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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
That is interesting, would the Buddhist minority in Yunnan regions be due to other religion dominating, Islam?
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In China and in Yunnan province in particular, Buddhism is not a minority religion. But most Chinese people follow Amidaism. The Thai and Burmese peoples inhabiting Yunnan adhere to a different direction - Theravada. This is the main direction of Buddhism in the countries of Southeast Asia. It came from South India in the 5-6th centuries AD.
P.S. The details of JoeCanada42 sword do bear some resemblance to the Theravada Buddhist depictions.