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The Bai (; endonym ) are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of ChinaPeople's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , is a country in East Asia....
. 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.
LocationBai people live mostly in the provinces of YunnanFacts About Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country....
, and in neighboring GuizhouGuizhou

Guizhou is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country....
and HunanHunan

Hunan is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting....
provinces. Of the 2 million Bai people, eighty percent live in concentrated communities in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province.
LanguageAn estimated 1,240,000 (as of 2003) of the Bai speak the Bai languageFacts About Bai (language)

The Bai language is a language spoken in China, primarily in Yunnan province, by the Bai, one of the 56 ethnic groups offici...
in all its varieties.

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829 The Bai kingdom of Nanzhao captures the city of Chengdu in Sichuan province, China

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Location

Bai people live mostly in the provinces of YunnanFacts About Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country....
, and in neighboring GuizhouGuizhou

Guizhou is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country....
and HunanHunan

Hunan is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting....
provinces. Of the 2 million Bai people, eighty percent live in concentrated communities in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province.

Language

An estimated 1,240,000 (as of 2003) of the Bai speak the Bai languageFacts About Bai (language)

The Bai language is a language spoken in China, primarily in Yunnan province, by the Bai, one of the 56 ethnic groups offici...
in all its varieties. The tongue is either a member of the Sinitic branch or the Tibeto-Burman branchTibeto-Burman languages

The Tibeto-Burman group of languages is spoken in various central and south Asian countries, including Myanmar, northern Tha...
of the Sino-Tibetan language familySino-Tibetan languages

The Sino-Tibetan languages form a language family composed of Chinese and the Tibeto-Burman languages, including some 250 la...
or possibly part of an independent branch of this family.

Cormorant Fishing

Cormorant fishingCormorant fishing

Cormorant fishing is a traditional fishing method in which fishermen use trained cormorants to fish in rivers....
is a way of using cormorantCormorant

The Phalacrocoracidae family of birds is represented by 38 species of cormorants and shags....
birds for fishing and is practiced among the Bai fishermen.

Bai

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