Jingpo people are an ethnic group who are the largest subset of the Kachin peoples, which largely inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Myanmar's Kachin State and neighbouring Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of China.
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Kachin Jingpo people are an ethnic affinity of several tribal groups, known for their fierce independence, disciplined fighting skills, complex clan inter-relations, craftsmanship, herbal healing and jungle survival skills.
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Jingpo people have frequently defied the Western expectation of lineage-based ethnicity by culturally "becoming Shans" .
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The standard Jingpo people language taught in China is based on the dialect of Enkun .
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The ancestor of all the Jingpo people, who is worshipped as a spirit or god, is held to be named Madai.
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Jingpo people Animists believe that spirits reside everywhere, from the sun to the animals, and that these spirits bring good or bad luck.
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Traditional Jingpo people dwellings are usually two stories and built out of wood and bamboo.
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Jingpo people ancestors lived on the Tibetan plateau and migrated gradually towards the south.
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The Jingpo are likely related to the neighbouring Qiang and Miao people.
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Kachin Jingpo people, including those organised as the Kachin Levies provided assistance to British units fighting the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
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However, Kachin Jingpo people fought both for and against the government during most of the ethnic conflicts.
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Unlike most hill-Jingpo people, shifting cultivation is not as widely practised, although tea is widely planted.
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