How much do you know about Guangxi?

Guangxi is the autonomous region with the largest population of ethnic minorities among the five autonomous regions in China, which governs 5 regions, 9 prefecture-level cities, 59 counties, 12 ethnic autonomous counties, 10 county-level cities, 26 municipal districts and 3 suburbs. The total population is more than 47 million, of which one third is Zhuang, which is the most populous minority in China.

Historically, Guangxi has five characteristics:

The first feature is a long history. Guangxi has a long history of human origin. According to archaeological discoveries, as early as 200,000 years ago, primitive humans lived here. 20,000-65,438+0,000 years ago, people living in Guangxi, represented by "Qilinshan people", had learned to make and use simple stone tools. About 40,000 ~ 50,000 years ago, in the late Paleolithic period, "Liujiang people" entered the early matriarchal clan society and lived in the mountainous areas of western and northern Guangxi. At present, the earliest human fossils found in Southeast Asia are in Guangxi, that is, "Liujiang people". Guangxi was first incorporated into the unified administrative division of China, which began in the thirty-third year of Qin Shihuang (2 14 BC), when Qin captured Lingnan and set up Guilin, Elephant and Nanhai counties. Most counties under the jurisdiction of Xiang and Guilin are in today's Guangxi. In the third year of Xian Tong in the Tang Dynasty (AD 862), Lingnan West Road was set up, and its former site is now Nanning. At the end of the Song Dynasty, Guangnan West Road, referred to as "Guangxi Road", was set up in the year of 988 AD, and the old city was now Guilin. In A.D. 1363, Guangxi was established as a book province, and the old rule was now Guilin. In A.D. 1376, Guangxi, a book province, was changed to Guangxi and other places to undertake publicity and deployment. In the Qing Dynasty, Guangxi and other places undertook publicity and deployment and changed to Guangxi as a province to administer Guilin. During the Republic of China, Guangxi Province was changed to Guangxi, and the old government was now in Nanning. 1936 moved to Guilin. 1957 07 15 the fourth session of the first national people's congress decided to abolish Guangxi province and establish Guangxi yi autonomous region. On June1965 June 12, the State Council approved the renaming of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Historically, Guilin was a province and a county in Guangxi, so Guangxi is called Guangxi for short, also known as "Bagui".

The second feature is that there are many uprisings. Guangxi people have a history of being brave and good at fighting. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, there has been an uprising in Guangxi, which reached its peak after the Yuan Dynasty. So there have been many famous uprisings in the history of Guangxi, the most famous ones are jintian uprising, Zhennanguan Uprising, the baise uprising and Longzhou Uprising.

The third feature is that there are many nationalities. Guangxi is a Zhuang autonomous region with more than 40 ethnic groups, five of which are Zhuang, Han, Miao, Dong and Yao.

The fourth characteristic is unique culture. The long history has created rich and colorful Guangxi culture. The most distinctive culture in Guangxi is the fresco of Huashan Cliff in Zuojiang Canyon, which has not been deciphered so far. There are red portraits of people, animals and utensils on the cliff a few kilometers away from the Zuojiang River Basin. On the cliffs, there are more than 600 kinds of animals, only 300 to 400 kinds of humanoid patterns, ranging in size from tens of meters to only a few millimeters. The "bronze drum" in Guangxi is the symbol of Guangxi. There is also hydrangea, which used to be a symbol of love, but now it has been extended to a symbol of friendship, happiness and blessing. Guangxi is still a sea of songs, and the ethnic minorities in Guangxi love to sing. There are two world-famous song festivals in Guangxi, "March 3rd" and the International Folk Song Festival. Ethnic minorities in Guangxi speak with songs. Farmers began to sing when they visited relatives at the village entrance, and sang until they went home. The other party also greeted the guests with songs. Guangxi's unique culture also includes Lingqu, which was built during the Qin Shihuang period and connected the Pearl River and the Yangtze River. Guo Moruo said that "there is a Great Wall in the north and a Lingqu in the south".

The fifth feature is that there are many dialects. There are many dialects in Guangxi, the highest in China. There are six languages widely circulated in Guangxi: "Cantonese" circulating in Nanning, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang and Beihai; "Mandarin" circulating in Guilin, Liuzhou and other places; "Hakka Dialect" circulating in Wuzhou, Yulin and Hezhou; "Zhuang language" circulating in Nanning, Baise and Hechi, as well as "Southern Hunan dialect in northern Guangxi" and "Pinghua" in the suburbs of Nanning, as well as Yao language, Dong language and Mulao dialect.