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For the ethnic groups in historical China, see Ethnic groups in Chinese history. Ethnolinguistic map of China. China's Autonomous Regions and its Designated Ethnic Minority. The Han people are the largest ethnic group in mainland China. In 2010, 91.51% of the population were classified as Han (~1.2 billion). [1]
- Zhuang - The Largest Ethnic Group. Longji Ancient Zhuang Village. The Zhuang ethnic group is the largest of the 55 minorities in China. About 18 million live in the south and southeast.
- Mongolians - The Most Famous Ethnic Minority. Mongolian people. The Mongolian ethnic group is best known for conquering most of Eurasia and establishing a large empire almost 1,000 years ago.
- The Hui - Chinese Muslims, the Most Widespread Minority. Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles Soup with beef is served in Hui restaurants all over China. The Hui ethnic group is China's most widely distributed ethnic minority who are distinguished mainly by being ethnically Muslim.
- Miao - Distinctive Culture and Architecture. A Miao girl dressed in their silver clothing and jewelry. The Miao ethnic group consists of about 10 million people in China, and their traditional homeland is around the area of Guizhou where 4 million now live.
According to the Chinese Communist Party, 55 different ethnic minority groups (少数民族 – shaoshu minzu) inhabit Chinese territory. However, these groups, along with other unrecognized nations, are not conceptualized as “indigenous”. Even though China voted in favor of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ...
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), recognizes 56 native Chinese ethnic groups. There are also several unrecognized ethnic groups in China. Ethnic groups in dynastic China. The term "Chinese people" (Chinese: 中國之人; lit.
China, which has the largest population of any country in the world, is composed of diverse ethnic and linguistic groups. The Han are the largest group in China, while the Zhuang is the largest minority group. In some areas of China, especially in the southwest, many different ethnic groups are geographically intermixed, including Buyi, Miao ...
The 4,000-Year-Old Lost Tribe. One of the most fantastic finds in the last half of the twentieth century has to be the discovery of a Northern European tribe found in the northeast corner of Xinjiang province, near the Celestial Mountains and the Taklimakan Desert on the edge of the Gobi desert. The story starts in 1978 when Chinese ...
Ethnic groups in Chinese history refer to various or presumed ethnicities of significance to the history of China, gathered through the study of Classical Chinese literature, Chinese and non-Chinese literary sources and inscriptions, historical linguistics, and archaeological research .
