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The Li peoples Name: Li, Lai Population: 1,250,000 Localization: Hainan Province, in the western part of the island. |
Introductory
Articles in Ethnic China
The Li: a generic
name for Hainan aborigines: They live in a mountainous
area with abundant forests and tropical climate.
The Gai branch
of the Li: They live in boat shaped houses made of
vegetable fibers. Most of their customs and festivals
Totemism
among the Li: According to their myths, each clan was
originated after the marriage of a woman and an animal.
Scholars
Researches available in the Web
William Lavely, Jianke Li, Jianghong Li.- Sex
Preference for Children in a Meifu Li Community in Hainan, China
The family systems of many southern Chinese minority nationalities, which share characteristics that accord a higher value to females, would produce a pattern of sex preference divergent from the Han pattern.
Jing-Yu Liang, Masahiro Umezaki and Ryutaro Ohtsuka.- Advantageous and disadvantageous impacts of tourism development on the living of Li ethnic minority villagers in Hainan Island, China.
In Hainan Island, China, tourism development has been rapidly progressed by the government and private companies since the 1980s, and consequently the living conditions of the Li ethnic minority people have been drastically changing.
Graham Thurgood.- Sociolinguistics and contact-induced language change: Hainan Cham, Anong, and Phan Rang Cham
This paper examines the sociolinguistic conditions under which three Southeast Asian languages have restructured under intense multilingual contact.
Graham
Thurgood.- Hainan
Cham, Anong, and Phan Rang Cham: Three languages, three social contexts,
three patterns of change.
This paper examines the sociolinguistic conditions under which three Southeast
Asian languages have restructured under intense multilingual contact:
Hainan Cham, a Chamic language of Hainan; Anong, a Tibeto-Burman language
of Yunnan; and Phan Rang Cham, a Chamic language of southern Vietnam.
Philip Feifan Xie.- The Bamboo-beating Dance in Hainan, China: Authenticity and Commodification.
This
paper explores the relationship between authenticity and commodification
based upon
empirical research on the aboriginal bamboo-beating dance on Hainan Island,
China.
Zhang Hongxia and Zhan Changzhi.- A Library’s Efforts en route to Salvaging a Vanishing Culture
Cultural
phenomena develop over hundreds, even thousands of years, but are capable
of destruction in a short time, even within a decade. One example is the
traditional culture of the Li ethnic group.
Books and references
Free thesis and dissertations about the Li
Evan G.R. Davies.- Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities: A Case Study in Hainan, China. Waterloo. 2003
Forest management is an important component of the Eco-province plan. This research examined Hainan’s forests, focussing on the connections between healthy forests and healthy communities.
Michael J. Stone.- Ecotourism and Community Development: Case studies from Hainan, China. Waterloo. 2002
Ecotourism is one of the fastest expanding tourism markets. It has received much attention in developing countries and economically impoverished regions around the world. As an agent of change ecotourism has been linked to sustainable development strategies and initiatives in many places.
Philip Feifan Xie.- Authenticating Cultural Tourism: Folk Villages in Hainan, China. Waterloo. 2001
Cultural tourism provides opportunities for ethnic minorities to showcase their cultures, customs and heritage. At the same time, it causes a series of tensions and issues of authenticity and commodification have been the subjet of lively debate among tourism researchers.
Free
books about the Li
Basic
Bibliography of the Li
Chinese Bibliography of the Li
Photo Exhibitions
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Music
Li music
A guide to download their music
Films and Video
Documentary Films about the Li
Available dvds and vcds about the Li
Image of the the Li in the cinema
Art and Handicrafts
The
Li in the art
Travel
Travel
to Li lands
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