Pictures of Chinese people - 56 ethnic groups

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Bai People 白族


The Bai people have been living in this part of the country for millenniums so it's understandable for them to build their structures to last. And last they do, sometimes for a thousand years.

 

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Hani People 哈尼族


Yuanyang County 元阳县 is located within Hónghé Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunna province, along the Red River not too far north of the border of Vietnam. It is well-known for its spectacular rice-paddy terracing and the home of Hani 哈尼族 minority people in China.


Between the harsh contours of the mountain valleys lie many Hai villages and their treasured rice terraces. One can easily get lost if one doesn't know the way around.

 

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Hani People 哈尼族


Hani People 哈尼族, numbered about 1.5 million, is one of the 56 official recognized ethnic groups in China. They are mostly live in Yuxi, Pu'er Prefectures and Honghe Hani & Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan. There are about 12,500 Hani live in Vietnam and also are officially recognized as one of the 54 ethnic group. The Hani believe they were once belonged to the Yi 50 generations ago, that's why both of their cultures and ordinary everyday lives are quite similar.

The Hani are polytheists and they profess a special adoration toward the spirits of their ancestors. They are used to practicing rituals to venerate to the different gods and thus to obtain their protection. Some Hani adopt Theravada Buddhism. The Hani language spoken by many of the Hani is of the Yi branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Oral tradition tells of an ancient written script,which says it was lost on the migration from Sichuan. They now use a romanization of the Luchun dialect as a written script.


Official portrait of a Hani family

A recent photo of a Hani family

Distribution of Hani people

Hani people have many uses for bark cloths

A small Sanxian is a very important musical instrument

As well as a drum

Bamboo ladles

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Hani People 哈尼族


Hani girls love to wear shorts.....in town

or in the woods

Beautiful head piece

Local women

Mountain working girl

Shopping

Gossiping

Baby sitting

 

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Hani People 哈尼族


The Hani are one of the ethnic groups that love their outdoor long feast tables - food and alcohol

It seems the table is a mile long

Even their food show table is a mile long

Tea brewing is a hand down technique

Chicken and pork steamed bamboo holder

BBQ fatty pork

黑野菜蒸福寿鱼 Fish steams in wild black vegetables

牛肉干巴 Dry shredded beef

 

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Hani People 哈尼族


Yuanyang Qingkou Village

 

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Hani People 哈尼族


Hani love music, dances and festivals

 

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Hani People 哈尼族


Daily lives of the Hani


Visiting friends and relative on another village - bring your own food

At the village market

Might as well get you teeth check

Merchants?

All villagers contribute to mountain road building

 

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A Kazakh wedding in Xinjiang China 哈萨克族婚礼

(credited to GaoRong)

 

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Kazakh People 哈薩克族


Kazakh People 哈薩克族 are a Turkic people of Eastern Europe and the northern parts of Central Asia (largely Kazakhstan, but also found in parts of Uzbekistan, China, Russia, and Mongolia). Kazakhs are descendants of the Turkic tribes - Argyns, Khazars, Qarluqs; and of the Kipchaks and Cumans, Mongolic groups (Kiyat, Dughlat, Naimans, Kerait, Onggirat, Manghud, Jalayir) and other tribes such as the Kankalis, and ancient Iranic nomads like the Sarmatians, Saka and Scythians. Kazakhs populated the territory between Siberia and the Black Sea and remained in Central Asia and Eastern Europe when the nomadic groups started to invade and conquer the area between the 5th and 13th centuries AD.

The Kazakh language is belongs to the Kipchak (Northwestern) group of the Turkic language family. Kazakh was written with the Arabic script during the 19th century but changed to Latin alphabets in recent decades. However the Chinese Kazakh retain the usage of Arabic scripts. Kazakhs has preserved the folk tales of a creation god Jasagnan. Ancestors of modern Kazakhs believed in Shamanism and Tengrism, then Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and Christianity Church of the East. In the late 14th century, the Golden Horde propagated Islam amongst the Kazakhs and other tribes but was discouraged by the Czar Russia and the Soviet. Since the fall of the Soviet Union the Kazakhs have gradually employed a determined effort in revitalizing Islamic religious institutions.

There are about 1.7 million Kazakhs living in China, mostly in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Mori Kazakh Autonomous County and Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County in Gansu. The Chinese Kazakhs speak two dialects of the Kazakh language and use the modified Arabic scripts.


Official portrait of a Kazakh family

A Kazakh family living in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang

Distribution of Kazakh people in China

Kazakh alphabets in Arabic & Latin

Kazakh Arabic & Latin scripts

Symbol of Kazakh people

An old oil painting of Kazakh people

Ancient Kazakh herders chiseled on the rock face of a Xinjiang mountain

 

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Kazakh People 哈薩克族


A recent Kazakh community event in Jimsar County, Xinjiang

 

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Kazakh People 哈薩克族



Favorite musical instruments for the Kazakhs

哈萨克族劳动舞--马奶酒舞

 

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Kazakh People 哈薩克族


Kazakhs love to eat with their fingers, enen on this meat with noodle dish

A lamb stew garnished with onion and chives is a favorite

BBQ lamb chops lightly sauced, hmm, finger licking good

Spicy thick rice noodle dish, a Chinese influence

I see someone's fingers are already on the move

We're having a feast here

A big trade of horse stewed meat

I'm stuffed, ahh well...... alright

 

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Kazakh People 哈薩克族


Kids in classroom

A Kazakh kid

A little girl

A farmer

A chief?

women

 

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Kazakh People 哈薩克族


Eagle hunters (hunt with the helps of tamed eagles) from Qinghe County, Xinjiang 新疆青河县