Tujia people
Ethnic minority group in China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Monguor people or Tu people.
The Tujia (Northern Tujia: Bifjixkhar / Bifzixkar, IPA: /bi˧˥ dʑi˥ kʰa˨˩/ /pi˧˥ tsi˥ kʰa˨˩/, Southern Tujia: Mongrzzir, /mõ˨˩ dzi˨˩/; Chinese: 土家族; pinyin: Tǔjiāzú; Wade–Giles: Tu3-chia1-tsu2) are an ethnic group and, with a total population of over 8 million, the eighth-largest officially recognized ethnic minority in the People's Republic of China. They live in the Wuling Mountains, straddling the common borders of Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou Provinces and Chongqing Municipality.
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![]() Tujia girl in traditional dress | |
Total population | |
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8,353,912 (2010 census)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() ![]() (Hunan · Hubei · Guizhou · Chongqing) | |
Languages | |
Mandarin Chinese Tujia (traditional) | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Nuo folk religion |
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The endonym Bizika means "native dwellers". In Chinese, Tujia literally means "local families", in contrast to the Hakka (客家; Kèjiā), whose name literally means "guest families" and implies migration.[2]