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The Yi or Nuosu people ( Nuosu: ꆈꌠ, [nɔ̄sū]; see also § Names and subgroups) are an ethnic group in southern China. Numbering nine million people, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups recognized by the Chinese government.
Yi Yi (Chinese: 一一; pinyin: Yī Yī; lit. 'one one'; subtitled A One and a Two) is a 2000 Taiwanese drama film written and directed by Edward Yang. It centers on the struggles of an engineer, NJ (played by Wu Nien-jen), and three generations of his middle-class Taiwanese family in Taipei.
Yi people mainly live in central southern China. The Yi ethnic group is better known to many as the Nuosuo or Nuosu, but they are called by many other names too. There are about 9.5 million members in China, so they are one of biggest of China's 55 official ethnic groups.
Dec 14, 2018 · Yi Nationality. Population and Distribution: A Girl of Yi Minority. Living mainly in the hillside and basin areas in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou Provinces together with the northwestern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Prefecture, Yi ethnic group is reputed as a nation with a long history and splendid culture within South Western China.
May 2, 2018 · Before the PRC officially defined them as Yi, the Chinese had called them Lolo or Luoluo 儸倮, a name that they considered an ethnic slur, or else Yi 夷, a slightly less insulting term that is...
Jul 2, 2019 · Deriving from the Zang-Mian Austronesian family of Sino-Tibetan Phylum, Yi language is divided into six dialects. 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 9, 2018 · The Yi invented an ideographic writing system, called chuan wen ("traditional script") in ancient Chinese books. Yi script, which is no longer used today, seems to have derived from Chinese characters. The Yi have many self-given names, such as Nosu, Nasu, Luowu, Misapo, Sani, Axi, etc.
