Ethnic Bai Chinese 白族

This emblem was designed by an ethnic Bai Chinese designer. Dali, where most of the ethnic Bai people reside, is well-known for the Three Pogodas of Chongshen Temple and the Butterfly Fountain. The Three Pogodas were built in Tang Dynasty. It embodies a combination of Bai culture and Buddhism culture. Ethnic Bai people have a legendary of Butterfly Fountain. The butterfly represents eternal love. It can be seen in traditional Bai buildings, dresses, and houseware. This emblem illustrates the Bai culture.

白族居住的大理以崇圣寺三塔和蝴蝶泉的美丽蝴蝶闻名天下。崇圣寺三塔建于唐代，是白族文化与佛教文化交融的体现。白族有著名的蝴蝶泉的传说，蝴蝶象征忠贞爱情，常见于白族传统建筑、服饰或器物的装饰图案。大理三塔和蝴蝶图纹，是白族文化的象征。

YANG Liping (杨丽萍), a well-known ethnic Bai Chinese dancer, director and choreographer. She is known as "The Peacock Princess" because of her stunning Peacock Dance. The audience in Taiwan and Southeast Asia deem her as "The Deity of Dance". Her most well-known work is Dynamic Yunnan and Tibetan Riddle.

Ethnic Bai Chinese girls in traditional Bai costume

Bai people perform songs and dances to celebrate their festival of San Yue Jie (三月街, literally Bazaar on March).

Bai's Three-Course Tea (白族三道茶). The first course of tea tastes bitter; the second sweet; and the third mixes many different tastes (ginger, Chinese pepper, etc), making you to recollect various tastes you have tried. It presents a person's whole life. One tastes bitter when she is young, then tastes sweet when she makes achievements in her middle-age, and then recollects her experiences when she is old.

A typical Bai traditional house at Dali City, Yunnan Province of China

The Old Dali City, the capital of Kingdom of Nanzhao established by the Bai people in AD 737.

Three Pogodas of Chongshen Temple at Dali City, Yunnan Province of China. It is a well-konwn cultural symbol of Bai people.

A cartoon image of Bai Chinese

A postcard of Bai Chinese