Ethnic Hani Chinese 哈尼族

This emblem was designed by an ethnic Hani designer. The Hani people worship the silver pheasant. According to Hani legend, a silver pheasant once carried efficacious medicine to save an old sick man who was lying under a tree. To commemorate this silver pheasant, the old man imitated the dance of silver pheasant, using banana leaves as pheasant wings. And it became a traditional Hani's "Silver Pheasant Dance". The Hani people deem the silver pheasant as a symbol of auspiciousness and felicity. When Hani people move out of a village, a young silver pheasant is used to guide the direction. The terrace is a creation of Hani's agricultural culture. The silver pheasant and the rerrace in this emblem represent Hani's wisdom, hardworking and bright future.

哈尼族崇奉、爱护白鹇鸟。传说古时候有位贫病老人卧于树下，白鹇鸟衔来妙药，拯救老人，然后飞向远方。为纪念白鹇，老人用芭蕉叶作为鸟翅，模仿白鹇起舞，因而流传下来“白鹇舞”。哈尼族把白鹇视为吉祥幸福的象征，村寨搬迁时抱一只小白鹇鸟来引路。梯田是哈尼族农业文明的创造。白鹇鸟和梯田构成的图案，象征哈尼族智慧、勤劳和光明的前程。

Syaga (虾嘎), an ethnic Hani Chinese dancer and drumer

Syaga as a delegate attends the 2008 Beijing Olympics Torch Relay in St.Petersburg, Russia.

Ayini (爱尼) girls. Ayini is a subgroup of Hani people.

Hani workers in a farm get together to have a lunch

Three Hani girls in Hani traditional costume

Hani Shaman performs sacrificial dance to pray for a good harvest.

A traditional Hani house

Yuanyang Hani Terrace at Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province of China.

元阳哈尼梯田

A small Hani village at Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province of China

A small Hani village in Yunnan Province of China

Hani Longstreet Feast on Mar-Ang-Twu Festival (Hani New Year). Each family brings it best food to the longest street of the village. Villagers then start to enjoy the food for free. If a family's food is deemed not tasty or if only a few people eat that family's food, then that family will lose face.

A cartoon image of Hani Chinese

A postcard of Hani Chinese