How many ethnic minorities are there in Guangxi?

There are Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Dong, Mulao, Maonan, Hui, Jing, Yi, Shui and Gelao ethnic minorities in Guangxi.

Guangxi is a minority autonomous region with Zhuang as the main body, and it is also the province (region) with the largest minority population in China. There are 12 ethnic groups living in the territory, including Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Dong, Mulao, Maonan, Hui, Beijing, Yi, Shui and Gelao.

Among them, Guangxi is the region with the largest population of Yao and Zhuang in China, accounting for about 60% of the total population of Yao in China; It is the area with the largest mulao population in China, accounting for about 90% of the mulao population in China. Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County is the first Maonan Autonomous County in China and the largest Maonan inhabited area in China, with more than 70,000 people. Guangxi is the home of Jing nationality in China, where 44 other ethnic minorities live.

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Ethnic minorities in Guangxi have brought many ethnic characteristics to Guangxi:

1, Binyang Fireworks Festival, mainly including White Dragon Dance, Pennsylvania Fireworks Night, Fireworks Show, Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition, Fireworks Show, Hundred Banquets, Calligraphy and Painting, Photography Exhibition and other activities.

2. The "March 3rd" Song Festival of Zhuang nationality, formerly known as "March 3rd" Song Festival, has been held for 18 sessions since 1985. After 2003, it was renamed as "Song Club", and activities with strong rural characteristics such as folk song contest and thousand-person blackmail array were carried out.

3. Buluotuo Folk Culture Tourism Festival, the main activities include the opening ceremony, Buluotuo Night Party, Buluotuo Folk Sacrifice Ceremony, Zhuang Folk Song King Competition, International Lion Competition, Zhuang Gewei Sports Meeting, Buluotuo Cultural Research Achievements Release Conference, and business activities. ?

4. Dragon Boat Festival of Maonan nationality along the Yangtze River. The activities mainly include sacrificial ceremonies, national sports performances, folk song duets, exhibitions of national specialties and handicrafts, national art evenings, carnival evenings for thousands of people and so on.

5. Yao Honglong wins Yao Hong Costume Festival (a branch of Yao nationality, named after advocating red as beauty, and women's clothes are mostly red), which tells past stories, shows labor scenes, shows Yao Hong customs, folk song and dance performances, and shows of thousands of people sending their brides.

6. Yao Wang Pan Festival, the main activities include Song Yao Song and Dance Gala, opening ceremony and large-scale cultural performances, cultural performances in three provinces and thirteen counties, Yao costume contest, intangible cultural heritage display, strange stones, bonsai, calligraphy and painting, photography exhibition, etc.

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