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The Zhuang Name: Zhuang Population: 17,000,000 Localization: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Yunnan province (Wenshan Zhuang Autonomous Prefecture) |
"The Zhuang are a group of peoples concentrated almost exclusively in western Guangxi and eastern Yunnan, with small patches of communities in eastern Guangxi and western Guangdong… The peoples of western Guangxi and eastern Yunnan used a variety of terms to describe themselves, which corresponded to smaller ethnic groups that the government now declares are part of the greater Zhuang nation." (Creating the Zhuang.- Katherine Palmer Kaup, pp. 25-26)
Introductory
Articles in Ethnic China
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History of the Zhuang people: The Chinese started to have a regular presence in the former Zhuang territory after the first emperor.
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Zhuang Nationality in Wenshan Prefecture: Wenshan Prefecture possesses an ethnic diversity that makes it one of the most interesting places to travel.
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Zhuang phallic ritual: The god Buluotou stretched out his big and long sex over the river, making a celestial bridge.
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Zhuang Nationality Festivals: Local legends relate that during the Tang dynasty lived a Zhuang girl who sang extraordinarily well.
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Some dances of the Zhuang people: the older ones have a ritual origin, imitating the movements of their shamans during their religious ceremonies.
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Pregnancy and Birth ceremonies among the Sha - Zhuang: When the pregnancy reaches five months, they invite a woman shaman to call the small soul.
Scholars Researches available in the Web
Jeffrey G. Barlow.- Early Weapons Systems and Ethnic Identity in the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier
In this paper I have tried to analyze the early culture of the Zhuang/Nung, and particularly their relationship to the cultures of the Chinese Central Plain, by focusing upon weapons and warfare. I believe that this approach yields useful new information on both the Zhuang/Nung themselves and upon the early cultural processes on either side of today's Sino-Vietnamese frontier.
Adams
Bodomo.- Strategies
for the Documentation and Revitalization of the Zhuang Language of Southwestern
China
This
paper outlines some strategies, methods, and techniques for the documentation
and revitalization of Zhuang language and culture through linguistic fieldwork.
Adams Bodomo.- The Grammatical Structure of Zhuang
This book is a descriptive grammar of the Zhuang language spoken mainly in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southwestern China. In this introductory chapter we introduce this region, describe the language situation and fieldwork that led to the collection of data for this research, outline the major linguistic features of the language, and finally present a snopsis of the various chapters.
Adams Bodomo.- Field Notes on the Pronominal System of Zhuang
The Guangxi Zhuang linguistic area thus presents a scenario of multilingualism, polyglottism, and, consequently, language contact phenomena such as codemixing and –switching, leading to a veritable medley of language influence.
Books and references
Free books
about the Zhuang Nationality: - A
brocade of the Zhuang nationality: A Mother weaves
a magic brocade cloth for her son which flies away. The son rescues
the cloth from fairies in a distant land. They return him home and everyone
copies the pattern from the boy's mother.
Basic
Bibliography of the Zhuang Nationality
Recalling
Lost Souls explores an indigenous scriptural tradition found among the
Zhuang. It presents for the first time in English a remarkable collection
of ritual texts, recently discovered in the remote highlands of northwestern
Guangxi.
Chinese Bibliography of the Zhuang Nationality - Some interesting books about the Zhuang, in Chinese language.
A book about the Mo culture of the Zhuang
Deciphering the culture of the fertility cults: This book is a study of the fertility cults among the Chinese nationalities. Introducing the reader the different manifestations that these cults take shape in the myths, rituals and taboos of the Han Chinese and the national minorities
Ethnic China photo exhibitions
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A
Zhuang Village near Qiubei: In
the Zhuang villages of Wenshan Prefecture, the life runs slowly
yet. Farmers communities, linked to their land as intimately as
in the past centuries, live quite lives far from the hustle and
bustle of the centers of touristic development.
More
Photo exhibitions
Zhuang
nationality music
A guide to download their music
Films
and Video
Documentary
Films about the Zhuang Nationality
Available dvds and vcds about the Zhuang Nationality
Image
of the the Zhuang Nationality in the cinema
Art
and Handicrafts
The
Zhuang Nationality in the art
Art
Exhibitions
Travel
Travel
to Zhuang Nationality lands
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