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The Yi, formerly known as the Lolo, are one of the largest ethnic minority groups in China. They live in China's mountainous southwest region and have had a long history of cultural, economic and political interaction with Han Chinese. The Yi were primarily horticulturalists, practicing animal husbandry where possible; their diet was supplemented by gathering, hunting, and fishing. Patrilineal kin groups were territorial entities and feuding between lineages and sometimes between minor branches were common. Yi society was stratified into a land-owning nobility, land-renting commoners, and slaves.  Their religion was polytheistic mixing elements of animist, Daoist and Buddhist beliefs; more recently incorporating elements of Christianity.

The historical origins of the Lolo

The Lolo of Szechuan Province, China

Ancestor worship of the Lolo in Ch'êng-chiang, Yunnan

Kinship system of the Lolo

Culture summary

The Lolo of Liang-shan

Exorcism

Procreative metaphor and productive unity in an Yi headmanship

In unknown China

The Lolo district in Liang-Shan

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Feng, Hanji	The historical origins of the Lolo	1938
Graham, David Crockett	The Lolo of Szechuan Province, China	1930
Lei, Chin-liu	Ancestor worship of the Lolo in Ch'êng-chiang, Yunnan	1944
Lin, Yaohua	Kinship system of the Lolo	1946
Lin, Yaohua	Culture summary	2011
Lin, Yaohua	The Lolo of Liang-shan	1947
Ma, Hsüeh-liang	Exorcism	1944
Mueggler, Erik	Procreative metaphor and productive unity in an Yi headmanship	1998
Pollard, Samuel	In unknown China	1921
Tseng, Chao-lun	The Lolo district in Liang-Shan	1945

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