A Trip To The Village Yuan Yang in Yunnan China Part 2

Another trip to Yuan Yang in Yunnan China. It is a village setting high in the mountains near the vienamese border, famous for it's plethora of step-style terraced mountainsides. It is quite remote and populated mainly by Hani, Yi and Miao ethnicity.

I was acting as a translator for a small dutch tour group for a few days when I got these images. There is one more part that I will uplaod soon, I just got too much good footage on this particular trip!

I subtitled where I can but keep in mind that many of the people in this area are speaking a dialect that is not Chinese, so sometimes when they speak with each other I'm not too sure what they're saying.

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[jephboy]

krismoonpie,

Was your tripped shadowed by a minder? Or are you allowed to walk around freely nowadays? Believe it or not, at one time, no one was allowed to these areas. I'm wondering if I should visit Yunnan province when I come there.

[krismoonpie]

@jephboy I think it has been a very long time since they stopped making it mandatory for visitors to have minders on their trips. There is absolutely no problem going anywhere on your own in 99% of China though it's possible that there are some more sensitive areas where this might still occur, not sure. China is a lot more free than most people think. Yunnan is great too.

[mrbumblebee]

no desrespect, but call us Hmong (moog), not mao...

[krismoonpie]

I'm sorry, didn't realize it was bad to say miao, but how can we say in Chinese language? Hmong and Moog cannot be pronounced in Chinese and would not be understood.

[mrbumblebee]

i know. Miao was the name that was given to us by the chinese. and if i'm not mistaken the name miao is related to a cat not too sure how did we get the name miao... but FYI if u should run into any hmong people outside of china, u should called us Hmong... anyways i love ur clip of the hmong chinese...

[krismoonpie]

Now that I know I will respectfully do that. By the way, 'cat' in Chinese is 'mao' not 'miao'

[jephboy]

@mrbumblebee

Just to clarify, Miao refers to "weeds" or grass that grows "krazy". Not cats. People who say it refers to cat don't know their history, because that doesn't even make sense. One theory is that Miao were given the name because they couldn't be exterminated, like weeds. Chinese have indeed been trying to engineer genocide for over two thousand years, obviously without success, so if a Chinaman calls you Miao, wear it like a badge of honor... because they can't kill you!

[kairiharunoo]

no someone had die so they weair white clothses so don't even say it because my family wear it too and it so wear i gonna show you the video when i turn 16 XD lol

[HmoobMiao]

Black Miao have intellectual than any other miao

[kkukdi]

Pat walo lalo

[FunkyGerl02]

hey.whats the weather like in there?

[huasentertainment]

love hmoob as one

[samlorson]

Oh, by the way,

Miao does not mean Mao

Mao does not mean Miao

to me, Miao means young plant.

[samlorson]

Great video clip!!! I identified myself as a Miao-American. I would love to visit the Miao brothers and sisters in Yunnan and Guizhou someday in the near future.