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Hani Ethnic Minority

With a population of 1,254.852, they are mainly distributed over the lower reaches of Lishe River and Mt.Ailao in the west of the Red River in the southwest of Yunnan Province. The Hani people have their own language which consists of three dialects-Haya, Bika and Haobai, and belongs to the Yi branch of the Tibetan- Burmese language group og the Chinese-Tibetan language family. They have no written script in the past. In 1957, with the help of the central government, a script system based on the Roman alphabet was created, but failed to achieve a popular use. The Hanis believe in polytheism and practice ancestor-workship. The Hani ethnic minority comprises over twenty subgroups. They used to be called “Heman”, “Hani” and so on. With the founding of the PRC in 1949, following consultation with the ethnic minority, it was decided to agree upon the official name of Hani ethnic minority. They evolved from the ancient Qiang people. Later one branch of them moved south. In the 7 th century, they immigrated into the area near Mt.Ailao and Mt.Wuliang. the Hani people mainly engage in agriculture. Situated in the subtropical climate zone, the area inhabited by the Hani people is blessed with a mild climate, abundant rainfall and fertile soil, providing an ideal condition for the development of agriculture. Main crops include rice, corn, cotton, peanut, indigo, etc. the Hani are also good at planting tea and the tea produced here occupies one third of the total tea yield of Yunnan Province.

Achang

Bai

Bao'an

Buyi

Bulang

Dai

Dahaner

De'ang

Dong

Dongxiang

Dulong

Ewenke

Gaoshan

Gelao

Hani

Hezhe

Hui

Jing

Jingpo

Ji'nuo

Kazak

Kirgiz

Korean

Lagu

Li

Lisu

Loba

Manchu

Maonan

Miao

Menba

Mongolian

Mulao

Naxi

Nu

Oroqen

Ozbek

Pumi

Qiang

Russian

Salar

She

Shui

Tajik

Tartar

Tibetan

Tu

Tujia

Uygur

Va

Xibe

Yao

Yi

Yugur

Zhuang


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