(Also called sand mist.) In China and Japan, a "mist" that occurs in spring and fall, when loose earth is churned up by the wind so that clouds of dust rise to great heights, afterward collecting moisture and falling as colored mist that produces a thick coating of very fine yellow dust.
The Bai (autonome: ) are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They numbered 1,858,063 as of 2000.
The Bai language (Bai: Bairt‧ngvrt‧zix; ; Mandarin pinyin: Báiyǔ) is a language spoken in China, primarily in Yunnan province, by the Bai, one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The language has over a million speakers and is divided into three main dialects. It is a tonal language with eight tones and a rather rich set of vowels.