新疆锡伯族 (Xibe/Xibo, Manchus’ brotherly clan in Far West China.)
The Xibe ( Sibe; Chinese, 錫伯 Xībó) are an ethnic group living mostly in northeast China and Xinjiang. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Xibe originally lived on the Nonni and Songhua river valleys in central Manchuria. They are known as one of the nine states that were defeated by Nurhaci in the Battle of Gure in 1593. They were under loose domination of the Khorchin Mongols even after the Khorchin came under the control of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The Xibe started to make direct contact with the Qing Dynasty when it conducted military campaigns against Russia. They provided logistical support to the Qing. In 1692 the Khorchin dedicated the Xibe, the Gūwalca and the Daur to the Kangxi Emperor in exchange for silver. The Xibe was incorporated into the Eight Banners and were stationed in Qiqihar and other cities in Manchuria. After conquering Eastern Turkestan, the Qianlong Emperor garrisoned part of the Xibe there in 1764 to defend the new frontier. They formed a community in the Qapqal region. The Xibe in northeast China speak Chinese as their first language. In Xinjiang, descendants of the Qing dynasty military garrison preserve their language, which is an innovative dialect of the Manchu. Unlike the Manchu language, the Xibe language is reported to have eight vowel distinctions as opposed to the six found in Manchu, differences in morphology, and a complex kind of vowel harmony. The general vocabulary and structure of Xibe has not been affected as much by the influence of Chinese as Manchu has been. However, there are a number of Chinese loanwords and a large of social terminology from Chinese such as gəming (revolution) and gungshə (commune) have been incorporated into everyday vocabulary of the language. They use the Xibe script, a slightly revised Manchu script.







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回族 The Hui
The Hui people are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. They form one of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Most Hui are similar in culture to Han Chinese with the exception that they practice Islam, and have some distinctive cultural characteristics as a result. For example, as Muslims, they reject the consumption of pork, the most common meat consumed in Chinese culture, and also do not eat dog, horse, many birds, and other animals considered delicacies in Chinese cuisine. Their mode of dress also differs only in that adult males wear white caps and females wear headscarves or (occasionally) veils, as is the case is most Islamic cultures.

In modern usage, the definition of Hui does not include ethnic groups such as the Uyghur, who live in China and practice Islam, but are different culturally from Han Chinese. For example, in Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region, where about 10 percent of the Hui of China reside, the Hui have a very distinct ethnic identity from that of the Uygurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz, who have a sense of identity with Turkic peoples of Central Asia both inside China and abroad.










































甘肃保安族

The Bonan (also Bao'an) people are an ethnic group living in Gansu and Qinghai provinces in northwestern China. Numbering approximately 17,000 they are the 7th smallest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.

The Bonan speak the Bonan language, a Mongolic language, and are predominantly Muslim. [1] The Bonan of Qinghai speak a slightly different dialect that those fo Gansu. Whereas the Bonan language of Gansu has undergone Chinese influences, the Bonan language of Qinghai has been influenced by Tibetan. They are believed to be descended from Muslim Mongol soldiers stationed in Qinghai during the Yuan or Ming dynasties and to have settled in Gansu during the reign of the Tongzhi Emperor (1862–1874).























甘肃东乡族
The Dongxiang people (autonym: Sarta or Santa (撒尔塔); Simplified Chinese: 东乡族 Traditional Chinese︰東鄉族; Pinyin: Dōngxiāngzú) are one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Most of the Dongxiang live in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture and surrounding areas of Gansu Province in northwestern China, while others groupings can also be found in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province, and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. According to the 2000 census, their population numbers 513,805.


















甘肃裕固族

The Yugur (Simplified Chinese: 裕固族, Traditional Chinese: 裕固族; pinyin: Yùgù Zú), or Yellow Uyghur as they are traditionally known, are one of China's 56 officially recognized nationalities, consisting of 13,719 persons according to the 2000 census. The Yugur live primarily in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in Gānsù Province.About 4,600 of the Yugur speak a Turkic language and about 2,800 a Mongolic language; the remaining Yugur of the Autonomous County lost their respective Yugur language and speak Chinese. A very small number of the Yugur reportedly speak Tibetan. They use Chinese for intercommunication. Both Yugur languages are unwritten.

The Turkic speaking Yugur are considered to be the descendants of a group of Uyghur who fled from Mongolia southwards to Gānsù after the collapse of the Uyghur Empire in 840 A.D. The Mongolic speaking Yugur are probably the descendants of one of the Mongolic speaking groups invading northern China during the Mongol conquests in the thirteenth century. The Yugur were eventually incorporated in the Chinese Qing empire in 1696, during the reign of the second Manchu emperor Kangxi (1662-1723).

The nationality's current, official name, Yugur, derived from the Yugur's autonym: the Turkic speaking Yugur designate themselves as Yogïr or Sarïg Yogïr ((Yellow) Yugur), and the Mongolic speaking Yugur likewise use either Yogor or Šera Yogor ((Yellow) Yugur). Chinese historical documents have recorded these ethnonyms as Sālǐ Wèiwù'ěr or Xīlǎgǔ'ěr. During the Qing dynasty, the Yugur were also called Huángfān ('Yellow Barbarian'). In order to distinguish both groups and their languages, Chinese linguists coined the terms Xībù Yùgù (Western Yugur) and Dōngbù Yùgù (Eastern Yugur), based on their geographical distribution. The Turkic speaking Yugur mainly live in the western part of the County in Mínghuā District, in the Townships of Liánhuā and Mínghǎi, and in Dàhé District, in the centre of the County. The Mongolic speaking Yugur mainly live in the County's eastern part, in Huángchéng District, and in Dàhé and Kānglè Districts, in the centre of the County. The traditional religion of the Yugur is Tibetan Buddhism, which used to be practiced alongside shamanism. The Yugur people are predominantly employed in animal husbandry.


















陕西土族 The Tu
The Tu (土) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Most of them live in Qinghai province, some of them in Gansu province.
They call themselves "Mongour" (also spelled "Monguor") or "Tsagaan mongghol", which literally means White Mongols, and are closely related to the Mongols. However, they are classified as a separate minority in the Peoples' Republic of China, partly due to the fact that they have intermingled with the Tibetan and Turkic people. There are some scholars who believe that the Tu are the descendants of the Tuyuhun. The name Tǔ(rén) meaning local people comes from when Han Chinese began migrating to the regions where the Monguor were already well established.






























新疆俄罗斯族
Ethnic Russians in China (Chinese:俄罗斯族) form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They are the descendants of Russians who settled in China, and hold Chinese rather than Russian citizenship. The first Russians recorded to have settled in China were Orthodox priests who arrived in 1684; significant immigration begin in 1897 with the construction of the China Far East Railway and increased after Russia's October Revolution. In the years after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, many Russians either emigrated to Australia or were repatriated to the Soviet Union; only a minority remained behind in China.


































新疆维吾尔族
The Uyghur (English commonly Uighur; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; Simplified Chinese: 维吾尔, Traditional Chinese: 維吾爾; pinyin: Wéiwú'ěr; Turkish: Uygur) are one of China's 56 officially recognized nationalities, consisting of 8.4 million people according to the 2000 census. Throughout the history of Central Asia, they left a lasting imprint on both the culture and tradition. Today in China, Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (also known by its controversial term Eastern Turkestan). There are also exisiting Uyghur communities in Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, and Turkey and a smaller one in Taoyuan County of Hunan province in South-central China. Uyghur neighborhoods can also be found in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Historically the term "Uyghur" (meaning "united" or "allied") was applied to a group of Turkic-speaking tribes that lived in what was Mongolia. Along with the so-called Kokturks (also known as Göktürks) the Uyghurs were one of the largest and most enduring Turkic peoples living in Central Asia. Before the Uyghur Empire was founded the steppe from Mongolia to Central Asia was ruled by the Turkic Empire. The first Turkic Empire was destroyed by Emperor Li Shi-min of the Tang Dynasty and the second Turkic Empire was rebuilt during the reign of Empress Wu. At the time the Uyghur was a subject tribe under the Turks. In 744 the Uyghur, together with other subject tribes (the Basmil and Kharlukh), defeated the Turkic Empire and its allies and founded the Uyghur Empire at Ötüken. Their empire stretched from the Caspian Sea to Manchuria and lasted from 745 to 840. It was administered from the imperial capital Ordu Baliq. In 840, following a famine and a civil war, they were overrun by the Kirghiz, another Turkic people. The result was that the majority of tribal groups formerly under the umbrella of the Uyghurs migrated to what is now north western China, especially modern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region.
































































新疆乌孜别克族
The Uzbeks (Self designation sg. O‘zbek, pl. O‘zbeklar) are a Turkic people of Central Asia and comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan and are also located in other adjacent countries in the region. Uzbeks can be found primarily in Uzbekistan, along with large populations in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Xinjiang province of China. Smaller diaspora populations of Uzbeks from Central Asia are also found in Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, North America and Western Europe.


























新疆哈萨克族
The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazaks or Qazaqs), (in Kazakh: Қазақтар [qɑzɑqtar]; in Russian: Казахи; English term is the transliteration from Russian) are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia (largely Kazakhstan, but also found in parts of Russia and China). They have been famous in the past for the fierce love of freedom, skillful horse riding, hunting with semi-domesticated eagles, and currently (as of 2003), for the rapid economic growth of the independent state of Kazakhstan. The word "Kazakh" was included in a Turkish-Arabian dictionary of the 13th century AD. The meaning of this word was given as "independent" or "free." The true meaning of the word is a matter of debate: some say it is related to "Aq qaz", which means "white goose." The name Kazakh, both for the people and for the nation itself, is said to reference the horseback culture and is related to the term "cossack" that takes its origin from the same Turkic word. Other theories exist as well. Mostly, Kazakhs belong to one of three Jüz (Жүз): Higher juz (Ulı jüz), Middle juz (Orta jüz), and Junior juz (Kişi jüz). There are tribes (taypa) and clans (rw) in every juz. There are also three groups outside juz system: töre (direct descendants of Genghis Khan), qoja (descendants of Arabian missionaries and warriors), and töleñgit (descendants of Oirat captives). Kazakhs are among 55 minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
In the People's Republic of China there are one Kazakh autonomous prefecture, the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and three Kazakh autonomous counties, Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County in Gansu, Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County and Mori Kazakh Autonomous County in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

pretty xibos

塔塔尔族
The Tatars (塔塔尔族) form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Their ancestors are Volga Tatar tradesmen who settled mostly in Xinjiang. Tatars (Tatar: Tatarlar/Татарлар), often misspelled Tartar, is a collective name applied to the Turkic speaking people of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. The name is first recorded in the Old Turkic Orkhon script in Mongolia first translated at the beginning of the 20th century[citation needed]. It was formerly believed to be derived from the name Tartarus[1], the Greek god of the underworld; this belief led to the frequent spelling and pronunciation of the name with an extra "r", to conform with the classical Greek word. However, this provenance is unlikely since the Tatars use this name for themselves. The name may be related to the old Chinese word "ta-tan" or "da-dan",[2], and more specifically to the Ta-Ta Mongols.
The name Tatars was used to describe the Turkic peoples that overran parts of Asia and Europe under Mongol leadership in the 13th century. It was later extended to include almost any Asian nomadic invader, whether from Mongolia or the fringes of Western Asia. Before the 1920s Russians used the name Tatar to designate numerous peoples from the Azeris to tribes of the Siberia.
Most current day Tatars live in the central and southern parts of Russia (the majority in Tatarstan), Ukraine, Poland and in Bulgaria, China, Kazakhstan, Romania, Turkey, and Uzbekistan. They collectively numbered more than 20 million in the late 20th century. Tatars are Sunni Muslims.


















塔吉克族
The Tajiks (Chinese: 塔吉克族, Pinyin: Tǎjíkèzú) are one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.This group with a population of 41,028 (2000), is located mainly in China's western Xinjiang region with 60% living in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County; some researchers view them as a collection of over a dozen small East Iranian ethnic groups that are related to, but distinct from, the Tajiks of Tajikistan.In China, the Tajik language has no official written form. The great majority of Chinese Tajik speakers (16,000) speak the Sariqul (or Sariköli) dialect and use Uyghur and Chinese to communicate with people of other nationalities in the area. A small proportion of Chinese Tajik speakers (6,000) speak the Wakhi dialect.

tatar girl:

One addition:

The Russians in China has a large population in Harbin and surrounding places in Heilongjiang. I just found out a few years ago that one of my uncles who looks mixed is part Russian. They make wonderful desserts.

One of my aunts is a Hui and she's one of the more Hui around since she's the daughter of an Ahom (priest kind of guy who reads the Qoran to you at mosquest). She looks mixed. Who are descended from Muslim Persian and Arab missionaries and they have a very interesting sounding language. It's like a creole of Chinese but only with Arabic and Farsi words.

Tajiks are actually not Turkic liks Uzbek, Uyghur, and Kazakh languages but it's a Farsi branch. They can understand each about approximately 50/50, my Iranian said.

I wonder if the modern Xibo ethnicity has anything to do with what the Mongols in 13th century called a group of Siberian people "Sibir" hence the name Siberia.

Yap....there is a sizeable Russian in Harbin. But I thought they are Russian of Jewish origin. Anyone can confirm that? Harbin indeed got tons of influence from Russia.

As for Xibo, I am a bit confused with thier ethnicity. I know they speak a Manchu dialect. Are they ethnicically related to Tungus-speaking people? I am not sure about that. And yes. some western academia support the idea that the name of Siberia is related to Xibo/Xibe/Shibo/Xianbei/Shianbei people.
Xibo themselve claim to be the descents of Xianbei(Shainbei). Xianbei was the distant relatives of Mongol people.

^Nah. The Russians in China are almost exclusively Eastern Orthodox. Ones in Harbin are also Eastern Orthodox. They have quite a few churches there and buildings similar to the Kremlin and Russian in structure.

Yeah the Xibo minority is a big myth.

omg!!! I love eating 羊肉串！

Lovely posT!!!!!


Coool, Chinese muslims. I wonder if any know Xin Yi (Muslims verion of Xing Yi).






H0T!!!! Chinese Western chicks are

wow! some Chinese look like caucasians.

^Um yeah. China has quite a variety of people. From Eastern European to Central Asians to Northern nomads to Southeast Asian stocks.

If you have a chance to travel to Urumqi, Xinjiang Autonomous Region in Western PRC, you'll meet a lot of people like these minorities. They're infamous for having some of the most good looking people.

From Eastern Europe? that's news to me. I know there are quite a bit of Russian descents in China. But E Euro?

the only permanent eastern european in china are russians. and their numbers are only in the thousands. there's not too many russians in china.

^There's a lot more mixed ones than the purebreds, but they only identify with being Han Chinese. There were a little under a thousand Belorussians in Harbin but you can't really differentiate them from Russians much.

are these girls really kazaks? They look mongols.

^Yeah they're definitely Kazakhs. It's in the nose lol.