Which province does the Buyi nationality come from?

Buyi people are mainly distributed in three provinces of Yun Chuan.

Buyi is a large minority in southwest China, with Buyi as the national language, and Sino-Tibetan language is a branch of Zhuang-Dong language family, which is closely related to Zhuang language and commonly uses Chinese.

Buyi people are mainly distributed in Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and other provinces, among which Guizhou has the largest population, accounting for 97% of the national Buyi population. They mainly live in two Buyi and Miao autonomous prefectures in southern Guizhou and southwestern Guizhou, as well as Anshun, Guiyang and Liupanshui. The rest of the cities, counties and places are scattered around, and a small part of them live in Vietnam.

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Buyi nationality originated from Baiyue in ancient times. It was called Baiyue or Puyi before Qin and Han Dynasties, Liao State in the Eastern Han Dynasty and Six Dynasties, Fanman in the Tang and Song Dynasties, Bafan, Zhongjia, Nongjia and Bulong before the founding of the People's Republic of China in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Buyi people call themselves Buyi or Buyi, and write them in Chinese characters as Buyi, Buyi, Buyi and Buyi. In Buyi language, "cloth" means "clan" or "person".

In the old local chronicles, some people recorded the Buyi people as "Yi people", "Yi family" and "Yi people". In addition to claiming themselves, Buyi people in different regions also have names such as "Bulong", "Buna", "Butu", "Budu", "Buyang" and "Bulongha". 1953, according to the national wishes, it was named "Buyi" with the approval of the State Council.