Basha Miao Village in Guizhou

摘要

YEARS ago I saw a picture in a magazine of a group of men dressed in dark-hued clothes,their hair in topknots and hunting rifles slung over their shoulders,standing before a mountain village.The caption read,"China’s last tribal gunmen."They were residents of Basha Village in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou,southern China.From time to time I have wondered about these people,their origins,and