Ethnic Groups

There are about 700,000 Lisu people inhabit in China, mostly live in Yunnan in their traditional homeland of Three Parallel Rivers National Park.

The Lahu people, numbering about 480,000, live mostly in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County in the hills near the border between Yunnan and Vietnam. Traditionally they are hunters.

The 23,000 Jinuo people live mostly in the Jinuo Mountain area of Jinghong City, and in some areas of Jinghong and Menghai.

The Jingpo ethnic group has a population of about 150,000, and most of them live in Yunnan. They are known for their strength, bravery and determination.

The Hani people mostly live in the area around the Yuan and Lancang rivers, numbering about 1.6 million in Yunnan.

The Dulong ethnic group has fewer than 7,000 people who live primarily in Dulongjiang Township and Gongshan County on the west bank of the Nujiang River.

The De'ang people, numbering about 20,000 in Yunnan, is descended from the ancient Pu people who lived along the Nu River in the 2nd Century BC.

The Dai ethnic group numbers more than 1 million living primarily in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Region and the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan Province.

There are more than 2.8 million Buyi in China, mostly in Guizhou, with some in Sichuan and about 55,000 in Yunnan.

Nearly all of the 120,000 Bulang people live in Yunnan. They are highly musical and their culture is driven by music.

There are nearly 2 million Bai people in China, about 1.5 million of them in the Dali Bai Autonomous County of Yunnan Province, as well as Lijiang, Kunming, Yuanjiang and Guizhou.

The Achang people, who number around 40,000 in China, are almost all in Yunnan.