56 Ethnic Groups in China

[Kenwen]

Originally Posted by Yellow Fever

Should we call you "Your Highness"? j/k.

not really,since the title only past to male one, so my grandma as a princess married to a commoner ends the title already,lol

[HKG]

Ethnic Hani 哈尼族

Ethnic Hani celebrating their festival
http://dcbbs.zol.com.cn/2/19_11348.html

[dean87]

Originally Posted by 7freedom7

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a very interesting thread...

[HKG]

The Li ethnic minority lives in Hainan Island of China. 黎族

These are actors wearing the Li traditonal dress.

Ethnic Li in Hainan Island youtube







Hainan Island location

[khoojyh]

Thanks for sharing

[HKG]

Ethnic Miao traditional dress， Yunnan province, China.
http://www.lvwo.com/bbs/viewthread.p...e%3D1#pid86988



Yunnan Province location

[teddybear]

This is an excellent thread, educates us on the diversity of China's ethnic and culture. As I could not read mandarin, will be great to see their geographical origin. But as their clothing has shown, I can just guess they are in the north, close to Mongol, Russia, Kazakhstan, Burma, or moslems...

[Yellow Fever]

Mao people live in a region close to Thailand.

[RyukyuRhymer]

Originally Posted by teddybear

This is an excellent thread, educates us on the diversity of China's ethnic and culture. As I could not read mandarin, will be great to see their geographical origin. But as their clothing has shown, I can just guess they are in the north, close to Mongol, Russia, Kazakhstan, Burma, or moslems...

Most of the 55 minorities are in the border areas because historically people move around easily and border crossing was easier. But now you have the formation of nation-states with things such as citizenship, visa, etc controlling movement and strict boundaries.. so often you have ethnic groups that are split up into different countries.

people would arguably say the Uzbeks and Uyghurs (found in Soviet Union and China) are mostly the same people.

sometimes some people get merged together. China classifies three-four different ethnic groups as Tibetan even though their culture and language are different. You have Hui's who are basically a wide variety of ethnic groups from those who are no different than the Han majority, ethnic Tibetan who are Muslims, to Cham people who migrated from Cambodia a long time ago).

but you also have many in China's "interior" areas like the Yao people, Hui, etc. the "Han" themselves are also quite diverse because of China's complex history.

[HKG]

Dong minority, Guangxi, China.

广西侗族

Guangxi location

[HKG]

Dong minority village, located Guangxi , China.

广西 侗族

[HKG]

Originally Posted by teddybear

This is an excellent thread, educates us on the diversity of China's ethnic and culture. As I could not read mandarin, will be great to see their geographical origin. But as their clothing has shown, I can just guess they are in the north, close to Mongol, Russia, Kazakhstan, Burma, or moslems...

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attr...winds_rain.htm

I better show you the location next time