The Bai Ethnic Group 少数民族之白族英文介绍

Arts and Crafts
• The Bai people are masters of artistic creativity including architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and other craft techniques such as lacquer work. • They have created a wealth of literary works reflecting their life, work, and struggles against nature and oppression.
Religion: Buddhism
• Although the Bai people believe in Buddhism, they also respectively worship their village god ('Benzhu'), Nature god, the Prince of the Nanzhao regime, or even a hero of folklore.
Festivals
1. the March Fair
• The grandest festival of the Bai people is the March Fair, held annually at the foot of Mt. Cangshan in Dali between the fifteenth and the twentieth day of the third lunar month. • Originally it was a religious activity to rally and pay homage, but it gradually evolved into a fair including performances of traditional sports and dance, as well as the trade of goods from different regions.
Three Pagodas in Dali
dancing
Lion Dance
Food
• For the diet, they prefer sharp, cold and spicy flavor, so they prefer cured ham or fish eaten with rice or flour; • Some people in the mountains eat corn as a staple food.
2.Torch Festival
• Another important festival is the Torch Festival, held on the 25th day of the sixth lunar month to wish both health and a good harvest. • On that evening, the countryside will be decorated with banners with auspicious words written upon them. Villagers will then light torches in front of their gates, then walk around the fields while holding yet more torches in order to catch pests.
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• Major area of distribution: Yunnan and Guizhou • Population: 1,858,063
Language: Bai
• The Bais speak a language related to the Yi branch of the Chinese-Tibetan language family. • The language contains a large number of Chinese words due to the Bais' long contact with the majority Chinese ethnic group – Han.
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