YUNNAN  Minority Culture 

Minority Culture (by Jim Goodman) 

	However charming and traditional such sights are , though , they are not Yunnan main draw . rather , it is the ethnic mosaic . Over 12 million of the people belong to one branch or another of 24 different minority nationalities , comprising melange in the region . Racially and linguistically , the majority are Tibet-Burman peoples , such as the Yi ( the most numerous , but divided into over 25 sub-groups ) Hans , Naxi , Jingpo , Tibetan , Lahu
	, Lisu , and so on . Dai and their ethnic cousins the Zhuang inhabit the south , Miao and Yao the southeast hills , Wa and Bulang-Mon-Khmer people-the southern jungles . A people somewhat apart the Bai-live in the old Nanzhao domain , while the Hui , left over from Kublai Khan conquering armies , inhabit various parts of the province . A contingent of residual Mongols , with a much altered lifestyle , occupy a few villages near Tonghai , in central Yunnan .
	A great variety of lifestyle haracterises minority culture , for different nationalities inhabits diverse environments . In the southern prefectures basically two material cultures exist-that of rice-growers in the plains (Dali,Han,zhuang) and tea or dry rice cultivators in the forested hills ,(Hani , Lahu , Jinuo , Wa , Jinpo) , some of whom still practise slash-and-burn agriculture . The usual house is made of wood and split bamboo , raised on stilts .

               

【 Related Tour Routes 】

Tour Code	Length	Tour Program
ECR0101	3-Day	Tour Kunming  Eternal Spring City
ECR0102	8-Day	Tour  Kunming , ,Yunyang , Hehou, Vietman
ECR0103	7-Day	Tour Kunming , Dali , Lijiang .
ECR0104	8-Day	Tour Kunming , Ljiang , Dali , Baoshan , Manshi, Rui
ECR0105	9-Day	Tour Kunming , Dali , Lijiang, Deqen
ECR0106	8-Day	Tour Kunming , Xishuangbanna , Lijiang
ECR0107	17-Days	Tour Yunnan-Tibet Land Adventure
ECR0108	09-Day	Eastern Grand Gorage Exploration
ECR0110	06-Day	Trekkiing to Cangshang Mountain
ECR0112	11-Day	Trekking On Yunnan Highland
ECR0115	08-Day	Tour Kunming ,Dali Banna, Medical Investigation
ECR0116	09-Day	Kunming ,Dali ,Baoshan , Tengchong , Manshi , Ruili
ECR0120	10-Day	China-Shangri-La ,Kunming,Dali,Lijiang,Zhongdian
ECR0302	18-Day	Bicycle Tour to Dali, Lijiang
ECR0303	11-Day	Bicycle Tour to Dali, Lijiang

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