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ARTICLES RELATED TO Buyei | | | |  Buyei: Encyclopedia - BuyeiThe Buyei, (also spelled Puyi, Bouyei and Buyi; self called: Buxqyaix, IPA: [pu ʔjai], or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; Chinese: 布依族; Pinyin: Bùyīzú) are an ethnic group living in southern China. Numbering 2.5 million, they are the 11th largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
The Buyei live in semi-tropical, high-altitude forests of Guizhou province, as well as in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, and speak a Tai language. Traditionally they practice animism, altho ...
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| | | | Buyei: Encyclopedia - Yi The Yi people (own name in the Cool Mountain dialect: ꆈꌠ, official transcription: Nuosu, IPA: [nɔ̄sū]; Chinese: 彝族, Pinyin: Yìzú; the older name "Lolo" is now considered derogatory) are a modern ethnic group in China. Numbering 6.6 million, they are the seventh largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions.
The Yi speak Yi, a Tibeto-Burman language closely related to Burmese, and have their own syllabic script.Including:
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| | | | Buyei: Encyclopedia II - Hezhen - In Russia The Nanais (sing. Nanai) are one of the Manchu-Tungus indigenous peoples of Siberia. They live on the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Amur River, downstream from Khabarovsk, on both sides of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as on the banks of the Ussuri and the Girin rivers (the Samagirs). They also inhabit a part of northeast China on the River Sungari. According to the 2002 census, there were 12,160 Nanais in Russia.
Akira Kurosawa's 1975 film Dersu Uzala, based on a book by Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, is about the fr ...
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| | | | Buyei: Encyclopedia II - Hmong - History
Hmong - Early history.
The Hmong people have a recollected history that stretches back, perhaps to the last Ice Age. The Hmong's early history can be traced back according to their oral history and burial rituals.
In oral history, Hmong legend recalls the Hmong people coming from a place of extreme cold, where it was dark for 6 months and light for 6 months. From this place, they entered into China by way of a hunting expedition. A hunter and his dog hunted for several days after a wild animal in the snow. ...
See also:Hmong, Hmong - Nomenclature: Miao and Hmong, Hmong - Demographics, Hmong - History, Hmong - Early history, Hmong - Contact with the Han Chinese, Hmong - History according to Chinese legend, Hmong - Qin and Han dynasties, Hmong - Tang Dynasty, Hmong - Ming and Qing dynasties, Hmong - Hmong in Laos, Hmong - Hmong in the United States, Hmong - Earlier books Read more here: » Hmong: Encyclopedia II - Hmong - History |
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| | | | Buyei: Encyclopedia II - Tujia - Culture Today, traditional Tujia customs can only be found in the most remote areas.
The Tujia are renowned for their singing and song composing abilities and for their tradition of the Baishou (摆手舞) hand dance, a 500 year old collective dance which uses 70 ritual gestures to represent war, farming, hunting, courtship and other aspects of traditional life. They are also famous for their richly-patterned brocade, known as 'xilankapu', a product that in earlier days regularly figured in their tribu ...
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| | | | Buyei: Encyclopedia II - Evenks - Evenks of Russia The Evenks were formerly known as tungus. This designation was spread by the Russians, who acquired it from the Yakuts and the Siberian Tatars (in the Yakut language tongus) in the 17th century. The Evenks have several self-designations of which the best known is even, evenk. This became the official designation for the people in 1931. Some groups call themselves orochen, 'an inhabitant of the River Oro' orochon, 'a rearer of reindeer', ile, 'a human being', etc. At one time or another tribal ...
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