What are the 56 nationalities?

The 56 ethnic groups are Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Bai, Tujia, Hani, Kazak, Dai, Li, Lisu, Wa and She.

Daur, Wa, Qiang, Bulang, Salar, Maonan, Gelao, Xibe, Achang, Pumi, Korean, Tajik, Nu, Uzbek, Russian, Ewenki, etc.

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The Origin of Fifty-six Nationalities in China

The origin of 56 ethnic groups began with 1950, and the central and local ethnic affairs organs organized scientific research teams to identify more than 400 ethnic names proposed by the whole country. Together with the previously identified ethnic groups, 1983 identified 55 ethnic groups, and together with the Han nationality, it is 56 ethnic groups.

China has been a multi-ethnic country since ancient times. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), 56 ethnic groups were officially confirmed by the central government's investigation and statistics, and the rest were unidentified ethnic groups.

Ethnic origins come from various ethnic groups in China, and most of them can be traced back to the earliest ancestors, and these earliest ancestors are some ancient tribes with a very long history.

Judging from the current research on the origin of ethnic groups, the distant sources of all ethnic groups basically existed before the Qin Dynasty. For example, Sushen people, the earliest Manchu people, were active in the Heilongjiang River Basin as early as the Shun era.

Others, such as Xirong, Shishi and Qiang, ancestors of ethnic groups in plateau and northwest China, Baiyue, the distant source of southern ethnic groups, Luoyue, Wuxi Man, Miao, Yao ancestors, Ba, Tujia ancestors, etc. , are all ancient tribes living in various places in the pre-Qin period.