Li people

E209341
ethnic group indigenous people

The Li people are an indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting Hainan Island in southern China, known for their distinct language, traditional weaving, and rich folk culture.

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Label Occurrences
Li people canonical 7

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
autonym Hlai ⓘ
country China ⓘ
dance collective folk dances ⓘ
festival Spring Festival ⓘ
Third of March Festival ⓘ
governingState China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
historicalOccupation mountainous interior of Hainan Island ⓘ
intangibleHeritage Li textile techniques ⓘ
intangibleHeritageStatus List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
languageBranch Hlai languages ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form: Kra–Dai languages
music folk songs ⓘ
polyphonic singing ⓘ
notableProduct Li brocade ⓘ
officialMinorityStatusSince 1950s ⓘ
otherName Hainan Li ⓘ
Hlai people ⓘ
populationRegion southern Hainan ⓘ
primaryLanguage Hlai languages ⓘ
surface form: Hlai language
primaryRegion Hainan ⓘ
surface form: Hainan Island

Hainan ⓘ
surface form: Hainan Province
recognizedAs ethnic minority of China ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bouyei people ⓘ
Lao people ⓘ
Thai people ⓘ
Zhuang people ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalArt basketry ⓘ
tattooing ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalClothingFeature dark indigo colors ⓘ
geometric patterns ⓘ
handwoven fabrics ⓘ
traditionalCraft bark cloth making ⓘ
brocade weaving ⓘ
cotton weaving ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
slash-and-burn farming ⓘ
traditionalHousing pile dwellings ⓘ
thatched bamboo houses ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
writingSystem Latin-based orthography (for Hlai) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

southern China → hasEthnicGroup → Li people ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern China
Hainan → ethnicGroup → Li people ⓘ
Li language → spokenBy → Li people ⓘ
Li language → ethnicGroup → Li people ⓘ
Li language → majorityLanguageOf → Li people ⓘ
Hlai languages → spokenBy → Li people ⓘ
Hlai languages → ethnicGroup → Li people ⓘ