Peoples of
Heritage
25 ethnic groups — each carrying distinct languages, crafts, rituals, and artistic traditions across millennia.
Han Chinese
汉族
The largest ethnic group in China and the world, with a continuous civilization spanning over 5,000 years.
Zhuang
壮族
China's largest minority group, concentrated in Guangxi, known for bronze drum traditions and folk song festivals.
Uyghur
维吾尔族
Turkic Muslim people of Xinjiang, known for the Twelve Muqam, Sanam dance, and intricate Islamic arts.
Hui
回族
Chinese-speaking Muslims distributed across China, known for Islamic calligraphy, halal cuisine, and Hui-style martial arts.
Manchu
满族
Founders of the Qing Dynasty, now largely sinicized but preserving shamanic rituals, traditional archery, and Qing court culture.
Miao (Hmong)
苗族
Upland people of Southwest China known for intricate silver jewelry, batik dyeing, embroidery, and Lusheng (reed pipe) music.
Yi
彝族
Highland people of Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou, known for the Torch Festival, Yi script, and Alili dance traditions.
Tujia
土家族
Mountain people of Wuling Range, known for hand-waving dance (baishouwu), brocade weaving (xilan kapu), and吊脚楼 stilt houses.
Mongol
蒙古族
Steppe herders from Inner Mongolia, known for Khoomei overtone singing, long-song melodies, and nomadic wrestling traditions.
Tibetan
藏族
High-altitude people of the Tibetan Plateau, known for thangka painting, Gesar epic, Tibetan opera, and Buddhist ritual arts.
Dong (Kam)
侗族
People of Guizhou and Hunan, famous for Grand Song (Kam Big Song) polyphonic choir, wind-rain bridges, and drum towers.
Bai
白族
People of Dali, Yunnan, known for the Three-Cup Tea ceremony, tie-dye (zaran) fabric, and the grand Guanyin Temple fair.
Korean (Chaoxian)
朝鲜族
Korean ethnic group in Jilin and northeast China, known for farmers' dance, arirang singing, and cold noodle cuisine.
Hani
哈尼族
Terrace farmers of southern Yunnan, creators of the UNESCO-listed Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, known for long-street banquet festival.
Kazakh
哈萨克族
Nomadic herders of Xinjiang and Gansu, known for Aitys (improvised poetic duels), dombra music, and eagle hunting with golden eagles.
Li
黎族
Indigenous people of Hainan Island, known for Li textile spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery techniques (UNESCO-listed).
Dai (Tai)
傣族
Lowland Buddhist people of Yunnan, known for peacock dance, water-splashing festival, and Theravada Buddhist temple arts.
She
畲族
Mountain people of Fujian and Zhejiang, known for deep-phoenix-crown women's headdress, storytelling songs, and March-3 festival.
Wa
佤族
Hill people of southwestern Yunnan, known for wooden drum dance, hair-swinging dance, and traditional animist rituals.
Naxi
纳西族
People of Lijiang, Yunnan, with the world's only living pictographic script (Dongba), known for Dongba ritual arts and Baishag archaic music.
Qiang
羌族
Highland people of Sichuan, known for Qiang New Year, multi-part folk singing, and traditional stone-block watchtower construction.
Mulao
仫佬族
Rice-farming people of Guangxi, known for Yifan festival, walking prince drama, and bamboo-ball field hockey (dagunqiu).
Jingpo (Kachin)
景颇族
Cross-border people of Yunnan and Myanmar, known for the Munao Zongge festival and sword dance traditions.
Salar
撒拉族
Turkic Muslim people of Qinghai and Gansu, known for Salar wedding songs, camel play performance, and leather raft (pizi fa) navigation.
Hezhen (Nanai)
赫哲族
Fishing people of the Amur River in Heilongjiang, one of China's smallest minorities, known for Yimakan storytelling and fish-skin clothing.
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Ethnic groups are woven into the full network of traditions, regions, and dynasties.
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