Yucebao is played by Bai people in Lijiang Prefecture, Yunnan. The two informants (both male) interviewed by Vernon Eagle in May 1992 lived in Shouxin village, Jinshan Township. The game appears to be closely related to Laomuzhu as played by Han Chinese in Mengmao village, Baoshan Prefecture. The Bai are the second largest ethnic minority group in Yunnan. They speak a language related to the Yi branch of the Tibetan-Myanmese roup of the Chinese-Tibetan language family. Their total population numbered about 1.9 million people as of 2000.