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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

Guanyin protects the Bai

Bai Nationality proverbs translated: pearls of popular wisdom
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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