The 56 ethnic groups include Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Bai, Tujia, Hani, Kazakh, Dai, Li, Lisu, Wa, She, Gaoshan, Lahu, Shui, Dongxiang, Naxi, Jingpo, Kirgiz, and Tu
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China is a multi-ethnic country, with a total of 56 ethnic groups, each with its own unique customs and traditions. Together, these 56 ethnic groups constitute a colorful cultural picture, showing the diversity and inclusiveness of the Chinese nation. China's ethnic composition can be traced back to ancient times, when the Central Plains region was home to many ancient ethnic groups. Over time, these peoples merged and exchanged with each other in different historical periods, forming a multi-ethnic state.
Among the 56 ethnic groups, the Han nationality has the largest number. The ancient ancestors of the Han nationality generally took the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River from Longshan in the west to Mount Tai in the east as their activity area. After the 21st century BC, several dynasties of Xia, Shang and Western Zhou appeared in the Central Plains.
Mongolians are one of the ethnic minorities in China, mainly in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Mongolian people are famous for their unique nomadic culture, as well as the traditional horseback riding culture, and their traditional costumes, dance and other art forms have attracted widespread attention around the world.
The Zhuang nationality is the most populous ethnic group among China's ethnic minorities, with more than 20 self-proclaimed names, such as "Buzhuang", "Butu", "Bunon" and "Buyayi".
The Manchus are mainly distributed in the three eastern provinces of China, Hebei Province, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with the northern part of Hebei Province being the most numerous, followed by Liaoning Province. Among China's 55 ethnic minorities, it ranks third after the Zhuang and Hui.
The Yi nationality is the sixth largest ethnic minority in China, and the ethnic language is Yi, which belongs to the Yi branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family, with 6 dialects in the north, east, south, southeast, west and middle, including 5 sub-dialects and 25 native languages.
The Yao nationality is one of the oldest ethnic groups in China, and its ethnic languages belong to the Yao branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, the Miao Yao branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, and the Dongshui branch of the Zhuang-Dong language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
The Miao people are also an ancient ethnic group, scattered all over the world, mainly distributed in China's Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Qiong and other provinces and regions, as well as Southeast Asia's Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and other countries and regions.
Dongxiang is an ethnic minority in Gansu Province, China, the ethnic language belongs to the Mongolian language family of the Altaic language family, there is no script of their own nationality, most of the Dongxiang people are fluent in Chinese, and Chinese is the common language of the Dongxiang people.
The She people call themselves "Shanha", which means customers who live in the mountains, and legend has it that the ancestral home of the She people is Chaozhou, Guangdong. It is mainly distributed in Fu'an, Fujian, Jingning, Zhejiang, Shanwei, Shenshan District, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Anhui and other provinces, and most of them live together with the Han nationality.
Achang is one of the ethnic groups with a small population, the national language is Achang, which belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family, the language branch is to be determined, there are two dialects of Lianghe dialect and Husa dialect, and the languages or dialects of other ethnic groups such as Chinese and Dai are spoken, and there is no national script, and Chinese characters are used.
There are many other ethnic groups, which I will not introduce here. There is a rich and diverse cultural exchange between different ethnic minorities. In the long history, all ethnic groups have worked together and developed together, forming a pluralistic and integrated cultural system. This cultural pattern of pluralism and integration is not only reflected in traditional culture, but also in the development of various fields.
Write to the end. The 56 nationalities constitute a pluralistic and harmonious family. Every nation has a unique cultural tradition and has made indelible contributions to the development of civilization. Autumn and Winter Check-in Challenge