South Yunnan Research Articles

Analysis of the Cultural Application of Ethnic Minority Motifs in South Yunnan Region

Southern Yunnan is a place with rich and diverse ethnic cultures, and traditional patterns are an important cultural form with great value of use in the local context. Taking the patterns of ethnic minorities in southern Yunnan as the research object, this topic adopts the method of combining literature review and field survey to analyze the status of their use in cultural inheritance, artistic creation, and life practice, and discuss their significance and value in modern society, with a view to providing important theoretical and practical support for the inheritance and transmission of ethnic minority cultures, and the promotion of the development of local cultures.

High variation of worker cell and morphology between two adjacent populations of honey bee, Apis cerana (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Honey bee population inhabiting among different geographic regions often exhibit distinctive traits and phenotypes as a means of enhancing their adaptation to local environmental conditions. Morphological difference of worker was used to reflect the honey bee population locality adaptation and as one of the important markers of species evolution. Here, four comb cell and seven morphology characters of honey bee Apis cerana from two adjacent populations of Yunnan Province were measured to explore the effect of local adaptation on worker comb cell and morphology. Results showed that the characters of worker comb cell and morphology was significant difference between samples from these two local populations of A. cerana. It was separated into two groups which corresponding into the general A. cerana geographic population of Yungui Plateau and South Yunnan base on worker comb cell and morphology character. The worker comb cell size and morphology of A. cerana from Qujing were found to be significantly larger than those from Cangyuan. The indices that showed the most significantly different between populations were cell depth and right forewing length. Moreover, a strong positive correlation was observed between the cell diagonal diameter and the right forewing length, with a correlation coefficient 0.575. In conclusion, honey bee A. cerana population appear high variation in comb cell and morphology to adapt the locality environment. The forewing length of worker was the most significant variation indices between geographic populations, and could be as an indicator of worker cell and morphology among different A. cerana geographic populations.

Morphological characteristics, genetic diversity, and ethnobotanical uses of Citrus hongheensis (Rutaceae), an endangered species

The species Citrus hongheensis is an endangered species and the most primitive Citrus species with the most developed winged leaves. It is endemic to south Yunnan Province, southwest China, and only distributed in a very narrow area along the south bank of the Honghe river (the Yuanjiang river). By combining ISSR and morphological data from 11 populations, it shows that the species has rich genetic diversity among and within populations although the population is declining gradually. According to field and market surveys, the local Hani people have traditionally used C. hongheensis for a long time, such as the dried young fruits of the species as Chinese traditional medicine, leaves as food spice, as well as other organs. By collecting all existing knowledge of traditional and present uses, as well as further potential uses, we demonstrate that the species has good development prospects. Based on rich diversity, ethnobotanical uses, and a positive cultural environment, it was decided to choose four populations (YJNNDM, LCDX, HHDYJ, and YJYJYJ) of C. hongheensis for in situ conservation and artificial sexual reproduction. This will allow to develop new uses of the species, while providing indications for the conservation of other endangered species.

Luisia brachyota (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae) a new species from China: evidence based on morphological and molecular data

We have described and illustrated a new species, Luisia brachyota (Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae), from south Yunnan, China. Morphological comparisons indicated the new species is similar to L. filiformis and L. cordata, but differs from L. brachyota inflorescences 3-or 5-flowered, lip shorter than petals, hypochile thickly fleshy, epichile cordate adaxially with 7 or 9 papillate longitudinal ridges. Molecular analysis based on the nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid sequences (matK, rbcL, and trnL-trnF) shows that it is a new species.

The Genetic Diversity of White-Backed Planthoppers (Sogatella furcifera) between Myanmar and Yunnan Province of China.

In order to clarify the migration route and the source of white-backed planthopper (WBPH) (Sogatella furcifera) between Myanmar and Yunnan Province, China, we collected six populations throughout Myanmar and five populations around the border areas in Yunnan Province, China. A total of 790 base pairs in the mtDNA COI genes from 416 individuals were obtained. A total of 43 haplotypes were identified, among which 37 were unique haplotypes, and the remaining 6 were shared among different populations. Two common shared haplotypes (H_1 and H_2) had a widespread distribution in all populations and accounted for 88.8% of the total haplotype frequency, suggesting a high-level gene flow among the Myanmar and Yunnan populations. Bayesian skyline plot (BSP) analysis results indicated that the effective population size of WBPH expanded between about 10,000 and 7000 years ago, and S. furcifera might follow the post-LGM (Last Glacial Maximum) expansion pattern. Based on the total migrant (Nem) value, it can be deduced that north and northeast Myanmar were the primary migration sources for WBPH populations in the southwest and south Yunnan regions. This study aims to contribute to the sustainable regional management of this important rice pest and provide new insights into the genetic diversity of WBPH in Southeast Asia.

A new lithophilous species of Gesneriaceae, Petrocodonrubrostriatus, from the karst area of South Yunnan, China.

A new lithophytic species of Gesneriaceae, Petrocodonrubrostriatus K.Tan, X.Q.Song & M.X.Ren, sp. nov. from Lvchun County, South Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated here. It closest resembles P.mollifolius (W.T.Wang) A.Weber & Mich.Möller, but the new species is differentiated from it by red to brownish-red stripes in the yellow corolla throat and 4.5 mm long bract lobes, a ca. 10 mm long style, and staminodes inserted at 2.5-3 mm from the corolla base. The species is preliminarily assessed as 'Critically Endangered' (CR) according to IUCN criteria, since currently only one single locality is known with a few subpopulations on a fragmented limestone cliff, with fewer than 300 individuals.

Spatial Distribution and Tourism Activation of Traditional Villages in Yunnan Province

Using ArcGIS to analyze the spatial distribution of traditional villages in Yunnan Province in combination with the actual local conditions of traditional villages, the purpose of this study is to determine the development model suitable for their characteristics. The results show several important features of traditional village distribution. (1) The traditional villages in Yunnan Province have spatial structural characteristics of unbalanced cohesive distribution, and they are mainly distributed in the higher-level cities and prefectures such as northwest Yunnan, west Yunnan and south Yunnan. Among them, the traditional villages of Baoshan City have the highest distribution density of 66.33 per 10000 km2. This is followed by Dali Prefecture and Honghe Prefecture, where the densities of traditional villages are 44.13 per 10000 km2 and 37.66 per 10000 km2, respectively. (2) The factors affecting the spatial distribution structure of traditional villages in Yunnan Province are natural geographical factors, humanistic historical factors and transportation factors. Among them, the natural geographical conditions with a large vertical gap in Yunnan Province gave birth to the human settlement environment of traditional villages. The history of a farming civilization that has been passed down from generation to generation has laid a brilliant and splendid humanistic foundation for traditional villages, and the high-altitude areas are relatively primitive. The transportation conditions have delayed the destruction of traditional villages by urbanization and industrialization. In summary, these factors have affected the spatial distribution pattern of traditional villages in Yunnan Province to some extent. (3) According to the law of the spatial distribution of traditional villages in Yunnan Province, it is necessary to explore the activation path of traditional village tourism with regional characteristics and ethnic characteristics, and also to carry out differentiated development according to the different endowment characteristics of local resources, that is to develop a series of activation modes including agricultural tourism, cultural tourism and ecological tourism.

Zingiber calcicola (Zingiberaceae), a new species from a limestone area in south Yunnan, China

Zingiber calcicola Y.H.Tan & H.B.Ding, sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) from a limestone area in south Yunnan, China is described and illustrated here. It belongs to Zingiber sect. Dymczewiczia due to the terminal inflorescence on the leafy shoot. The description, photographs, habitat, distribution, phenology and a comparison with the allied species are also provided.

Advances in Chemical Constituents, Clinical Applications, Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology of Erigeron breviscapus.

Dengzhanxixin (DZXX), the dried whole plant of Erigeron breviscapus (Vaniot) Hand.-Mazz., belonging to Compositae and first published in Materia Medica of South Yunnan by Lan Mao in the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD–1644 AD), is included in Medicinal Materials and Decoction Pieces of the 2020 edition of the Pharmacopeia of the People’s Republic of China. Its main chemical components are flavonoids that mainly include flavonoid, flavonols, dihydroflavones, flavonol glycosides, flavonoid glycosides, coffee acyl compounds, and other substances, such as volatile oil compounds, coumarins, aromatic acids, pentacyclic terpenoids, phytosterols, and xanthones. Among them, scutellarin and 1,5-dicoffeoylquininic acid are the main active components of DZXX. DZXX has pharmacological effects, such as improving cerebral and cerebrovascular ischemia, increasing blood flow, inhibiting platelet aggregation, promoting antithrombotic formation, improving microcirculation, reducing blood viscosity, protecting optic nerves, exhibiting anti-inflammatory properties, scavenging free radicals, and eliciting antioxidant activities. It is widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular ischemic diseases, kidney diseases, liver diseases, diabetic complications, and glaucoma. Pharmacokinetic studies have shown that the active components of DZXX have a low bioavailability and a high elimination rate in vivo. Nevertheless, its utilization can be improved through liposome preparation and combination with other drugs. Acute and subacute toxicity studies have shown that DZXX is a safe medicinal material widely used in clinical settings. However, its target and drug action mechanism are unclear because of the complexity of its composition. In this paper, the clinical application and pharmacological toxicology of DZXX are reviewed to provide a reference for further studying its active components and action mechanism.

Species richness and endemism pattern of Fagaceae in Southwest China and their environmental interpretation.

How to accurately model species macro-richness patterns and endemism centers is a key focus of biodiversity conservation efforts and a hot biogeographical topic. Southwest China is one of regions with high Fagaceae species richness, the species diversity patterns and driving mechanisms are unclear. In this study, the distribution pattern of species richness (SR), weighted endemism (WE), and corrected weighted endemism (CWE) indices were estimated based on 7258 occurrence points of 161 Fagaceae species in Southwest China using both occurrence-to grid method and species distribution model (SDM). We used the spatial autoregressive (SAR) model to analyze the relationship between diversity indices and environmental factors. Overall, the three SDM-simulated diversity indices were more continuous in values than that of the occurrence-to grid method, though the distributions of those indices obtained by the two methods were similar. The areas with high SR value were mainly distributed in the south edge of Yunnan, north Guangxi and southwest Guangxi (62-89 species). The maximum of WE concentrated in south Yunnan and west Guangxi (1.77-5.02). The highest CWE (0.07-0.17) was found in southeast Tibet, Qinling-Daba Mountains, southwest Guangxi, and southeast Yunnan. The SAR models showed significant effect of precipita-tion in the driest month, standard deviations of seasonal temperature, altitude range and soil organic carbon content on SR. The effects of precipitation in the driest month, standard deviations of seaso-nal temperature, potential evaporation and altitude range on the WE were significant. The precipitation in the driest month, standard deviations of seasonal temperature, historical temperature change, coefficient of variation of enhanced vegetation index and altitude variation had significant effects on the CWE. The R2 of SAR model for SR, WE and CWE was 0.857, 0.733, 0.593, respectively, being higher than that of ordinary least squares (OLS) (R2=0.689, 0.425, 0.422). In conclusion, water availability, climate seasonality, habitat heterogeneity, historical climate change and soil condition were the most important factors limiting the distribution of SR and WE of Fagaceae in Southwest China. The SR and WE centers of Fagaceae were located in south and southeast Yunnan, southwest Guangxi, west Guangxi, Qinling-Daba Mountains, and southeast Tibet, where should be adequately protected.

Source and Risk Assessment of Trace Metals in Red Soils from Yunnan Province, Southwest China

AbstractTrace metal pollution is one of the most concerning issues in Yunnan province, where red soil is the dominant soil. To investigate the sources of trace metals and assess their pollution level and potential risk, trace metal concentrations are measured in two red soil profiles from Yunnan province. Results show that Cr, As, and Zn are the most abundant trace metals in both profiles, and As and Cr might be pollutants because their concentrations are higher than the background values and the average concentrations in global soils from China, Japan, the UK, and the USA. The correlation matrix and principal component analysis exhibited that As and Cr are affected by mining activities. The single factor index and Nemero pollution index explained that the enrichment of As and Cr can lead to light pollution. The risk index (RI) values of trace metals exhibited a low ecological risk, of which the RI values of As and Cd in S1 are higher, implying a higher soil pollution level in south Yunnan. Furthermore, the HI results indicated that As can cause non‐carcinogenic risk on human health. This study is to help developing the management and preventing contamination of trace metals in red soils.

On a new species of freshwater crab of the genus Mekhongthelphusa Naiyanetr, 1994 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from south Yunnan, China

On a new species of freshwater crab of the genus Mekhongthelphusa Naiyanetr, 1994 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from south Yunnan, China

Genomic analysis of Asian honeybee populations in China reveals evolutionary relationships and adaptation to abiotic stress.

The geographic and biological diversity of China has resulted in the differential adaptation of the eastern honeybee, Apis cerana, to these varied habitats. A. cerana were collected from 14 locations in China. Their genomes were sequenced, and nucleotide polymorphisms were identified at more than 9 million sites. Both STRUCTURE and principal component analysis placed the bees into seven groups. Phylogenomic analysis groups the honeybees into many of the same clusters with high bootstrap values (91%–100%). Populations from Tibet and South Yunnan are sister taxa and together represent the earliest diverging lineage included in this study. We propose that the evolutionary origin of A. cerana in China was in the southern region of Yunnan Province and expanded from there into the southeastern regions and into the northeastern mountain regions. The Cold‐Temperate West Sichuan Plateau and Tropical Diannan populations were compared to identify genes under adaptive selection in these two habitats. Pathway enrichment analysis showing genes under selection, including the Hippo signaling pathway, GABAergic pathway, and trehalose‐phosphate synthase, indicates that most genes under selection pressure are involved in the process of signal transduction and energy metabolism. qRT‐PCR analysis reveals that one gene under selection, the AcVIAAT gene, involved in the GABAergic pathway, is responding to cold temperature stress. Through homologous recombination, we show that the AcVIAAT gene is able to replace the CNAG_01904 gene in the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans and that it makes the fungus less sensitive to conditions of oxidative stress and variations in temperature. Our results contribute to our understanding of the evolutionary origin of A. cerana in China and the molecular basis of environmental adaptation.

Spatiotemporal dynamics of ecosystem fires and biomass burning-induced carbon emissions in China over the past two decades

Fire is a major type of disturbance that has important influences on ecosystem dynamics and carbon cycles. Yet our understanding of ecosystem fires and their carbon cycle consequences is still limited, largely due to the difficulty of large-scale fire monitoring and the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, climate, and anthropogenic factors. Here, using data from satellite-derived fire observations and ecosystem model simulations, we performed a comprehensive investigation of the spatial and temporal dynamics of China's ecosystem fire disturbances and their carbon emissions over the past two decades (1997–2016). Satellite-derived results showed that on average about 3.47 - 4.53 × 104 km2 of the land was burned annually during the past two decades, among which annual burned forest area was about 0.81 - 1.25 × 104 km2, accounting for 0.33-0.51% of the forest area in China. Biomass burning emitted about 23.02 TgC per year. Compared to satellite products, simulations from the Energy Exascale Earth System Land Model (ELM) strongly overestimated China's burned area and fire-induced carbon emissions. Annual burned area and fire-induced carbon emissions were high for boreal forest in Northeast China's Daxing'anling region and subtropical dry forest in South Yunnan, as revealed by both the satellite product and the model simulations. Our results suggest that climate and anthropogenic factors play critical roles in controlling the spatial and seasonal distribution of China's ecosystem fire disturbances. Our findings highlight the importance of multiple complementary approaches in assessing ecosystem fire disturbance and its carbon consequences. Further studies are required to improve the methods of observing and modelling China's ecosystem fire disturbances, which will provide valuable information for fire management and ecosystem sustainability in an era when both human activities and the natural environment are rapidly changing.

Spatiotemporal Differences in Dominants of Dryness/Wetness Changes in Southwest China

A full analysis of 3-month Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration index (SPEI-3) changes and attribution analyses are of significance for deeply understanding dryness/wetness evolutions and thus formulating specific measures to sustain regional development. In this study, we analyze monthly and annual SPEI-3 changes over Southwest China (SWC; including Sichuan (SC), Chongqing (CQ), Guizhou (GZ), Yunnan (YN), and west Guangxi (wGX)) during 1961–2012, using the SPEI model and routine meteorological measurements at 269 weather sites. For SWC and each subregion (excluding wGX), annual SPEI-3 during 1961–2012 tends to decrease, and drying is at most of months in January and September–December, but wetting is in February–August (excluding March for wGX). Additionally, more than 50% of sites show declined and increased SPEI-3 in January, April, June, and August–December and the remaining months, respectively. Except for wGX with dominant of ET0, annual SPEI-3 changes in SWC and other four subregions have dominant of precipitation. Spatially, annual SPEI-3 changes at 59% of sites are because of precipitation, generally located in southeast SC, south YN, CQ, GZ, and south and northeast wGX. Nevertheless, dominants at regional and site scales vary among months, e.g., SWC, SC, CQ, and GZ, having dominant of precipitation (ET0) during September–December (most of months during January–August), YN always with dominant of precipitation, and wGX with dominant of precipitation (ET0) in February–April and July–December (January, May, and June). Importantly, this study provides a reference for quantitatively evaluating spatiotemporal dryness/wetness variations with climate change, especially for regions with significant drying/wetting.

Dendrocalamus menghanensis (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new woody bamboo from Yunnan, China.

Dendrocalamus menghanensis P.Y.Wang & D.Z.Li, a new species of woody bamboos endemic to south Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to D. semiscandens and D. birmanicus but differs in having a reflexed culm sheath blade, 10 mm high culm sheath ligule, 1 mm high leaf sheath ligule, 4 florets and 1 glume.

Geology, mineralization styles and age of ore-hosting rocks of the Proterozoic Longbohe–Sin Quyen Fe-Cu belt: Implications for regional metallogeny

A number of Proterozoic Fe-(Cu) deposits or prospects are distributed along the Ailao Shan–Red River shear zone (ASRR) in South Yunnan, China and northern Vietnam, defining the potentially important Longbohe–Sin Quyen Fe-Cu belt. This belt was tentatively considered to be initially part of the Proterozoic Kangdian Fe-Cu province in southwestern Yangtze Block (SW China) before being southeastward displaced into the Cenozoic ASRR. However, such a model is still not confirmed convincingly due to poor understanding of ore genesis of the belt and lack of comprehensive comparisons. In this paper, we described the geology and mineralization styles of typical deposits, the Longbohe and Sin Quyen deposits, in the Longbohe–Sin Quyen Fe-Cu belt, and obtained new zircon U-Pb ages of ore-hosting rocks and intruding granites to evaluate if this belt is comparable with the Kangdian Fe-Cu province. Both the Longbohe and Sin Quyen deposits, which are located in northwestern (south Yunnan, China) and southeastern (northern Vietnam) sections of the belt, respectively, are hosted in volcanic-sedimentary rocks that were traditionally named as the Longbohe and Sin Quyen groups, respectively. Both the ores and hosting rocks in the two deposits are variably metamorphosed or deformed, but our results reveal that both deposits have similar paragenetic sequences including pre-ore Na alteration and early Fe-REE mineralization (magnetite and allanite), followed by Cu mineralization (chalcopyrite). Such mineralization styles are broadly comparable to those of the Fe-Cu deposits in the Kangdian province.Our new zircon U-Pb dating on meta-volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the ore-hosting Longbohe Group and intruding granites indicate that this group consists of at least two parts forming at 1000–750 and ~1700 Ma, and thus is termed as the upper and lower Longbohe groups in this study. On the other hand, the new zircon ages of the ore-hosting Sin Quyen Group and intruding granites tightly constrain the depositional age of this group as 870–830 Ma, broadly synchronous with the upper Longbohe Group. Sedimentary rocks of the upper Longbohe Group contain detrital zircon with ages dominantly clustering at 2.9–2.7, 2.3–2.2, 1.9–1.7, 1.5–1.3 and 1.2–1.05 Ga, broadly similar to those of the Sin Quyen Group, even though the latter also contains an additional spectrum of 1.0–0.87 Ga. In total, these ages of detrital zircon are comparable with those of the synchronous strata in the Kangdian Fe-Cu province, such as the Kunyang, Huili and Yanbian groups. It is also important to note that our newly identified ~1700 Ma lower Longbohe Group is comparable to synchronous strata in the Kangdian Fe-Cu province, such as the 1700 Ma Hekou and Dahongshan groups. Such similarities of ore-hosting rocks in both regions provide robust evidence to support that the Longbohe–Sin Quyen Fe-Cu belt is initially part of the Kangdian Fe-Cu metallogenic province before being displaced into the Cenozoic ASRR shear zone. This new recognition has important implications for regional Fe-Cu exploration particularly in the ASRR shear zone.

Parasitic cockroaches indicate complex states of earliest proved ants

Myrmecophilous and termitophilous interactions likely contributed to the competitive advantage and evolutionary success of eusocial insects, but how these commensal and parasitic relationships originated is unclear due to absence of fossil records. New extinct cockroaches of the still living family Blattidae are reported here from the Cretaceous Myanmar amber (99 Ma) and are the earliest known inhabitants of complex ant nests, demonstrating that this specialised myrmecophily originated shortly after ant eusociality and appeared in the fossil record. Cretaceous stem aposematic Blattidae are known from the amber of Myanmar and Lebanon and we report them here also from the Syrian amber. Concurrent evolution suggests that the collective internal defence of early ants was weak and allowed infiltrations by numerous unrelated organisms, At the same time, the contemporary presence of ant mimicking myrmecomorphs suggests a need for strong external protection against visually hunting predators. Myrmecophily is supported by morphological adaptations (lack of wide fat body and feeding of adult male; short, fossorial legs; shortened cerci; oligomerised antenna; hairy surface structures) and camouflage behaviour, documented by sediment and own feces covering. Moreover the same piece of amber contains ants, ant mimics and other undescribed ant nest-visiting insects as syninclusions. Another species preserved along with two termites is a putative termitophile. Abundant comparatively large parasitic cockroaches influenced Mesozoic tropical forest ecosystems by affecting the early evolution of complex nests of eusocial insects. Rainforest rudiments in South Yunnan yielded observation of analogical still living, formally undescribed species.

A comparative study on the relationship between cerebral vascular hemodynamics and risk factors of stroke in Han and Hani nationality groups in south Yunnan

Objective To investigate the difference between Han nationality residents and the Hani nationality residents in southern Yunnan about the effects of stroke risk factors on cerebral vascular hemodynamic indicators. Methods In the cohort crowds, Hani nationality outpatient patients were selected as the Hani nationality group, the Han nationality outpatient patients with the same gender and similar age were randomly selected as the Han nationality group with the ratio of nearly 1︰3.The risk factors of stroke and the differences of the hemodynamic indicators were compared between the two groups. Results The dyslipidemia proportion of the Hani nationality group was lower than that of the Han nationality group[48 cases(11.5%) vs.257 cases(17.5%), χ2=8.867, P=0.003], and the drinking proportion of the Hani nationality group was higher than that of the Han nationality group[79 cases(18.9%) vs.214 cases(14.6%), χ2=4.498, P=0.034], the other risk factors exposure rates had no statistically significant differences between the two groups(all P>0.05). The ratio of numbers of cerebral vascular hemodynamic indicators below 75 points(optimum truncation points) in the Hani nationality group and the Han nationality group were 30.3% and 31.9%, respectively, the proportion of the two groups of integral value distribution had statistically significant difference (χ2=12.614, P<0.01); Vmean(left: t=0.632, P=0.527; right: t=0.642, P=0.532), Vmin(left: t=-0.349, P=0.727; right: t=-0.540, P=0.589), Wv(left: t=0.297, P=0.767; right: t=1.119, P=0.263), Zcv(left: t=0.297, P=0.767; right: t=1.247, P=0.213), Rv(left: t=0.837, P=0.403; right: t=1.222, P=0.222), DR(left: t=0.720, P=0.482; right: t=0.396, P=0.692), Cp(left: t=0.614, P=0.539; right: t=1.486, P=0.138) and other indicators of the two groups had no statistically significant differences. Conclusion The Hani nationality residents' stroke risk factors and CVHI integral distribution in different age groups are different from Han people in southern Yunnan. Key words: Stroke; Ethnic groups; Risk factors; Hemodynamics

Research and Implementation of Ancient Yi Language Information Processing Platform in South Yunnan

This paper attempts to analyze and research on Particularity of Yi character encoding information processing platform and communication system model in Windows operating system, develop the Yunnan ancient Yi language digital information processing platform. This platform consists of Barcode encoded input methods by standard Yi character Liberal split mode, handwritten Yi character Liberal split mode and standard Yi character Digital Health Stroke split mode, with the view of better inheritance of cultural characteristics of ethnic minorities in Yunnan and benefits of future generations.