Characteristics of Ethnic Distribution

The distribution of China's various ethnic groups is characterized by "large diasporas, small settlements, and intermingling".

China is a united multi-ethnic family with 56 ethnic groups, including Han, Zhuang, Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uyghur and Miao. Among the various ethnic groups, the Han Chinese are the most numerous, accounting for about 91.5% of the country's total population; the other ethnic groups account for about 8.5% of the total population, collectively referred to as ethnic minorities. China's ethnic minorities, though small in population, are widely distributed.

Every province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the central government in the country is inhabited by ethnic minorities, and most county-level units are inhabited by more than two ethnic groups. China's ethnic minorities are mainly found in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Liaoning, Jilin, Hunan, Hubei and Hainan. The largest ethnic composition in China is in Yunnan Province, with 25 ethnic groups.

Ethnic customs:

1, Miao

The Miao have a long history of music and dance, and their crafts and arts, such as picking flowers, embroidery, brocade weaving, batik, and jewelry making, are internationally renowned. In the past, the Miao people believed in the spirit of all things, worshipped nature and sacrificed to their ancestors. There are many festivals, in addition to the traditional annual festival, sacrificial festivals, there are also festivals specifically related to food, traditional festivals to the more important year of the Miao, the most grand when it comes to the Gouzang Festival.

2, Tibetan

Tibetan is one of China's ancient ethnic groups, Tibetan folk festivals are Tibetan New Year, Ghee Lantern Festival, Bathing Buddha Festival. The biggest traditional festival of Tibetan folklore is the Tibetan New Year, which is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar every year.

New Year's Eve, people dressed in colorful costumes, wearing strange masks, with oboe, conch, drums playing music, to perform a grand and grand "jumping god will". The young men dance and sing to welcome the new year and to drive away evil spirits. To the New Year's morning, women will go back to the "auspicious water", wishing the new year auspicious.