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Encyclopedia > Bouyei

The Buyi or Bouyei people (Self called: "Puyi", "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; Chinese: 布依族; pinyin: bùyī zú) are an ethnic group living in southern People's Republic of China.


The Buyi live in semi-tropical, high-altitude forests of Guizhou province, as well as in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, and speak a Tai language related to Zhuang. Traditionally they practice animism, although some have now converted to Christianity.


External link

  • http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-bouyei.htm


Chinese ethnic groups (classification by PRC government)
Achang - Bai - Blang - Bonan - Buyi - Dai - Daur - De'ang - Dong - Dongxiang _ Drung - Evenks - Gaoshan - Gelao - Gin - Han - Hani - Hezhen - Hui _ Jingpo - Jino - Kazakh - Kirghiz - Koreans _ Lahu - Lhoba - Li - Lisu - Manchu _ Maonan - Monpa - Miao - Mongols - Mulam _ Naxi - Nu - Oroqin - Pumi - Russian - Salar - She - Shui - Tajik - Tatars - Tibetan - Tu _ Tujia - Uyghur - Uzbek - Wa - Xibe - Yao - Yi - Yugur - Zhuang





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Ethnic Groups - china.org.cn (1507 words)
The Bouyei region is on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, which slopes from an altitude of 1,000 meters in the north to 400 meters in the south.
The Bouyeis are blessed with fertile land and a mild climate.
The Bouyei language is of the Zhuang-Dai branch of the Zhuang-Dong group belonging to the Chinese-Tibetan family of languages.
Bouyei Minority - Chinese Nationalities (Buyei) (Buyi) (Buyi) (281 words)
The Bouyei people have their own language, which belongs to the Zhuang-Dai branch of the Zhuang-Dong group of the Chinese-Tibetan family.
The Bouyei, sometimes spelled Bouyei or Bouyi, live near the Huangguoshu Falls in the Zhenning, Bouyei, and Miao Autonomous County in Guizhou Province.
The Bouyei favor river valleys and it is prime water county.
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