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The
Buyei (also spelled
Puyi,
Bouyei and
Buyi; self called:
Buxqyaix,, or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman";
Chinese: 布依族;
Pinyin: Bùyīzú;
Vietnamese: người Bố Y) are an
ethnic group living in southern
China. Numbering 2.5 million, they're the 11th largest of the
56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the
People's Republic of China. Some Buyei also live in
Vietnam, where they're one of that nation's
54 officially recognized ethnic groups. Despite the Chinese considering them a separate group, they consider themselves
Zhuang (
Tai peoples).
The Buyei live in semi-tropical, high-altitude forests of
Guizhou province, as well as in
Yunnan and
Sichuan provinces, and speak a
Tai language. Traditionally they practice
animism, although some have now converted to
Christianity.
Language
The Buyei speak the
Buyei language which is very close to the
Zhuang language. There is a dialect continuum between these two. The Buyei language has its own written form which was created by linguists in the 1950s based on the Latin alphabet and with spelling conventions similar for the
Pinyin system that had been devised to romanise Chinese.
History
The Buyei are the native Tai peoples of the plains of Guizhou. They are one of the oldest peoples of China, living in the area for more than 2,000 years.
Prior to the establishment of the
Tang dynasty, the Buyei and
Zhuang were linked together; the differences between both ethnic groups grew greater and from year
900 already they were two different groups.
The
Qing dynasty abolished the system of local heads and commanded in its place to officials of the army which caused a change in the local economy; from then on, the land was in the hands of a few landowners, which caused the population to revolt. During the Rebellion of Nanlang in
1797, the Buyei underwent a strong repression that caused that many of them emigrated to neighboring
Vietnam.
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