num_pages: 280
description: A contribution to the study on a tribe people, Min Chia, or the Bai ethnic minority as it is officially called nowadays. By living among this people in late 30s in Dali, Yunnan province, China, Professor C.P. Fitzgerald examines the culture of Min Chia, their living environment, rice-based economy, language, three religions, family and kinship, travel, foreign contacts and missionaries. This book is greatly enhanced by historical photos from the 30s taken by Fitzgerald. Specialists will find the book insightful, travellers will find it fascinating.
language: English
title: Tower of Five Glories: A Study of the Min Chia of Ta Li
titlecomplete: Tower of Five Glories: A Study of the Min Chia of Ta Li (China Studies: from Confucius to Mao)
genres: China
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Hyperion Pr