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Since ancient times, China is a unified multi-ethnic country.

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In 1949, after the founding of new China, through the identification, the central
government confirmed a total of 56 ethnicities.
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Since the Han population accounts for more than 91 percent of the total population
of China, the other 55 ethnic groups are called "minority".

The distribution characteristics of various ethnic Chinese is: big, small settlements,
staggered living means.

The meaning of this is that the area of Han nationality has ethnic minorities, while
area of minorities also has Han people.

Although the Chinese minority population isnt big, their distribution is very wide,
countrys provinces, autonomous regions, or municipalities where the minority
nationalities live are directly under the central government.
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Among them, a total of 25 ethnic minorities living in Yunnan Province, is Chinese
ethnic composition of most of the province.

Amongst the minorities in China, Zhuang population is most numerous, followed by

Manchu and Hui.

In the long process of historical development, due to the Chinas natural
environment, social conditions, different economic development level and other
aspects, they acquired their own unique customs, religious beliefs, style, style of
housing, food culture and so on.

In addition, each nation has its own traditional festivals.

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Among the most famous are: Mongolian Nadamu Festival, the Dai Water Splashing
Festival, the torch festival of the Yi, Muslim Eid al-Fitr, etc.
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China's 55 ethnic minorities, in addition to the Hui, Manchu use Chinese, while the
other 53 ethnic minorities have their own language.

Some ethnic groups will use different languages.

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In the 55 ethnic minorities, a total of 29 ethnic minorities have their own language,
and some people have more than one kind of writing. For example, the main
distribution in Yunnan Dai, there is a total of four kinds of writing.

You might ask, its such a big difference between the various ethnic groups, how
does the government manage them?
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There are 5 autonomous regions in China, namely the Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tibet autonomous region, the
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

They are equivalent to the status of the provincial administrative region.

Autonomous means they manage their own affairs.

That is to say, in unity under the leadership of the country, ethnic minority inhabited
areas established by the organs of self-government, but minority people control
their own internal affairs.

The national minority autonomous regions enjoy national autonomy since the
provisions of the constitution, treatment and other laws of the national area, this
system is called the system of regional ethnic autonomy, it is a basic political
Chinese system, and also is the foundation of national unity.

About the minorities, it can be said that the topics are many, here I only give you a
few of the most basic ones.

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