The population of Jirou nationality is about eighteen thousand persons, most of them live in Yunnan province. They have their own language,but without writing language.
Jirou live in the mountain area, there are virgin forests everywhere. All Jirou are engaged in agriculture, their main products are rice, cotton, Puer tea...
Jirou believe in primitive religion, worship of nature and ancestor,
believe everything has soul.
Jirou females are good at weaving, all their dresses are made of the cloth they weave.
Jirou's houses are made of bamboo.
The most important festival of Jirou is on lunar Dec. , it is for celebrate the harvest.
Jirou has many special folk musical instruments, among them , the Sun Drum is
respect as the embodiment of god. The famous folk dance of Jirou is Dance of Sun
Drum.
