Guizhou: The State of Migration

Author: He Guangyu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: It is not difficult to gain a snapshot understanding of China's past and present, but to gain a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of China is not something that can be achieved overnight. In this regard, the "Panoramic China" series aims to help readers, especially foreign readers. The outstanding feature of this series is its publication of several books, each focusing on provinces, cities, or districts, as independent volumes, introducing the most distinctive highlights of each place from different perspectives, with rich text and illustrations. Through these highlights, readers can understand the authentic and vibrant daily lives, diverse social landscapes, developing economic conditions, and related information of the localities.
Guizhou is one of China's multi-ethnic provinces, where various ethnic groups have settled over a long history, migrating from all corners of China over millennia. This process began in prehistoric times and has continued for thousands of years. Even today, the unique customs and cultures of these ethnic groups still bear the marks of those ancient times. This book, with its rich text and illustrations, narrates and showcases the migration of the ancestors of these ethnic groups into Guizhou and their journey of coexisting and harmoniously building a united homeland amidst the province's landscapes. The book also explores preliminary discussions on how to protect ethnic traditional culture and address ecological and environmental issues during the modernization process.