Pictures of Chinese people - 56 ethnic groups

[ahfatzia]

Hui people 回族


Some contemporary notable Hui


Hui Liangyu 回良玉 b1944 Vice Premier in charge of agriculture (center in light jacket)

Cecilia Liu Shishi 刘诗诗 b1987 a rising actress

Jia Xiaochen 賈曉晨 b1982 HK singer

Zhang Chengzhi 张承志 b1948, often named as the most influential Muslim writer in China, his historical narrative History of the Soul, about the rise of the Jahriyya (哲合忍&#32822 Sufi order, was the second-most popular book in China in 1994. He was once a Red Guard and credited as the first person to use the name 'red guard'. He is the gentleman on the left of the picture

A Hui Muslim street

Linxia City halal bath house

2 picture of Ningxia Hui area

 

[ahfatzia]

Hui people 回族


Hongcun Village 宏村 in Anhui


Surrounded by fields of bright yellow from the canola flowers lies the ancient city of Hongcun. The village dates back to the Ming dynasty with some buildings still standing from that time, most of them seemed to be from the Qing though. Home to extremely successful Hui businessmen, away from their strong holds in the north, the influence of Hongcun and other ancient Anhui villages can be seen throughout the country in the architecture. The southern part of Anhui or the state of Hui as it was called before Anhui was formed was the home for a very successful business culture, that’s where it gets the second part of its name.

The famous Huangshan is nearby

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Cecilia Liu Shishi 刘诗诗 b1987 a rising actress

Wow, Liu Shishi is an ethnic Hui as well? I didn't even know that.

She is gorgeous.

 

[happycanuck]

What do you mean 'some pictures fail'? They don't appear on your screen? None of them missing on mine though.

I cannot see some of the pictures as well. The first picture on post#16 is not visible, it could be browser related issue as well. I am using Firefox browser and will try to open the site on chrome or safari and let you guys know if pictures show up in full.

Thank you ahfatzia for sharing the real China and her ethnic groups. It is quiet different and beautiful dresses along with the silver jewellery. Excellent post. One thing I would like to know about the rooftops, Why do the edges have something pointing skywards. Is it a cultural, if so what is the meaning of it and when was it started?

 

[ahfatzia]

Hui people 回族


Nanguan Mosque 南关 Yinchuan Ningxia

View from Nanguan Mosque main entrance

Dongguan Mosque 东关 in Yinchuan Ningxia

After prayers in Dongguan Mosque

The Great Mosque of Xian

Prayer room in The Great Mosque

A Hui mosque in Yunnan

A Hui mosque in Yunnan

 

[ahfatzia]

Hui people 回族

A village Mosque

 

[fly2012]

Wow, thanks a lot for your great efforts to introduce China. 56 ethnics will surely take a lot of time and energy. Keep going please..

 

[ahfatzia]

Hui people 回族


A Hui mother and her infant

A Hui couple checking out their artworks

The Halal food shops in Niujie Street

Niujie Street is a magnet for Muslims and non-Muslims alike

A Hui man

A Hui kitchen in Lanzhou

A restaurant in Lanzhou serving authentic Hui halal food and specializes in home made noodle with beef

Three young Hui ladies from Hainan Island, the southern most part of China. Their linkage to Islam were through intermarriages between the sea linked Persians and the islanders.

 

[djsjs]

I cannot see some of the pictures as well. The first picture on post#16 is not visible, it could be browser related issue as well. I am using Firefox browser and will try to open the site on chrome or safari and let you guys know if pictures show up in full.

Thank you ahfatzia for sharing the real China and her ethnic groups. It is quiet different and beautiful dresses along with the silver jewellery. Excellent post. One thing I would like to know about the rooftops, Why do the edges have something pointing skywards. Is it a cultural, if so what is the meaning of it and when was it started?

it is called horse-head-wall(马头&#22681,it is a firewall.and the pointing sky part is horse-head. horse is a lovely friend of human in China.there are many good idioms about horses ,such as 一马当先，马到成功.horse-head is for good willings.

 

[Lao-Vieng]

They all look Chinese to me. Can a Chinese differentiate between a fellow citizen of China from a different ethnicity?

For the untrained eye it can be quite difficult to differentiate. China is a giant and has absorbed many many mongoloid types from north to south. In south you can see the overlap between southern mongoloid type and northern type.

 

[Lao-Vieng]

Nice pics bro. Luv the wind and rain bridge, such beauty. Minority culture is so beautiful.

Dong say they originally came from Zhejiang and Fujian province their ancestors migrated because of locust swarms.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Anyone heard of the Hakka ethnic group, they also live in my country.

Hakka is only a subgroup of Han Chinese, so they are counting within the Han Chinese group.

 

[Lao-Vieng]

Zhuang people 壮族

Hey, I know that guy in the photo. I met him a couple years back in Xiamen. He is a Zhuang from Debao County near Vietnam. I'm not kidding you, he spoke like 7+ languages! Southern Zhuang, Northern Zhuang, Cantonese, Mandarin, Guilin Mandarin, Japanese (fluent), Thai (fluent), Vietnamese, Northeastern Thai (Lao). The guy is a Genius.

 

[ahfatzia]

Rice wine made in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County


People of ethnic groups of Miao, Yao, Dong and Zhuang in Rongshui usually make rice wine to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival (September 9 in Lunar Calender), or Chongyang Festival 重陽節, which is a traditional Chinese holiday, with the tradition of visiting grave sites of their ancestors up the hills.

Two women washing glutinous rice, prepare for cooking, in Pindong village of Huibao Township, Ronshui Miao Autonomous Region.

A woman blows the fire with a tubular utensil, from time to time, to ensure it doesn't extinguished. Notice a wok with water is between so that it's not a direct burning of the pot to give a better quality of brewing the rice for perfectly done.

Two women pound the yeast into smaller particles for better mixing

After the glutinous rice is done and cooled, the whole family work together to mix the rice and powdered yeast to form evenly mixtures for better fermentation.

A woman pours the right amount of cold water to the mixture for further cool and better gelling of the mixture

Two women are putting the cooked and cooled mixture into a sizable crock.

After putting the mixture in the crock a cleaned piece charcoal and a hot pepper are putting inside for better fermentation and flavoring.

Cover the crock tight and take it to a cool place for fermentation. Approximately 3 day the rice wine is ready and be served

 

[ahfatzia]

Miao people 苗族


Miao people 苗族. There are about 9 million ethnic Miao people living, most if not all, live in southern China in the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, and Hubei. Some members of the Miao sub-groups, most notably Hmong people, have migrated out of China into Southeast Asia (northern Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand). Following the communist takeover of Laos in 1975, a large group of Hmong refugees resettled in several Western nations, such as the United States, France, Australia, and elsewhere. Within China the Miaos are divided into 4 subgroups:

1) Ghao Xong; Red Miao; primary live in western Hunan

2) Hmu, Gha Ne (Ka Nao); Black Miao; live in southeast Guizhou

3) A-Hmao; Big Flowery Miao; northwest Guizhou and live innortheast Yunnan

4) Gha-Mu, Hmong, White Miao, Mong, Green (Blue) Miao, Small Flowery Miao; live in south Sichuan, west Guizhou and south Yunnan

Altogether there are approximately 8 million speakers in the Miao language family. This language family, which consists of 6 languages and around 35 dialects (some of which are mutually intelligible). The Hmong primarily live in the northern mountainous reaches of Southeast Asia including Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, and in far Southwest China mostly in the provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, and to a very limited extend in Guizhou. There are about 1.5-2 million Hmong in China. The Miaos are indigenous and their histories are as old as any group in China and today, they're more or less mountain dwellers and farmers.


An official portrait of a Miao family

A watercolor depicts Miao warriors

Girls of the 'Black Miaos' subgroup in traditional dresses.

A 'Red Miao' family

Miao parade

Chinese New Year dragon dance by the Miaos

Rice farming and tea growing are the two major industries for the Miaos. Here's a rice trade show

While the building for rice trade show is being constructed