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Flagstone House beside the Hills and the Rivers The obvious feature of the Buyi people’s house is that they live by the side of the hills and the rivers....

Buyi Ethnic People Living around waterfalls The Buyi nationality is one of the ethnic minorities in China. It has a population of 2,545,059, among which more than 2 million...

Stair Burial- a Burial with no Tombs Every Blang village has a public cemetery called “Shan (hill).” The Blang people regard “Shan” as a place where spirits of the...

Dance Singing and Circle Dancing The Blangs are good dancers and singers. In important festivals, they sing and dance to the music of various instruments. On these occasions, martial...

Flowers as the Matchmaker Young Blangs have freedom, which are supported by their parents and social conventions, to choose their marriage partners. When they have reached the age of...

Teeth Dyeing-a Symbol of Maturity The Teeth Dyeing ceremony indicates that a Blang youth has matured into a grown-up member of society, and can join in various social activities....

Name After the Mother The name system of the Blang people is peculiar. The Blangs in Xishuangbanna and Lancang have only given names, but no family names. Most of...

The Blang people, numbering 82,400, live mainly in Mt. Blang, Bada, Xiding, Mengman, and Daluo areas of Menghai County, Xiaomengyang and Damenglong of Jinghong County, and Mengpeng Town and...

The worship of the communal gods, or Benzhuism, is a distinctive religious practice among the Bai ethnic group in China. Rooted in ancient beliefs and customs, Benzhuism plays a...

Richly Ornamented Civilian Architecture The Bai people inhabit mainly Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, which is the south of the transaction cordillera. The average altitude of that area is between...