Chinese Ethnic Groups：侗族（Dòng zú ）The Dong ethnic minority
With no written script of their own before 1949, many Dongs learned to read and write in Chinese. Philologists sent by the central government helped work out a Dong written language on the basis of Latin alphabet in 1958. …
Chinese Ethnic Groups：阿昌族（A’chāng zú）The Achang ethnic minority
Achangs treasure their oral culture of ballads, stories and folk tales. Singing alternating duets is a favorite evening recreation of young men and women. Musical instruments used by Achangs…
Chinese Ethnic Groups：鞑靼族（Dádá zú）The Tartar ethnic minority
After the 19th century, the serfdom crisis in Tsarist Russia worsened, and serf owners intensified their plundering of land. Most of the Tatars’ land along the Volga and Kama…
Chinese Ethnic Groups：锡伯族（Xībó zú ）The Xibe ethnic minority
In the past, each Xibe family used to consist of three generations, sometimes as many as four or five generations, being influenced by the feudal system. Marriage was, in…
Chinese Ethnic Groups：苗族（Miáo zú ）The Miao ethnic minority
Population: 7.38 million Major area of distribution: Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hainan and Hubei Language: Miao Religion: Polytheism With a population of more than seven million, the Miao people form one of…
