The Bo people are a small minority population in Southern China, famous for their hanging coffins

Hanging coffins

Hanging coffins are coffins which have been placed on cliffs. They can be found in various locations, including China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. In China, they are known as Xuanguan which also means "hanging coffin".-China:...

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The Bo people dominated their area for some four centuries, but were massacred by the Ming

Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...

 army and were thought to be extinct. However, some descendants of the Bo were found in 2005 in Xingwen County

Xingwen County

Xingwen County is a county in Yibin, Sichuan, China. It is located in the southern part of Sichuan province and borders Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. It has become known for its Geopark, , a Karst landscape.-References:...

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Sichuan

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Culture

Hanging coffins

Hanging coffins

Hanging coffins are coffins which have been placed on cliffs. They can be found in various locations, including China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. In China, they are known as Xuanguan which also means "hanging coffin".-China:...

carved from a single log and bronze drums are widely found in the areas once inhabited by Bo people.