To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China, a photo show entitled “The Joy Happy Family - the journey that 56 Chinese ethnic groups have gone through over past years”was held in Beijing.

The photo show was jointly organized by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) and China Photographers Association and supported by China Photo Press, Nationality Pictorial, China Pictorial, and Wangfujing Area Construction and Management Office.

The following photos, selected from the exhibition, are portraits of people of Yao ethnic group. 

The population of Yao people has grown to more than 2.6 million as of 2000. The Yao ethnicity of China mainly live in the mountain areas of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Hunan,Yunnan, Guangdong and Guizhou province.