Pumi people 普米族
A Mongolian style yurt house left over from the old days
A shop house
A well preserved timber and stone house
An old couple sit by the family hearth
Young people hanging around outside a house
Alcohol inside a...
Pumi people 普米族
东巴谷 Dongba Valley is a culture village complex that're shared by 6 different ethnic groups and each group has its village and shops
A corner of the village complex
The front entrance
Recreation area...
Pumi people 普米族
A Pumi village in Sichuan. It's probably the northern most Pumi village since most Pumi have migrated to Yunnan further south for centuries already
A village by the shore of Lugu Lake
A village tucks in the valley
Some scattered...
Pumi people 普米族
For the last decade or two there's been a new line of careers developed for many young people in western China, especially Yunnan, and that's ethnic singing and dancing in hot tourist spots like Lijiang Old Town, Dali and Dehong. The talented young Pumi...
Pumi people 普米族
A 1990 photo of a Pumi mother and her child
The word pumi means white in Pumi's language and that's how they named themselves because their skin tones are paler than the others
Pumi people 普米族
A 1964 photo of a Pumi family in Nanping County, Yunnan
Fishing in Lugu Lake, 1998
Women just finished washing clothes in Lugu Lake, 2000
Ninglang Pumi working on the field, 1958
Pumi workforce 1978
Young Pumi dancing...
Pumi people 普米族
Pumi people 普米族, numbered about 35,000, are one of the officially recognized ethnic group of China. Ethnically related to the Tibetans the Pumi live in the Yunnan regions of Lanping 兰坪县, Ninglang...
Achang people 阿昌族
Ruili City on China side of the border is the transit point for Myanmar gemstones, in particularly jade stones. There are many high and low end stores, street kiosks and bazaars sell fine jades and bartered raw stone. Achang people participate the...
Achang people 阿昌族
阿露窝罗节, comes around March every year, is the most important holiday for the Achang people
Achang people 阿昌族
Brick houses
Wooden houses
A new wooden house with an ancestral room in the middle
Some houses double up for sword makings
Some as restaurant
Or for weavings
Some need cleanups
Maybe pavings
Achang people 阿昌族
Nujiang, the china section of the Salween River, where many Chinese ethnic groups build their villages around
An Achang village in a village in a valley
An ancient village
A remodeling village
A brand new village...
Achang people 阿昌族
Achang musical instruments
三弦天琴
三月箫
Foot drums
a very popular Achang folk singer 张月
Achang people 阿昌族
Achang people 阿昌族, numbered about 35,000, are an official recognized ethnic group of China. Most Achang live in west Yunna, especially in Dehong Autonomous Region 德宏 , near the Myanmar border. The ancestors of the Achang...