Guangxi’s national characteristics

Guangxi’s ethnic characteristics:

1. Guangxi is an ethnic minority autonomous region with the Zhuang ethnic group as the main body. It is also the province (region) with the largest ethnic minority population in the country.

Guangxi is an autonomous region inhabited by many ethnic groups. There are 12 living ethnic groups including Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Dong, Mulao, Maonan, Hui, Jing, Yi, Shui and Gelao. There are also more than 40 other ethnic groups such as Manchu, Mongolian, Korean, Bai, Tibetan, Li and Tujia. The Zhuang ethnic group is the largest ethnic minority in Guangxi.

2. Rich ethnic and folk festivals

Binyang Cannon Festival, including hundreds of dragons dancing, Penn State Cannon Night literary evening and fireworks display, intangible cultural heritage performances, calligraphy and painting, Photography exhibitions and other activities.

The "March 3rd" Song Fair, formerly known as the "March 3rd" Song Festival, launches activities with Zhuang Township characteristics such as folk song competitions and thousand-person bamboo pole formations.

The Buluotu Folk Culture Tourism Festival includes an opening ceremony, Buluotu Night Party, Buluotu Folk Sacrifice Ceremony, Zhuang National Folk Song King Competition, International Lion Competition and other activities.

The Huanjiang Maonan Dragon Splitting Festival mainly includes sacrificial ceremonies, ethnic sports performances, folk song duets, ethnic specialties, and thousands of people performing Nuo noodles and carnival bonfires, etc.

Longsheng Hongyao Clothing Festival, Hongyao (a branch of the Yao people) cultural heritage, labor scene display, Hongyao custom display, ethnic song and dance performances and other activities.

The Panwang Festival of the Yao people includes a special evening party of Yao people’s singing and dancing, an opening ceremony and large-scale theatrical performances, program performances from 13 counties in three provinces, and a Yao people’s costume competition, etc.

3. The ethnic languages ??are rich and diverse

The 11 ethnic minorities in Guangxi, except for the Hui people who use the Chinese dialect of the place where they live, all have their own languages, namely Zhuang, Beijing language?, Yao language, Miao language, Dong language, Mulao language, Maonan language, Beijing language, Yi language, Shui language, and Gelao language. There are six Chinese dialects: Cantonese, Southwest Mandarin (Guiliu Mandarin), Hakka, Pinghua, Xiang, and Min.

4. Gui opera is the main local opera in Guangxi

The main ones are Gui opera and Guinan tea-picking opera. Ethnic minority dramas and local operas: Zhuang Opera, Zhuang Huan, Cai Diao Opera, Yong Opera, Miao Opera, Maonan Opera, Zhuang Puppet Show, and Zhuang Shigong Opera.

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The reasons for Guangxi’s strong national characteristics

1. Historically, Guangxi is truly “since ancient times”. Since Qin Shihuang annexed Baiyue and established Guilin County and Xiang County, Guangxi has been under Chinese rule. It has a history of more than 2,000 years. Although separatist regimes such as Nanyue later emerged (the founding king Zhao Tuo was still a Qin general), But generally speaking, it still belongs to the area where Han culture dominates politics, the eighteen provinces of Han Dynasty.

2. Geographical reasons. The entire terrain of Guangxi slopes from northwest to southeast, with continuous mountains, huge mountains, and alternating ridges and valleys. It is mostly surrounded by mountains and plateaus. It is basin-shaped with a mixture of large and small basins. It is inconvenient for ethnic groups and tribes to integrate, forming multiple tribes instead of one tribe. Then evolve into a nation, each nation has its own cultural characteristics.

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