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Tujia People 土家族


Gongtan ancient town by the Wu River, a tributary of Yangtze River
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A hotel in Gongtan ancient town
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Gontan ancient town
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A Tujia village near Yichang 宜昌, Hubei. Horse parking is available
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A black & white picture of a Tujia village
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Close up look of the architecture style of a Tujia house
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A Tujia village by the Yangtze River in Yichang-Xiakou-Scenic-area. A tourist is sent "flying" across the gorge with a rope contraption
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Notice the grotto in the picture. The mountain in this area is the famous Wuling mountains 武陵山脉
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Yi people 彝族


Yi or Lolo people 彝族 with about 8 million, is the 7th largest of the 55 ethnic group in China. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions and a small numbers are living in NE Vietnam. Most Yi are farmers; herders of cattle, sheep and goats; and nomadic hunters. The Yi often carving out their existence on the sides of steep mountain slopes far from the cities of China. The altitudinal differences of the Yi areas directly affect the climate and precipitation of these areas. These striking differences are the basis of the old saying that "The weather is different a few miles away" in the Yi area. This is the primary reason why the Yi in various areas are so different from one another in the ways they make a living. Their distributions are: Yunnan - 4.5m, southern Sichuan - 2.5m and NW corner of Guizhou - 1m.

The Yi speak various Loloish languages, Tibeto-Burman languages closely related to Burmese. The prestige variety is Nuosu, which is written in the Yi script. The Yi also divide into subgroups: The Ni, the Lolo and others. The Yi script was originally logosyllabic like Chinese, however, under the Communist government, the script was standardized as a syllabary. Syllabic Yi is widely used in books, newspapers, and street signs. The Yi are animists, with elements of Daoism, shamanism and fetishism and they also believe in evil spirits

Some scholars believe that the Yi are descended from the ancient Qiang people of today's western China, who are also said to be the ancestors of the Tibetan, Naxi and Qiang peoples. They migrated from southeastern Tibet through Sichuan and into the Yunnan Province, where their largest populations can be found today. They practice a form of animism, led by a shaman priest known as the Bimaw. They still retain a few ancient religious texts written in their unique pictographic script. Their religion also contains many elements of Daoism and Buddhism. Many of the Yi in Liangshan 凉山州 and northwestern Yunnan practiced a complicated form of slavery. People were split into the nuohuo or Black Yi (nobles), qunuo or White Yi (commoners), and slaves. White Yi were free and could own property and slaves but were in a way tied to a lord. Other ethnic groups were held as slaves.


Official portrait of a Yi family
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A Yi family of four
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A group of musicians in Yunnan
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A trilingual road direction sign in Yi area where Yi language is on top
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An old Yi manuscripts in the Yunnan Nationalities Museum. Their characters are similar to the Chinese and in fact borrow many characters
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Yi musical instruments in the Yunnan Nationalities Museum
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Yi people 彝族


Ethnic Yi Costume Butuo Sichuan
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Group of Sani tour guides in Yi traditional costumes at Stone Forest
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Hua-Yao-Yi singer and dancers in Yunnan
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Sani - sub-branch of the Yi minority in Shilin Yunnan
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village Yi
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Youngsters in traditional clothes
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Yi teachers and students
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Yi locals wear whatever are comfortable these days
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Yi people 彝族


As Yi people get ready for their Torch Festival in Eshan in late afternoon
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Singers and dancers are kicking up a storm
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Getting ready to light the torch
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Awesome! the flame goes up a hundred feet high
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Another Torch Festival from another place and again music and dances
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Ready to light the Torch, guys?
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Oh my! Torches!
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Yi people 彝族


Rice remain the primary staple food for the Yi, who live in the south
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Slaughtering a pig is a special occasion for the Yi and their closest clans. And that, usually is the job for the men
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Nothing goes to waste
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Yi women clean the body parts, more often than not, in the closest springs
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Tuotuorous are very popular for the Yi
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BBQ tofu
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A sweet and tangy pork chops is still everyone's favorite, disregard the ethnicity
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And sometimes you do eat alone. "What are you blind, you don't see my kid?''
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Yi people 彝族


Villagers in a Sichuan Yi village are getting medical attentions
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A new Yi village in Sichuan
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A Yi village in Lijiang
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Shahemo village in Puge county
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Yi's farm house in Yunnan
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A new house
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Village kids in Yunnan
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Yi people 彝族


Traditional Yi weaving
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Traditional costumes for Yi women
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Men in traditional coats
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Aku Wuwu with Yi school children
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Aku Wuwu with the dancers
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An elderly Yi
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His wife and grandchild
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His son and the wife
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The cycle of lives go on.
 
Mongol People 蒙古族


Mongol People 蒙古族 is one of the 56 official recognized ethnic group in China and are numbered approximately 5.8 million, which represents twice of the number of mongols living in Mongolia. Most of them live in Inner Mongolia (68.8%), Northeast China 20%) and the rest spread through out China. There are a few groups who speak Mongols but are classified separately.

The Mongols are a Central-North Asian people and , by a wider sense, all people who speak the Mongolic language including the Calmyks in eastern Europe. In the Mongolia proper it further divides into Eastern Mongols (Khalkha Mongols, the Inner Mongolians and the Buryats) and the Oirats. Mongolic language is considered an Altaic language. The original religion of the Mongols Tengriism and eventully came into contacts with Confucianism and Daoism, but eventually adopted Buddhism.


Official portrait of a Mongol family
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A modern day Mongol family
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Geography distribution of all Mongolic people
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Mongol alphabets
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Mongol scripts
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Mongol calligraphy
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Mongol water color
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Mongol carvery art
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Mongol People 蒙古族


Inner Mongolia grassland
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An isolated village here and there
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A train comes out from somewhere
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It doesn't seem to bother these creatures
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For they know their protectors and caretakers are nearby - in a yurt
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Mongol People 蒙古族


Sečen Goyo 斯琴高娃 b1949 awards winning actress in China
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Mengke Bateer 孟克·巴特尔 b1975, ex NBA player and now playing center for Xinjiang Guanghui
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Ulanhu 乌兰夫 (1906-1988) founder of Inner Mongolia
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Uudam 乌达木 b1999 child singer/actor
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乌云其木格 b1942 currently the highest ethnic official in CPC, serving as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
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Zhang Xiaoping 张小平 b1982 Olympic 'light weight' gold boxer in 2008
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Fu Ying 傅瑩 b1953 was the Chinese Ambassador to UK from 2007- 2009, and currently the vice Foreign Minister for China
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Sa Dingding 萨顶顶 b1983 singer/song writer with a Mongolian mother
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Mongol People 蒙古族


Young Mongols
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elderly couple inside the comfort of their yurt
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The Marlboro men
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Horses are big parts of Mongols' lives
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A herder with a long stick (required)
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Herds, herders and meandering river
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Modernization - motorcycle cowboy
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Or teach tourists how to master horses
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Mongol People 蒙古族


Go for the kill
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Real Mongolian BBQ
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Or....
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Mongolian Beef
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Grilled chops
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Meat soup - just meat and water, a bowl per person
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A Mongolian lunch
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Mongol People 蒙古族


Cities of Inner Mongolia


Hohhot 呼和浩特市, capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, south central of IM 2.9m
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Ordos 鄂尔多斯 central S 1.95m
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Bāotóu 包头市 central 1.78m
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Ulanqab 乌兰察布市 central 2.7m
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Chifeng 赤峰市 SE 4.35m
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Tōngliáo 通辽市 SE 3.2m
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Hulunbuir 呼伦贝尔市 NE 2.6m
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Wūhǎi 乌海市 is located on the Huang He between the Gobi and Ordos deserts with a population of 533,000
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Mongol People 蒙古族


A community yurt
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A yurt village
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A whole can move. Can you imaging?
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Interior of a luxury yurt
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Horse play
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There's always a river nearby to cool off
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