Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County
Jinxiu (Chinese: 金秀; pinyin: Jīnxiù; Zhuang: Ginhsiu) is a county of eastern Guangxi, China, located in an area of relatively high concentrations of the Yao people.The county administers 3 towns and 7 townships:[1] Towns: Townships: Practically isolated from the outside world until the 1930s, Jinxiu was inhabited by five different branches of Yao: Chashan 茶山, Ao 坳, Hualan 花蓝, Pan 盘, and Shanzi 山子.The first three branches (Chashan 茶山, Ao 坳, Hualan 花蓝) were considered the owners of the lands, as the dates of their first arrivals are estimated at around 1,000 years ago.Additionally, Jiongnai is spoken in Liuxiang 六巷乡, and Longhua 龙化村 of Changdong 长垌乡.Mao Zongwu (2004) notes that Jiongnai speakers are also given the exonym "Hualan Yao" 花蓝瑶.