The 'Bai' (;
endonym in
IPA: ) are one of the
56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the
People's Republic of China. They numbered 1,858,063 as of
2000.
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.
Bai Architecture
A tea-serving ceremonial ground.
Ladies decked out in Bai costumes.
Location
Bai people live mostly in the provinces of
Yunnan (
Dali area), and in neighboring
Guizhou (
Bijie area) and
Hunan (
Sangzhi area) provinces. Of the 2 million Bai people, eighty percent live in concentrated communities in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province.
[1]
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
Sino-Tibetan language family or possibly part of an independent branch of the this family.
Notes
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See also
★
Nanzhao
★
Kingdom of Dali
External links
★ ''
The bai ethnic minority''
★ ''
Bai culture''
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