April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

Reference : SP-1-2-625

Name of creator(s) : Sumit Pitiphat

Scope and content : The Tai La community is named Zhe Ge. The households are heavily populated. The roof shape of the house is quite straight cut. The walls are adobe (sub-dry brick). The technique is similar to the house-building technique of Yi people (Lolo in the group of Tibetan-Burma language). Yi people were powerful in the reign of Nan Chao Kingdom. Today The Tai La community is located in the autonomous area of the Hani-Yi-Dai where the Red River (Yuanjiang in Chinese) flows through. The Tai La is called

Extent and medium : Photograph