Yunnan Province :: Busses and the Yuan Yang Rice Terraces

Appreciated
Hey there. Very nice. Beautiful. Seeing some real China right there it looks like. ;-)

Chinese minorities
Your blog is very interesting. In history, China's majority, Han people and the different minorities lived quite peacefully. If there were some conflicts between Han people and other people, that's because they belonged to different states/countries, not because of their ethnic groups, for examples, Tibetan kingdom and Tang dynasty. In general, it's the culture(Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Chinese language and characters) linking Han people together, not blood ties. And some minorities were eager to learn Han culture, especially the northern nomadic people when they entered China's heart land, for examples, Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms and (Manchu) Qing dynasty. Today, there are just a few Manchu people who can speak their native language. But after thousands of years, some minorities still keep their cultures even in China's heartland provinces, such as Hubei and Hunan. A lot of minorities live in Yunnan and Guangxi, and all the people live very peacefully. But if you saw the conflicts in recent years, Han people usually were the victims.