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There are 56 ethnic groups in China. The Han people form the largest,  making up 93.3 percent of the country's population.I'm also one of  Han people The other ethnic groups are called the minority nationalities. Most of the 55 minority nationalities have their own languages.Every minority nationality has its own costume, festivals,lifestyle, building style , even calendar . All the minority nationalities are good at singing and dancing, they all have their own   music and dances.

Some provinces have only one main minority nationality, like Inner Mongolia (Mongolian) , NingXia (Hui) , Tibet(Tibetan), XinJiang(Uygur), GuangXi(Zhuang).  Some   provinces have more than one main minority nationalities at the same time. YunNan is a miniature of China's various nationalities.There are 45 minority nationalities there, like Dai, Bai , Yi, Zhuang, Hui, Naxi, Jingpo, Wa, Miao, Lisu,Hani , Nu, Shui, Lahu, Achang, Jirou, Deang, Dulong, Pumi, Yao, Zang(Tibetan), Bulang, Bouyei ...  

In Hainan province, there are Miao and Li Nationalities.

There are other minority nationalities ,like Tujia, Man,  Gelo, Dong, Mulam, She, Hezhe, Xibo, Qiang, Gaoshan, Maonan, Luoba, Tu, Qiaoxian(Korean), Menba, Jing, Eluoshi(Russia)...

Different ethnic groups have various religions. Hui, Uygur,Kazak, Kirgiz, Tatar,Tajik, Dongxiang, Wuzibieke, Salar and Bonan believe in Islam.   Tibetan, Mongolian, Dai and Yugur believe in Buddhism and Lamaism.  Miao, Yao and Yi believe in Christianity.  Oroqen, Ewenki and Daur believe in Shamanism.    Han believes in Buddhism, Christianity and Taoism.