Ethnic minority village opens in China (24 images)

A Naxi Chinese ethnic minority woman plows a small patch of land next to a sunflower garden near her village in Lijiang, northern Yunnan Province, on September 30, 2012. More than 100 million Chinese farmers will move to cities by 2020, posing huge challenges and risks for urban planners and already stretched social welfare systems, according to a new government report. UPI/Stephen Shaver

Chinese women of the ethnic minority group the Naxi sing and dance to traditional songs during a show for tourists in the Yunnan Nationalities Village in Kunming, the capital of China's southern Yunnan Province, on September 23, 2012. China recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups within the country in addition to the Han majority. With over 25 ethnic minorities living in Yunnan, they make up about 34 percent of its population. All are hanging on their cultural identity as "progress" is accompanied by a larger, more powerful Han majority. UPI/Stephen Shaver

A Chinese vendor waits for tourists to buy colorful outfits of various Chinese ethnic minority groups in the Yunnan Nationalities Village in Kunming, the capital of China's southern Yunnan Province, on September 23, 2012. China recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups within the country in addition to the Han majority. With over 25 ethnic minorities living in Yunnan, they make up about 34 percent of its population. All are hanging on their cultural identity as "progress" is accompanied by a larger, more powerful Han majority. UPI/Stephen Shaver

Chinese tourists visit a Bai Chinese ethnic minority group's "village" and temple built in the Yunnan Nationalities Village in Kunming, the capital of China's southern Yunnan Province, on September 23, 2012. China recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups within the country in addition to the Han majority. With over 25 ethnic minorities living in Yunnan, they make up about 34 percent of its population. All are hanging on their cultural identity as "progress" is accompanied by a larger, more powerful Han majority. UPI/Stephen Shaver