- Bai
Infobox Ethnic group
group=Bai
Minjia
poptime=1,858,063
popplace=China , mostly in theYunnan province (Dali area),Guizhou province (Bijie area) andHunan province (Sangzhi area)
langs=Bai, Chinese
rels=Buddhists andAnimism ; minorityChristian .
related= The Bai (zh-cp|c=白族|p=Báizú;endonym pronounced|pɛ̀tsī) are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by thePeople's Republic of China . They numbered 1,858,063 as of2000 .The Bai People hold the white colour in high esteem and call themselves "Baizi", "Baini" or "Baihuo", which means white people. In 1956, of their own will they were named the Bai Nationality by Chinese Authorities.
Location
Bai people live mostly in the provinces of
Yunnan (Dali area), and in neighboringGuizhou (Bijie area) andHunan (Sangzhi area) provinces. Of the 2 million Bai people, eighty percent live in concentrated communities in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. [ [http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-bai.htm Ethnic Groups - china.org.cn ] ]Language
An estimated 1,240,000 (as of
2003 ) of the Bai speak the Bai language in all its varieties. The tongue is either a member of the Sinitic branch or the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family or possibly part of an independent branch of this family.Cormorant Fishing
Cormorant fishing is a way of usingcormorant birds for fishing and is practiced among the Bai fishermen.Notes
ee also
*
Nanzhao
*Kingdom of Dali External links
*" [http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-bai.htm The bai ethnic minority] "
*" [http://alcor.eastasiagroup.net/bai/en/index.htm Bai culture] "
*" [http://www.ethnic-china.com/Bai/baiindex.htm Bai nationality] "
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