Zhuang people

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The Zhuang people are one of the largest ethnic minorities in China, primarily inhabiting the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and known for their Tai-related language, rich folk songs, and distinctive agricultural and festival traditions.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Zhuang people canonical 20
Zhuang 6
Liujiang Zhuang 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ethnic minority in China
agriculturalProduct maize
rice
sugarcane
autonomousRegionNamedAfter Guangxi Province
surface form: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
country China
culturalPractice antiphonal love songs
bronze drum culture
folk dances
folk singing
ethnicClassificationInChina one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups
ethnonym Zhuang people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Zhuang
geographicDistribution southern China
historicalWritingSystem Sawndip
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages
languageGroup Northern Zhuang
Southern Zhuang
music call-and-response singing
mountain songs
nativeName Zhuang people self-linksurface differs
surface form: 壮族
primaryLanguage Zhuang language
primaryRegion Guangxi Province
surface form: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
recognizedBy People's Republic of China government
surface form: Government of the People’s Republic of China
relatedEthnicGroup Bouyei people
Lao people
Nung people
Tai Lue people
surface form: Tay people

Thai people
religion Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
Christianity
Taoism
significantPopulationIn Guangdong Province
Guizhou Province
Hunan Province
Yunnan Province
statusInChina largest ethnic minority
traditionalBelief ancestor worship
animism
traditionalClothing embroidered costumes
indigo-dyed garments
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry
handicrafts
rice cultivation
terraced farming
traditionalFestival Dragon Boat Festival
Ghost Festival
Sanyuesan Festival
Spring Festival
traditionalHousing stilt houses
writingSystem Latin-based Zhuang alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lingnan ethnicGroup Zhuang people
Yunnan Province ethnicGroup Zhuang people
this entity surface form: Zhuang
southern China hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
subject surface form: Southern China
Guangdong Province ethnicGroup Zhuang people
this entity surface form: Zhuang minority
Beihai ethnicGroupPresent Zhuang people
Guangxi Province ethnicAutonomyFor Zhuang people
subject surface form: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Zhuang language ethnicGroup Zhuang people
Tai peoples includesEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Pinghua hasEthnicAssociation Zhuang people
Nanning hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Zhuang people ethnonym Zhuang people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Zhuang
Zhuang people nativeName Zhuang people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 壮族
YN hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
this entity surface form: Zhuang
Dai relatedEthnicGroup Zhuang people
this entity surface form: Zhuang
Honghe ethnicGroup Zhuang people
Li people relatedEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Wenshan hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Shan people relatedEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Southwest China ethnicGroup Zhuang people
Tai languages hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Buyi relatedEthnicGroups Zhuang people
this entity surface form: Zhuang
Dong neighboringEthnicGroups Zhuang people
this entity surface form: Zhuang
Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau inhabitedBy Zhuang people
Hepu County hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Central Tai hasLanguage Zhuang people
this entity surface form: Yongnan Zhuang
Central Tai hasLanguage Zhuang people
this entity surface form: Youjiang Zhuang
Central Tai hasLanguage Zhuang people
this entity surface form: Liujiang Zhuang
Central Tai hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Tai spokenBy Zhuang people
Northern Tai primaryEthnicGroups Zhuang people
Liuzhou hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people