简介:EthnicTibetansspeakandwritebyusingtheirownlanguageandcharacters.ThislanguagebelongstotheTibet-BurmanphylumintheSino-Tibetanlanguagefamily.Inover1400yearsofrecordedhistory,ethnicTibetanshavebeenenrichedbytheprofusecontentsoftheirarchaicbooksthatmakeusgaspinadmiration.
简介:Ofthe55ethnicminorities,22eachhasapopulationoflessthan100,000.Theseminoritypeoplearerelativelybackwardineconomicandsocialdevelopmentandpovertyhauntsthem.In2005,theStateCouncillauncheda5-yearprogramtosupportthedevelopmentofthesesmallethnicminoritiesandtheStateDevelopmentandReformCom-
简介:Theethnicidentificationhassignificanttheoretical,policy-relatedandscientificaspects,andithasadirectbearingonthebasicworkofcarryingouttheCommunistPartyofChina's(CPC)policyofequalityforallethnicgroups.Formorethanthirtyyears,Chinesegovernmentdepartmentsatalllevelsconcernedwithethnicaffairs,startingfromtheactualconditionsofallofChina'sethnicgroups,
简介:TheTengpeopleareanethnicgroupwholiveintheboundaryareaofTibet.Forvariousreasons,thesurveyofethnicminoritiesinChina.conductedinthe1950s,excludedtheTengpeople.Nevertheless,theproducts,thelifestyleandeventhecultureoftheTengpeopleareuniqueamongstethnicTibetan.Moinpa,andLhopa.Theyare,therefore,namedasthe"Tengpeople".
简介:ARecordofEthnicImagesbytheHuiPhotographerSuJunhuiisamonographofphotographicworksselectedbytheircreator.Thiswellwrittenandbeautifullyillustratedalbumpresents,inchronologicalsequence,100piecesselectedfromthethousandsSucapturedwithhislensduring1955-1990,complementedbythegeneroustextsharinghisexperienceinphotographingandwriting.Theseworkscovermorethan10provinces
简介:ThepeopleofallethnicgroupsofYunnanprovince,whoareJivingamongbigmountains,ornamentthemselveswithjewelsofvariedtexturesandstyles,whichembodytheingenuity,diligenceandsuperbcraftsmanshipoftheethnicgroupsofYunnanprovince.Theysparenoeffortstodressthemselvesupfromheadtotoe,nreatingrichandcolourfulbodyornamentsintheprocess.Theseornaments,regardlessofsizeorprice,arethemostattractireandcharacteristicamongthegarmentsandaccessoriesoftheethnicgroupsofYunnan.
简介:AchangTheAchangethnicminoritywascalled"Echang"inancientChinesedocuments,albeitwithnoconsistencyinhowthenamewaswritten.Butthisisnotwhattheycalledthemselves:thoseinHusaareacalledthemselves"Mengsa,""Daisa,""Mengsadan,"and"Chensa,"whilethoseinLiangheareausedtheterms"Hansa,""Achang"and"Echang".In1953,reflectingtheirwishes,theyobtainedthename"Achangpeople."
简介:China’sethnicminoritiesnotonlyenjoytheequalrightswiththemajorityHansasendowedbytheConstitutionandotherlaws,butalsoenjoytherighttoregionalautonomyinareaswhereminoritiesliveincompactcommunities.InFebruary2001,theNPCStandingCommitteerevisedthelawonethnicregionalautonomyforminorities,addingnewprovisionsonincreasinginvestmentintheareasofethnicminoritiestoacceleratelocaldevelopment.
简介:<正>BaiethnicgroupisalsocalledBaizi,Baini,andBaihuowhichmeanswhitepeople,totallyhavingabout1,600,000populationandinhabitsmainlyinDaliBaiNationalityautonomousprefectureinSoutheastChina’sYunnanProvincewiththepopulationof1,340,000.TherestarescatteredinKunming,Lanjiang,Lijiang,LanpingofYunnanandinXichangandBijieinneighboringSichuanandGuizhouprovincesrespectively.SituatedontheYunnan-GuizhouPlateau,Baiareaiscrisscrossedwith
简介:<正>TheintangibleculturalheritageoftheethnicminoritiesistheculturaltreasuryoftheChinesenationthathasbeenpassedonforgenerations,whichservesasthemoralresourcesandfoundationfordevelopinganadvancedsocialistcultureandtheinternalimpetusforthesurvivalanddevelopmentofthecountryandtheChinesenation.