Chinese Ethnic Groups：纳西族（Nàxī zú ）The Naxi ethnic minority
From 1723, during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), hereditary local chieftains in the Lijiang area began to be replaced by court officials and the hereditary chieftain surnamed Mu thus became the local administrator. Population: 277,800 Major area of distribution: Yunnan and…
Chinese Ethnic Groups：珞巴族(Luòbā zú)The Lhoba ethnic minority
Women’s status in their families, as well as in society, was particularly low, and they had no inheritance rights. Population: 2,300 Major area of distribution: Tibet Language: Lhoba Religion: Lamaism The 2,300…
Chinese Ethnic Groups：高山族（Gāoshān zú ）The Gaoshan ethnic minority
The Gaoshans are animists who believe in immortality and ancestor worship. They hold sacrificial rites for all kinds of occasions including hunting and fishing. The dead are buried without…
Chinese Ethnic Groups：德昂族（Dé’áng zú ）The De’ang ethnic minority
The De’angs have been great tea drinkers since very early times, and now every family has tea bushes growing among vegetables, banana, mango, jack fruit, papaya, pear and pomegranate…
