Names
The Bai People hold the white colour in high esteem and call themselves "Baipzix (pɛ42 tsi33; Baizi 白子)", "Baip'ho (pɛ42 xo44; Baihuo 白伙)", "Baip yinl (pɛ42 ji21; Baini 白尼)", or "Miep jiax". Baip people literarily means 'white people' in Chinese. In 1956, of their own will they were named the Bai Nationality by Chinese Authorities.
Historically, the Bai had also been called Minjia (民家) by the Chinese.
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