The ethnic minorities in China are called rice-growing ethnic groups.

The ethnic minorities in China are called rice-growing ethnic groups, as follows:

Buyi people are a minority in China, and they are called "rice-planting people". Traditional agriculture is mainly based on rice cultivation, and the production techniques of glutinous rice are very distinctive, among which five-color glutinous rice, Dushan hydrochloric acid dish, glutinous rice cellar wine and so on are famous. Buyi is a large minority in southwest China. Buyi is the national language, and Sino-Tibetan is a branch of Zhuang-Dong language family, which is closely related to Zhuang language and widely used in Chinese.

Buyi people evolved from the ancient Liao people, mainly agriculture. Buyi ancestors began to grow rice very early and enjoyed the title of "rice-growing nation". Buyi people are mainly distributed in Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and other provinces, among which Guizhou has the largest population, accounting for 97% of the national Buyi population.

national faith

Buyi people believe in ancestors and various gods. Mountains, water, wells, caves, and ancient trees with strange growth are all regarded as the embodiment of gods. Every village has a land temple. Some specific religious ceremonies should be dedicated to bamboo. Buyi people everywhere also worship Raytheon, Door God, Kitchen God and Dragon King. These reflect the primitive religious beliefs of Buyi people as an agricultural nation.

"Mojiao" is a relatively mature religious belief form of Buyi people, which is in the transitional stage from primitive religion to artificial religion. Its religious professionals are divided into "Bumo" and "Moya". Boomo learned it through study. Under the guidance of Master, he learned a series of scriptures and ritual procedures, and he can inherit the mantle of Master and make his debut.

Historical inheritance

Buyi ancestors lived in Guizhou in ancient times. The evidence is that more than 40 Neolithic Yue cultures, such as Duan's Axe and Geometrically Imprinted Pottery, have been found in Pingba County and Caohai, Guizhou's southwest Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. These evidences show that the existence time of Buyi ancestors can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty to the early Warring States period, about 1 1 century to the 3rd century BC.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Buyi pre-democracy was distributed in Nanpanjiang River, Beipanjiang River and Jiang Shui Valley, and it was the birthplace of Puyue people. Buyi people were called Liao in Han and Tang Dynasties, and Fan, Fan Man, Xie Man in the West and Xie Man in the South in Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the feudal Lord economy began to appear in Buyi areas, and the dynasty began to give titles to Buyi leaders and implemented a policy of imprisonment.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Buyi people were called Zhongjia, Zhongmiao, Zhongjiamiao and Yi people. Some areas call themselves Pula, Luopu and Pubangyi, or the Buyi people in Ceheng County are called Puyang, while Ceheng County and Luodian County call the Buyi people in Wangmo County Puman.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), 1953, Buyi people unanimously agreed to call themselves Buyi people by their own names.

Buyi people are ethnic minorities who love folk songs. They like to combine folk songs with their own feelings, so they often express their feelings directly to others with music, which is one of the national characteristics of Buyi people.