Qiang

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Qiang (disambiguation) .

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : ཆའང་ མི །
Wylie transliteration : cha'ang
Chinese name
Simplified : 羌族
Pinyin : Qiāngzú

The Qiang ( Chinese  羌族 , Pinyin Qiāngzú , self-designation 尔玛, Rrmea [ ɹmæː ] or [ ɹmεː ]) are one of the 56 officially recognized minorities of the People's Republic of China . According to the last census in 2010, they counted 309,576 people. Most of them live in Sichuan . They speak Qiang , a Xixia Qiang language that is one of the Tibetan Burmese languages .

history

The Qiang people are an ancient people in China. First mentions can be found in ancient China. They are seen as descendants of the Yan Emperor and his dynasty and had an empire in what is now China before the Han Chinese .

literature

• Wang Ming-ke: From the Qiang Barbarians to the Qiang Nationality: The Making of a New Chinese Boundary .

See also

• Peoples of china

Web links

Commons : Qiang  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Traditional Qiang culture is being revived
• The Qiang ethnic minority (Chinese government side)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Qiang among China's ancients". archive.shine.cn . Retrieved November 15, 2018.