snake ............蛇 .........................2001-01-24 ......2013-02-10 ..............2025-01-29

Horse .............馬 .........................2002-02-12 ......2014-01-31 ..............2026-02-17

Goat ...............羊 .........................2003-02-01 ......2015-02-19 ..............2027-02-07

Monkey ..........猴 .........................2004-01-22 ......2016-02-08 ..............2028-01-27

Rooster ..........雞 .........................2005-02-09 .......2017-01-28 .............2029-02-13

Dog ................狗 .........................2006-01-29 .......2018-02-16 .............2030-02-03

Pig .................豬 .........................2007-02-18 .......2019-02-05 .............2031-01-23





* Rotates every 12 years

* Although the Chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years, outside China its years are often numbered from the reign of the Yellow Emperor. But at least three different years numbered 1 are now used by various scholars, making the year beginning in 2013 AD the "Chinese Year" 4711, 4710, or 4650.

* Aside from the few Chinese ethnic groups in SW China, like the Dai and the Zhuang who celebrate Songkran, and a few groups from Xinjiang most ethnic groups celebrate the Lunar New Year.