Portrait of an LBX

"The Han are inseparable from ethnic minorities; ethnic minorities are inseparable from the Han; ethnic minorities are inseparable from each other - CCP Xiahe Organization Department" If you follow our Flickr feed, you know one of my side pursuits out here is recording modern propaganda. This is tangential to the goals of this site, but seriously, wow, I had to show this to the world. It was taken in Xiahe (known in Tibetan as Labrang), the site of the most pilgrimized Tibetan monastery outside of Tibet. The southern half of town is old and Tibetan, and the northern half is modern Han/Hui. The old side is being torn down bit by bit to make way for new development, and the monastery itself is being tapped for tourism.

An ethnic Dai man on the streets of Gengma (耿马县城). Like every other ethnic group in China, the women have all the fun with the traditional clothing while the men are basically westernized. At least this guy has a cool hat.

Two Miao (苗族) women walk through the Ameng Wednesday market. Check out those leg wrappings!

This Zhuang woman spent a lot of time around us but I think was too shy to try to talk to us.

The Chinese government should require that people smile more if they're going to dress so colorfully!

Everybody has their nicest hats on for the market!

One of the many colorful women in the Wednesday market in Ameng Town (阿猛鎮). As always, I'd be interested to hear if anyone has any thoughts on the ethnicity based on the clothing styles.