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Yi Girl

Portrait of a young Yi girl (China).

 

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The Yi are an ethnic group living largely in the mountains of southwest China, mainly in Yunnan province.

The Yi language is spoken in six relatively distinct dialects. Yi minority has many different branches; everywhere has their specific clothing features.

Yi women in general wear embroidered clothes, matched with some silverworks. The traditional Yi culture includes a hoe-based agriculture, livestock herding, and hunting.

They make terraced fields, love to make music, and are often accomplished musicians on both traditional and modern instruments.

The Yi areas abound in coal and dozens of mineral resources, including gold, silver, aluminum and zinc and the forests teem with wild animals and plants.

 

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Uploaded on September 30, 2025
Taken on October 30, 2024