Tujia people

Not to be confused with Monguor people or Tu people.

Tujia
Tujia girl in traditional dress
Total population
8,353,912 (2010 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations

 China
(Hunan · Hubei · Guizhou · Chongqing)
Languages
Mandarin Chinese
Tujia (traditional)
Religion
Predominantly Nuo folk religion

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.

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]

  1. ^ "中國2010人口普查資料". Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. ^ 土家族族源 [Origins of the Tujia]. Xinhua. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006.