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The Bai Name: Bai, Baizi, Baini, Minjia Population: 1,700,000 Localization:
Yunnan Province, Dali Bai Autonnomous Prefecture. Some of them in
Sichuan and Guizhou provinces |
Introductory
Articles in Ethnic China
Introducing the
Bai Nationality: The Bai is one of the minorities of
Southwest China that has been in contact with the Chinese people for a
longer period of time.
Benzhu religion
of the Bai minority: The Bai religion is a set of syncretism
beliefs with a strong local flavor, represented by the Benzhu or Local
Lords religion.
History of the
Bai Nationality: Nanzhao Kingdom was formed by an aristocratic
ruling elite, mainly of Yi stratum, and a mass of people of Bai stock.
Bai Nationality
Myths and Literature: Their most important myth is
"Creation of the world", which three sections well differentiated:
Primordial times, Creation of the world and Creation of Man.
Some Bai Nationality
Festivals: Third Month Fair is the major yearly festival
for many peoples who live in south China.
Shaxi:
A New Model of Tourism Development.- Sam Mitchell
More introductory
articles
Nama Branch of the Bai
The
celestial ox of the Nama branch: One of the most interesting
beliefs of the Nama is the cult of the celestial ox. The ox is considered
to have the power to prevent disasters...
Scholars Researches available in the Web
Bryan Allen.- Bai Dialect Survey- SIL International 2007
The
primary goal was to determine centres of communication for selected speech
varieties of Bai, that is to say, determine which lects are most widely
understood. A secondary goal was to assess the current definitions of
dialect boundaries by calculating lexical similarity.
Bryan Allen and Silvia Allen.- Mozzarella of the East (Cheese-making and Bai culture): Since Marco Polo omitted cheese from his travel guide to China, we will attempt in this brief article to help modern travellers to Dali
James A. Matisoff.- On the Genetic Position of Bai within Tibeto-Burman:
Different
views as to the genetic affiliations of Bai: (a) that it belongs with
Chinese in a branch of ST called "Sinitic", to be set off from
TB proper. (b) that it is a member of the Lolo-Burmese subgroup; (c) that
Baic constitutes a separate co-equal subgroup of TB that has undergone
exceptionally intense Chinese influence.
Susan McCarthy.- Gods of Wealth, Temples of Prosperity: Party-State Participation in the Minority Cultural Revival
This article contrasts Chinese government support for the minority cultural revival among the Bai and Dai in Yunnan Province, with a crackdown on religious expression in Beijing. Inconsistencies in the state's behaviour in these cases might be attributed to arbitrary decision-making, or to "internal orientalism".
The historical position of the Bai.
The Bai language in Yunnan presents some interesting challenges for Chinese historical linguistics. It is sometimes considered to be a Tibeto-Burman language infiltrated by several strata of Chinese loanwords.
Marsha
Smith.- Constructing Identities: Tensions in Defining Naxi/Mosuo and Bai/Yi
Ethnicities:
some groups do receive a great deal of provincial and national
subsidization to re-establish cultural educational centers and religious
activities.
Wang Feng.- On
the Genetic Position of the Bai Language.
Bai
Zhihong.-
The Discourse of Tourism Development in the Construction of a Bai Cultural
and Historical City.
Books and references
The Bai in 1909 according to "Across China on Foot", by Edwin Dingle
Basic Bibliography of the Bai Nationality
Chinese Bibliography of the Bai
Photo Exhibitions
Ethnic
China photo exhibitions
More Photo exhibitions
Music
Bai
Nationality music
A guide to download their music
Films and Video
Documentary
Films about the Bai Nationality
Available dvds and vcds about the Bai Nationality
Image of the the Bai Nationality in the cinema
Art and Handicrafts
The
Bai Nationality in the art
Travel
Travel
to Bai Nationality lands
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