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Г=START=   XMT: 08:41 Wed Mar 11  EXP: 09:00 Thu Mar 12      Г
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ГANCIENT BURIAL FORMS FOUND IN CHINA'S GUIZHOU PROVINCE      Г
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ГGUIYANG (MARCH 11) XINHUA - TYPES OF BURIAL PRACTISED BY    Г
ГMINORITY NATIONALITIES IN ANCIENT TIMES IN SOUTHWESTERN     Г
ГCHINA'S GUIZHOU PROVINCE HAVE COME TO LIGHT FOR THE FIRST   Г
ГTIME.                                                       Г
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ГFLAGSTONE GRAVES OF THE SHUI NATIONALITY, URN-COFFIN BURIALSГ
ГOF THE BUYI NATIONALITY AND CREMATION BURIALS OF THE YI     Г
ГNATIONALITY, WERE DISCOVERED BY XI KEDING, AN ARCHEOLOGIST  Г
ГAT THE NATIONALITIES' CULTURAL PALACE HERE IN THIS CAPITAL  Г
ГOF GUIZHOU.                                                 Г
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ГGUIZHOU IS HOME TO A DOZEN MINORITY NATIONALITIES INCLUDING Г
ГTHE MIAO, BUYI, DONG, YI AND SHUI, WITH A TOTAL POPULATION  Г
ГOF MORE THAN 10 MILLION, ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF  Г
ГTHE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE PROVINCE.                       Г
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ГXI BEGAN A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF ETHNIC BURIAL CUSTOMS IN Г
Г1982. FLAGSTONE GRAVES DATE BACK TO THE MING DYNASTY (1368- Г
Г1644) AND WERE REPLACED, AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE QING      Г
ГDYNASTY (1644-1911), BY ORDINARY GRAVE BURIALS.             Г
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ГURN-COFFIN BURIALS DATE BACK TO THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD AND AREГ
ГCOMMON AT YANGCHAO CULTURE SITES ON THE UPPER REACHES OF THEГ
ГYANGTZE RIVER.                                              Г
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ГTHE BUYI NATIONALITY USE 0.5 M URN COFFINS WITH LIDS. THE YIГ
ГCREMATE THEIR DEAD AND BURY THE ASHES ON MOUNTAIN SLOPES,   Г
ГSOME 2,000 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL.                               Г
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ГTHIS CUSTOM DATES BACK TO ABOUT 400 A.D. AND HAD DISAPPEAREDГ
ГBY THE BEGINNING OF THE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911), ACCORDING Г
ГTO XI.                                                      Г
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ГTHESE FINDINGS HAVE BEEN COMPILED INTO A NEWLY-PUBLISHED    Г
ГBOOK TITLED 'ETHNIC BURIAL CUSTOMS OF GUIZHOU PROVINCE.'    Г
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