Bonan

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The Bonan (保安族) or Bao'an are (like the Dongxiang ) a Muslim ethnic minority of Mongolian origin in the People's Republic of China and are one of the 56 officially recognized nationalities in the country. The population is 20,077 (2010 census).

In addition to the Dongxiang, the Bonan are one of the smaller ethnic groups in northern China. It's hard to trace their history clearly. According to tradition, the Bonan are descendants of Mongolian soldiers who converted to Islam , who settled in this region before 1368 after the Mongol storm in which Mongol armies overran large parts of Asia . Over many generations, the Bonan and neighboring Tibetans , the Hui and the Han Chinese intermarried. They also converted to Islam by the 19th century.

The Bonan live in the northwestern provinces of Gansu and Qinghai . Together with the Dongxiang they share the Autonomous County Jishishan in the Autonomous County Linxia the Hui . Most of the Bonan are farmers who mainly grow wheat and rye . But they also trade in wood, produce charcoal or are silversmiths. The Bonan make the bonan knives that are famous throughout the region. The knife is made of brass or copper and the handle is artfully carved from animal bones.

Distribution of the Bonan at the provincial level according to the data of the 2010 census (reference date November 1, 2010)

area number proportion of
People's Republic of China 20,077 100.00%
Gansu 18,170 090.50%
Qinghai 00 904 004.50%
Xinjiang 00 568 002.83%
Inner Mongolia 000 90 000.45%
Yunnan 000 49 000.24%
Sichuan 000 43 000.21%
Jiangsu 000 32 000.16%
Guangdong 000 25th 000.12%
Beijing 000 24 000.12%
Ningxia 000 21st 000.10%
Zhejiang 000 17th 000.085%
Shanghai 000 16 000.080%
Anhui 000 15th 000.075%
Tibet 000 15th 000.075%
Hunan 000 13 000.065%
Tianjin 000 10 000.050%
Chongqing 0000 9 000.045%
Guizhou 0000 8th 000.040%
Hebei 0000 7th 000.035%
Shandong 0000 7th 000.035%
Jilin 0000 6th 000.030%
Hubei 0000 6th 000.030%
Fujian 0000 5 000.025%
Henan 0000 4th 000.020%
Shaanxi 0000 4th 000.020%
Heilongjiang 0000 3 000.015%
VBA 0000 3 000.015%
Liaoning 0000 2 000.010%
Guangxi 0000 1 000.005%
Shanxi 0000 0 000.00%
Jiangxi 0000 0 000.00%
Hainan 0000 0 000.00%

literature

  • Bao'anzu de wenhua xingtai保安族 的 文化 形态 (The Bonan Cultural Formation). In: Hao, Sumin 郝苏民 u. Wenhua 文化 u. He, Weiguang 贺卫光 [ed.], 甘 青 特有 民族文化 形态 研究Gan Qing teyou minzu wenhua xingtai yanjiu (research on the cultural formation of the nationalities that only live in Gansu and Qinghai). 民族 出版社Minzu chubanshe (nationality publisher). 北京 Beijing 1999/2000. ISBN 7-105-03420-3 . Pp. 265-312.
  • Chen, Naixiong陈乃雄 u. a. [Ed.]: Bôô an helen u uges / 保安 语 词汇Bao'anyu cihui (vocabulary of Bonan). 内蒙古 人民出版社Nei Menggu renmin chubanshe (Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House ). 呼和浩特 Hohhot 1985/1986. 14 + 6 + 239 pages. [bilingual Mongolian-Chinese, Bonan in IPA].
  • Chen, Naixiong陈乃雄 [Author] u. Qenggeltei (清 格尔泰Qingge'ertai ) [Corr.]: Bôô an hele be Mônggôl hele / 保安 语 和蒙古语 Bao'anyu he Mengguyu (Bonan and Mongolian). 内蒙古 人民出版社Nei Menggu renmin chubanshe (Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House ). 呼和浩特 Hohhot 1986/1987. 8 + 395 pages. [bilingual Mongolian-Chinese, Bonan in IPA].

Web links

Individual proof

  1. ↑ china.org.ch: China - Facts and Figures 2006 - The Nationalities - Bao'an