scene of Nandinghe river

Mengjian and the Yellow Wa people

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September 22nd 2011
One of the main reason about visiting Gengma area is the Huang-Wa(yellow Wa), an unique Wa sub-group not like the other Wa in Yunnan, as you could figure out from their name...yellow...their costume are in yellow colour(legend said they used to grow yellow cotton which was original brought in from Burma by their ancester), and the rest of the Wa in Yunnan are in Black, the language they speak are ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more