Mojiang Tourism Strategy

Geographical coordinates:

the Mojiang city Located in southern Yunnan, east of Simao City. Its north territory bordering with Zhenyuan; East with Yuanjiang, Honghe and Luchun; South with Jiangcheng; bordering West with Puer. The total area of whole county is 5312 square kilometers; the maximum altitude is 2278 meters, the minimum altitude is 440 meters. The government of County is at latitude 23 ~ 27 ', that is, the Tropic of Cancer passing through the county, the county is divided into two parts: North and the South, which is rare in the world.

Hani culture:

There are 25 ethnic groups reside in the county and Hani is the major, ethnic minorities accounted for 73 percent of the total population, of which the 11 Hani branches have more than 220,000 people and accounting for 60.5% of the total population. Representing a total 15 % population of the Hani nationality in the world, and it is the only autonomous county of the Hani, therefore Mojiang enjoys "Hani's villages"

Hani nationality:

Hani is one of China's ancient peoples, mostly living in the 800-2500 m above sea level of the mountain area, mainly engaged in agriculture, particularly highly developed rice terraces culture. Hani people love life, hard-working and kindhearted. The staple food is rice produced locally, solid food is corn, and prefer drink and tea.

Hani language:

Hani has its own language; it belongs to Yi language branch of Tibeto-Burman of Sino-Tibetan language. The language can be divided into three vernaculars of Haai, Bika, Haobai and many other dialects. Hani does not have the traditional letters, a set of alphabetic writing were created in the 50's of 20th century, and it is still in trial.

Hani costumes:

Mojiang Hani has nine branches, the Hani people's clothes vary from branches: "Haoni" wear no lapel right collar green clothe, with short pants reaching to the keens and white belt, wearing blue fabric or colorful kerchief on the head; "Biyue" wearing long white coat and navy fabric skirt and "fat child belt , with red bean hanging on the head, big ring earring, a towel node on the head; "Xi Moluo" put on the black coat with non-button, rowed silver bubble nails on it, short skirts to the waist line, wearing angular fabric, shanks bundle with  soaked rattan with black paint.

Hani buildings:

Hani people build their home on the middle of the mountain areas that face the sun. The building is civil structures: mud wall and stake. There are there types of roofs: flat-topped, double-inclined and four slope. The flat-topped house is more commonly applied, both for fire prevention and sun curing place. Within the housing layout there are three rooms, middle room is guests and kitchen room and the other two are rest rooms. For Rich families, they have separate kitchens. Floor is often made of bamboo, it is simple and can stack food.

Hani beliefs:

Hani believes that all things have spirits, dead soul is immortal, and so the nature worship and ancestor worship are popular.

Harney Tea Culture:

Suona player playing "tea tune" during the funeral.

When young men and women in marriage before the liberation, they were give tea to each other.

Hani people have special ceramic tea pot; however, the poor people don't have such tools and cook tea with bamboo.  In Mojiang, guests will be welcomed by tea, full of friendly sentiment.