A blog about my trip to the ethnic minority areas of southern China in 1993.
Ethnic Minorities in China 1993
Welcome to my blog about my trip to China in 1993 to visit the minority people areas of Southern China.
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
The Red Hat Yao of Jinping
The women of the red hat yao of Jinping in southern Yunnan Province shave their heads and wear a red hat on their heads when they are married. Prior to marriage they wear a kind of black wrap-around turban. I visited the area in 1993 and the terraces were impressive. One of the men had a gun which he fired into the ground as we left his village. That gave us a fright..
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