Bai people

Bai
白族
Women dressed in Bai clothing
Total population
1,858,063[1]
Regions with significant populations
China, mostly in the Yunnan Province (Dali area), Guizhou Province (Bijie area) and Hunan Province (Sangzhi area)
Languages
Bai, Chinese
Religion
Buddhism, Benzhuism and Taoism
Related ethnic groups
Han Chinese • Hui
Other Sino-Tibetan peoples
Bai people
Chinese白族

The Bai, or Pai (Bai: Baipho, /pɛ̰˦˨xo̰˦/ (白和); Chinese: 白族; pinyin: Báizú; Wade–Giles: Pai²-tsu²; endonym pronounced [pɛ̀tsī]), are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, Bijie area of Guizhou Province, and Sangzhi area of Hunan Province. They constitute one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China.[2] They numbered 1,933,510 as of 2010.[3]

  1. ^ "The Bai Ethnic Group". China.org.cn. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ^ Solis, Jacqueline. "LibGuides: Chinese Ethnic Groups: Overview Statistics". guides.lib.unc.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  3. ^ Yongjia, Liang (2010). "The "Ethnic Error" in Under the Ancestors' Shadow and Dali Society in the Period of the Nationalist Government". Chinese Sociology & Anthropology. 42 (4): 78–94. doi:10.2753/CSA0009-4625420405. S2CID 144747767.

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