Numbering nine million people, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups recognized by the Chinese government. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions.

Yi, ethnic group of Austroasiatic origin living largely in the mountains of southwest China and speaking a Tibeto-Burman language. The Yi people numbered more than 7.5 million in the early 21st century.

With a population of 6,5 Million, the Yi Nationality is one of the oldest minority groups in the southwest of China, mostly concentrated in the mountain areas of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou provinces and the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Yi (pronounced YEE) are the seventh largest ethnic group and the sixth largest minority in China. They numbered 9,830,327 in 2020 and made up 0.70 percent of the total population of China in 2020 according to the 2020 Chinese census.

Divided into six dialects, their language derives from the Zang-Mian Austronesian family of Sino-Tibetan Phylum. With regard to its characters, the Yi ethnic minority is proud to have created the earliest syllable letters in China in the 13th century.

May 2, 2018 · There are more Yi people than there are Norwegians, Swiss, Libyans or Tibetans – around nine million. They have one of the world’s only independent writing systems, derived from neither Phoenician nor Chinese.

Yi people don't like to pour and drink wine alone. They like to gather and drink together at a variety of times and places. They often gather in threes and fours, sit down on ground to form a circle, and drink from the left side to the right side, sharing the same cup, bottle or bowl.

The Yi (彝族) are one of the largest minorities in China, with a total population of about 7,800,000 (in 2000), distributed in the provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi and Guizhou. The Yi engages in agriculture and animals husbandry, they are also good at arts and crafts including lacquer painting, embroidery, silverworks, carving etc.

Photographers capture daily life of mountainous Yi people. Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province is the largest community of Yi people in China and it was also th...

With a population of 7,762,286, the Yi ethnic group is mainly scattered in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces, in which Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province holds the single largest Yi community in China.