Pictures of Chinese people - 56 ethnic groups

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Bouyei People 布依族


Traditional dress for a Bouyei woman

Traditional dress for a bouyei man

A young girl

Holiday dress with fancy headgear

Work clothes

Elderly women knitting

Men enjoying their music

 

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Bouyei People 布依族

 

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Bouyei People 布依族


A Bouyei village at the bank of the Sixmoon River by the Longshan Mountain

A village by Nanpan River and Beipan River Yunnan

A villager fishes in the Qijiang River in Lianshan Village, Libo County of southwest China's Guizhou Province

Entrance of a Bouyei village

Stone houses of Bouyei village

Homey interior of a Bouyei house

Ahh, but you don't known what's in the kitchen

 

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Bouyei People 布依族


A Bouyei Festival Queen

Let the games begin

 

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Bouyei People 布依族


It's customary for a Bouyei groom to carry the bride home from her house ON FOOT.

So my advice for a Bouyei Internet warrior here is: choose your mate by the distance where she lives, not by the way she looks.


Here are some pictures of an actual Bouyei wedding where the whole village gets busy:


This is a must and the number of pigs (chickens or duck as well) depends on how big the village is

Everybody contributes

Carrying gifts and meat to the bride's village

Welcome advance party

Barters and negotiations on gifts

Sometimes haggling by the seniors can take awhile

At the meantime, the bride is waiting and peeking

 

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Bouyei People 布依族


The bride is being dressed

Singing begins as gifts are accepted

Singing, eating and dancing at the bride's house

The bride's family begins to pack her dowry for a long trip to the groom's village

Friends and relatives are immensed in their own thoughts as they see her go......

As the bride steps into the groom's house another wedding party begins

After the tea pouring ceremonies by the groom and the bride, monetary gifts are presented to them

The family is getting bigger

 

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Long hair - name this ethnic group in China

 

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Yao People 瑶族


Yao People 瑶族 The long-hair women on post #127 are Yao women. It's Yao traditional culture that women never cut their hair in their lifetimes.

Yao are are numbered about 2.7 million in China and about half of a million in Vietnam and is an official minority ethnic groups
for both countries. They are indigenous and mostly live in the mountainous regions south and southwest of China for more than two millenniums. There are quite a number of Yaos migrated to northern California after the Vietnam War because many of them from Laos were on the US's side.

The men and the women cover their heads with a black or red scarf. Some women, notorious for their long hair, substitute this scarf by a turban that can adopt different forms. The traditional suit of the women is of bright colors. They also decorate their shirts with decorations made out of silver. The Yao's religion is basically based on medieval Chinese Taoism, some are Buddhists and smaller numbers are newly converted Christians. Though some people have converted to other religions, many still remained practicing their traditions.

There are several distinct groups within the Yao nationality, and they speak several different languages, The Iu Mien make up 70% of the Yao populace and speak with lu meinic tongues. The remaining speak speak different dialects, including half of a million speak Chinese. In 1984 the Chinese government, with the helps of Yao scholars, finalized a Latin script for lu mein writing system. However many younger generations today prefer to use Chinese instead.


Official portrait of a Yao family

A recent group picture of Yao people

A distribution map of the Yao (in green) in SW China and neighboring countries

Some old manuscripts of the Yao before they officially adopted the Latin script in the 80s

A Yao woman's dress

A Yao Taoist costume

Yao drums for festivities

Old firearms of the Yao

 

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Yao People 瑶族


The Yaos are very close to the mountains

A young lady washing her hair in the pristine river

A group of Yaos in Thailand welcome the bride and groom

Yao girls in Thailand

 

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Yao People 瑶族


The long drum dance of the Yao

Other dancing performance

Singing

Harvest folklore

Hair! (not the Broadway show)

 

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Yao People 瑶族


Dazhai Yao village in the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces

Wooden Yao houses hanging on the edge

A new house with ten thousand views

Not easy here

 

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Yao People 瑶族


The Yaos like to serve oil tea with their food

Bamboo rice stuffed with pork or chicken is very popular with thw Yao

Red Yao food - stuff eggplant Huangluo, Guangxi

On a Yao banquette table

Top it off with some sweets

 

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Yao People 瑶族


A modern Yao wedding in SW China

 

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Yao People 瑶族


A Yao village in Yangshou

House architect

Village people

A village by the river

A Yao village in Guizhou

A modern tenement for the Yaos in SW China

Modern schools for their children

 

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Gaoshan people 高山族


Gaoshan people 高山族 or Taiwanese aborigines 原住民. The Council of Indigenous People in Taiwan official recognized 14 aborigine group living in the island of Formosa, where as China officially group them under as one ethnic group, called Gaoshan. There are about half of a million Gaoshan live in Taiwan and 5,000 live in the mainland.


Rather than reposting Gaoshan people here viewers can check my post #32 to #37 in this thread:


http://www.defence.pk/forums/china-...news-economy-politics-military-affairs-3.html