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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ethnic minority in China
agriculturalProduct maize
rice
sugarcane
autonomousRegionNamedAfter Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
linked to: Guangxi Province
country China
culturalPractice antiphonal love songs
bronze drum culture
folk dances
folk singing
ethnicClassificationInChina one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups
ethnonym Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang people
geographicDistribution southern China
historicalWritingSystem Sawndip
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages
languageGroup Northern Zhuang
Southern Zhuang
music call-and-response singing
mountain songs
nativeName 壮族
linked to: Zhuang people
primaryLanguage Zhuang language
primaryRegion Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
linked to: Guangxi Province
recognizedBy Government of the People’s Republic of China
relatedEthnicGroup Bouyei people
Lao people
Nung people
Tay people
linked to: Tai Lue 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
linked to: Zhuang people
Southern China hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
subject linked to: southern China
Guangdong Province ethnicGroup Zhuang minority
linked to: Zhuang people
Beihai ethnicGroupPresent Zhuang people
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ethnicAutonomyFor Zhuang people
subject linked to: Guangxi Province
Zhuang language ethnicGroup Zhuang people
Tai peoples includesEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Pinghua hasEthnicAssociation Zhuang people
Nanning hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Zhuang people ethnonym Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang people
Zhuang people nativeName 壮族
linked to: Zhuang people
YN hasEthnicGroup Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang people
Dai relatedEthnicGroup Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang people
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
linked to: Zhuang people
Dong neighboringEthnicGroups Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang people
Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau inhabitedBy Zhuang people
Hepu County hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Central Tai hasLanguage Yongnan Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang people
Central Tai hasLanguage Youjiang Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang people
Central Tai hasLanguage Liujiang Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang people
Central Tai hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people
Tai spokenBy Zhuang people
Northern Tai primaryEthnicGroups Zhuang people
Liuzhou hasEthnicGroup Zhuang people