Thursday, March 1, 2007

Chinese minorities

I thought I would share this link. It contains all the various minorities that exist in China. Most Americans think of Chinese as primarily Han (the people that probably make your chop suey), even though China is much more diverse, especially in the Western and Southern areas of the country. They have extremely tasty food, and I thought I should share a list of them with you.

1 comment:

Sandra in Korea said...

There is a Chinese minority Miao group that has a matriarchal based society. The children stay with their mother and the fathers stay with their own blood family. The couples meet up for "dates" but do not reside together. The uncle's then play a dual role as father figure and uncle. The women are quite happy with the situation but the men express a desire to live more like the typical husband wife unions found in the rest of China.