昆明市第一中学国际部
仙岛语保护小组

Entrance to the Provincial Minority Languages Committee, a branch of Provincial Ethnic and Religious Committee.
We spent hours and hours here for a couple of months. Negotiations, discussions, presentations, doubts, persuasions......all took place here.
Khantau Cultural Archive Program
The First-ever Khantau Legacy Exhibit
Under approval of Yingjiang County Government
What You’ll Find Inside
🔸1. Cultural Exhibition Core — 100 m² of Heritage (100㎡文化展示区)
Explore the full timeline of migration, language, rituals, craftsmanship, and festivals — curated with precision and approved by the Xiandao People’s Cultural Council (仙岛人文化理事会).
Featuring:
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Full-scale reconstructed dwellings
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Traditional bamboo crafts and hunting tools
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Festival scenes recreated with sound and light
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AR exhibits + the world’s first “Xiandao Language Pronunciation Simulator (仙岛语发音模仿器)”
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Archival photography & documentary screenings
This is where tradition meets technology.
🔸 2. Outdoor Interactive Zone — Culture You Can Touch
600 m² of hands-on engagement:
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Traditional rice-pounding trough (舂碓)
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Folk competitions: archery (射弓) and spinning tops (转陀螺)
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Craft stations: weaving, dyeing, carving
Think:
A playground for anthropologists.
A festival ground for visitors.
A classroom for the next generation.
🔸 3. Ethnic Culinary Experience Hall (民族食谱体验馆)
A 100 m² culinary center where you can taste the culture:
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Guoshou Rice Noodles (过手米线)
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Pounded vegetable dish (舂菜)
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Seasonal festival meals
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Open kitchen demonstrations
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Displays explaining food origins and ecological wisdom (食物起源、采集传统、生态智慧)
This is cultural memory you can eat.
🔸 4. Visitor & Support Zone
Thoughtfully designed facilities:
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Multi-language visitor center
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Shaded seating area with long benches
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Solar-powered eco-friendly toilets (生态厕所)
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Drinking water and resting areas
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Parking, landscaping, cultural totems
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Built with sustainable materials: bamboo-steel composite (竹钢) and solar courtyard lights (太阳能庭院灯)
Why This Project Matters
✔ 1. Cultural Rescue Operation
Language, songs, rituals, oral histories — all documented before they disappear.
Many elder speakers average 82 years old (平均年龄82岁).
This is a last-minute preservation effort.
✔ 2. Rural Revitalization with Real Numbers
Projected community benefits:
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+20% growth in local products
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30%+ employment increase
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Tourism-driven income
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Experience-based workshops & cultural products
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Revenue model: 40% tickets (门票40%) + 30% experiences (体验30%) + 30% cultural products (文创30%)
This is not charity — it’s a sustainable cultural economy.
✔ 3. Community-Led, Legally Protected, Zero Drama
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92% approval (92%通过率) at the village assembly
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Cultural authenticity supervised by Cultural Council’s one-vote veto (一票否决权)
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Clear land rights
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5% guaranteed land-share dividend (5%保障分红)
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30% reinvested into the community
This is how preservation should be done!
Government Support & Infrastructure
This project is fully aligned with major policies:
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Yunnan Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission (云南省民宗委)
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Beautiful Countryside Construction Policy
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Designed by Yunnan Provincial Design Institute Group (云南省设计院集团)
Infrastructure is already in place:
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Road, water, electricity
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4G network, with 5G planned
Everything is ready.