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Asong Language
Asuo (; also called Asong 阿松) is a Southern Loloish language of Yunnan, China. Asuo is spoken in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County, Lüchun County, Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County, and Yuanyang County, Yunnan. Lefèvre-Pontalis (1892)Lefèvre-Pontalis, Pierre. 1892. Notes sur quelques populations du nord de l'Indo-Chine otes on some populations of northern Indo-China ''Journal Asiatique'' 19, 8, 8. 237-269, 129-154, 291-303. reports the presence of Asong in Poufang, Lai Chau province, Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ..., and provides a word list for Asong as well. References *You Weiqiong 伟琼 2013. ''Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan'' 南民族识别研究 Beijing: Nationalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiangcheng Hani And Yi Autonomous County
Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County (; Hani: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in southern Yunnan, China, bordering Laos and Vietnam to the south, making it the only county in the province to border more than one country. By road, its seat, the town of Menglie (), is from Kunming and from Simao District, the municipal seat of Pu'er. Geography and climate Jiangcheng has latitude range of 22°20'−22°36' N and longitude range of 101°14'−102°19' E. Its seat, the town of Menglie (), has an elevation of . Located at an altitude of above , Jiangcheng, as with much of southern Yunnan, has a warm humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cwa''), with muddled distinction between the seasons and daytime temperatures remaining warm year-round. Highs peak in April and May before the core of the rainy season and reach a minimum in December; however, the warmest and coolest months are June and December, respectively at and ; the annual mean is . June thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it the world's sixteenth-most populous country. Vietnam borders China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City (commonly known as Saigon). Vietnam was inhabited by the Paleolithic age, with states established in the first millennium BC on the Red River Delta in modern-day northern Vietnam. The Han dynasty annexed Northern and Central Vietnam under Chinese rule from 111 BC, until the first dynasty emerged in 939. Successive monarchical dynasties absorbed Chinese influences through Confucianism and Buddhism, and expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Chau Province
Lai or LAI may refer to: Abbreviations * Austrian Latin America Institute (Österreichisches Lateinamerika-Institut) * ''Latin American Idol'', TV series * La Trobe Institute, Melbourne, Australia * Leaf area index, leaf area of a crop or vegetation per unit ground area * Liga Atlética Interuniversitaria de Puerto Rico * Location Area Identity Places * Lai (state) (萊), 6th-century BC state in present-day Shandong, China *Bolyu language, also known as Lai * Laï, city in Chad * Lai, Iran (other), places in Iran * Lai, village in Lum Choar, Cambodia * ''Lai'', Romansch name for Lenzerheide, a village in Switzerland * Lannion – Côte de Granit Airport Surname * Francis Lai (1932–2018), French composer * Valentino Lai (born 1984), Swedish football player * Lai (surname) 黎丶賴, Chinese surname * Lí (surname 黎), Lai in Cantonese Other * Battle of Lai, during World War I * Lai people, ethnic group of Mizoram, North East India * Lai languages The Lai lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuanyang County, Yunnan
Yuanyang County (; Hani: ''Yeiqyaq'') is located in Honghe Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan province, China, along the Red River. It is well known for its spectacular rice-paddy terracing. In 2013, part of the county formed the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site, the 45th World Heritage Site in China. Overview It covers an area of and has a population of approximately 365,000 (2002), of which 88% belong to ethnic minorities and 95% is associated with agriculture. The majority of the inhabitants of the county are from the Hani ethnic group. The GDP of Yuanyang county in 2002 was 630 million Yuan. The administrative seat of the county is the town of ''Nansha'' (a.k.a. New Yuanyang) down in the Red River valley at an elevation of 240 meters. It is situated towards the north-east of the former administrative seat ''Xinjie'' (a.k.a. Old Yuanyang or just Yuanyang) to which it is connected by a long twisting mountain road. To the south of Old Yuanyang, the town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinping Miao, Yao, And Dai Autonomous County
Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County () is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lai Châu Province to the south. Jinping is home to the Red-headed Yao () minority group who wear a pointed red hat on their heads after they get married. Administrative divisions Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County has 4 towns 8 townships and 1 ethnic township. ;4 towns ;8 townships ;1 ethnic township * Zhemi Lahu () Ethnic groups The ''Jinping County Gazetteer'' (1994:113-132) lists the following ethnic groups. *Miao **Black Miao () / Mengba 蒙吧 / Mengshi 蒙施 **Qingshui Miao () / Mengnengcha 蒙能差; exonym: Mengbu 蒙补 / Mengbei 蒙背 **Flowery Miao () / Meng Leng 蒙冷 **Piantou Miao () / Meng Shua 蒙刷; exonym: Chinese Miao 汉苗 (least populous Miao subgroup) **White Miao () / Mengdou 蒙逗 * Yao **Yu Mian (): Red-Headed Yao 红头瑶 **Men 门: Landian Yao 蓝靛瑶, Pingtou Yao 平头瑶, Sha Yao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
