文档介绍：China’s Ethnic Minorities
By Shirley
Ethnic minorities in China are the non-Han Chinese population in the People‘s Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan). 55 other ethnic groups are recognized in mainland China ,mostly concentrated in the northwest, north, northeast, south, and southwest but with some in central interior areas.
The name of the 55 ethnic groups
Zhuang(壮族)、Manchu(满族)、Hui(回族)、Miao(苗族)、Uyghur(维吾尔族)、Tujia(土家族)、Yi(彝族)、Mongol(蒙古族)、Tibetan(藏族)、Buyei(布依族)、Dong(侗族)、Yao(瑶族)、Korean(朝鲜族)、Bai(白族)、Hani(哈尼族)、Kazakh(哈萨克族)、Li(黎族)、Dai(傣族)、She(畲族)、Lisu(傈僳族)、Gelao(仡佬族)、Dongxiang(东乡族)、Gaoshan(高山族)、Lahu(拉祜族)、Shui(水族)、Va(佤族)、nakhi(纳西族)
Qiang(羌族)、Tu(土族)、Mulao(仫佬族)、Xibe(锡伯族)、Kyrgyz(柯尔克孜族)、Daur(达斡尔族)、Jingpo(景颇族)、Maonan(毛南族)、Salar(撒拉族)、Blang(布朗族)、Tajik(塔吉克族)、Achang(阿昌族)、Pumi(普米族)、Ewenki(鄂温克族)、Nu(怒族)、Gin(京族)、Jino(基诺族)、De’ang(德昂族)、Bonan(保安族)、Russian(俄罗斯族)、Yugur(裕固族)、Uzbek(乌孜别克族)、Monba(门巴族)、Oroqen(鄂伦春族)、Derung(独龙族)、Tatars(塔塔尔族)、Hezhen(赫哲族)、Lhoba(珞巴族)、Undistinguished(未识别民族)
Zhuang (壮族)
mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China, some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hunan provinces.
Big-leaf hydrangea kwangsiensis(绣球)
Language, religion and culture
There is an indigenous Zhuang language. It is now officially written using only Roman letters.
Most Zhuang follow traditional animist practices known as Mo(么教-壮族巫教) which include elements of ancestor worship.
Characteristic fabric :Zhuang brocade , made with five-color gloss, featuring rich colors and durability, has been steadily improving over the past thousand years, developing three main categories.
Manchu(满族)
They live scattered all around the country, mostly in Liaoning province, northeastern China.
In the 17th century, with the help of the Ming dynasty rebels (such as general Wu Sangui), they came to power in China and founded the Qing Dynasty.
Manchu’s totem
embroidered shoes
Some historical personage
Nurhaci(努尔哈赤) , an Jurchen chieftain who rose to promin