How many ethnic groups(民族) are there in our country?
Quiz time:
在我国,生活着许多少数民族的人们。就像一首歌中所唱:“五十六个民族,五十六朵花……同为祖国增春光。”The 56 ethnic groups in China live together like brothers and sisters.
The Han ethnic group(汉族) has the largest number of people. What about the other ethnic groups? Let’ find out.
Top 5 ethnic minorities(人口排名前五的少数民族):
The Manchu
满族
Let’s go and meet some other ethnic groups!
People here like singing and dancing and they are good at them. They enjoy eating spicy cabbage and cold noodles.
The Korean Nationality in China
中国朝鲜族
The Zhuang
壮族
The Uyghur
维吾尔族
The Hui
回族
The Miao
苗族
The Yi people live in the southwestern region of our country.
Most of the Tibetan people like butter(酥油), zanba(糌粑), tea, the dried beef and mutton(风干肉条). They are the “four treasures of Tibetan”(“藏族四宝”).
The Yi people’s New Year begins on November 20th. It lasts for three days. Parents usually cook pigs’ feet for their children. They have a pigs’ feet race(“耍猪脚”). 如果你带来的猪脚更大,形状很奇特,那你就会获胜哦!
The Yi彝族
The Tibetan藏族
Can you fly kites very high? In Lhasa(拉萨), they have a kite flying race. 想要获得风筝“比武大会”的胜利,不是看你的风筝多美丽,飞得有多高哦!如果你将对方的风筝切断,那么那个风筝就属于你了!
Tips: 我国的一些地名,会根据英文发音习惯有特别的表达方式——
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哈尔滨 Harbin
陕西 Shaanxi
拉萨 Lhasa
呼和浩特 Hohhot
内蒙古 Inner Mongolia
吐鲁番 Turpan