Table 3.
Ethnicity | General population (million) | Language | Religion |
---|---|---|---|
Mongols | 6.50 | Mongolian | Mongolian, Shamanism, Tibetan Buddhism, Mohammedanism |
Hui | 9.81 | Chinese, Jingtang language | Mohammedanism |
Tibetan | 7.50 | Tibetan language | Tibetan Buddhism, Bonism |
Hmong | 9.43 | Hmong language | Nature and ancestor worship |
Yi | 8.71 | Yi language | Nature and ancestor worship |
Bourau | 15.00 | Zhuang language | MOZ, Nature, and ancestor worship |
Buxqyaix | 2.87 | Bouyei language | MOZ, Catholic Church, Polytheistic worship |
Manchu | 10.41 | Manchurian, Chinese | Shamanism, Buddhism, Most of people have no faith |
Gaeml | 2.87 | Dong Language | Polytheism |
Yao | 2.85 | Yao language | Nature and ancestor worship, totemism, Shamanism, Taoism |
Bai | 1.93 | Bai language | Local deity worship, Taoism, Christianity |
Tujia | 8.35 | Tujia Language | Nature, ancestor and Hero worship, Totemism, Taoism |
Hani | 1.63 | Hani language | Polytheism, Ancestor worship |
Dai | 1.23 | Dai language | Theravada Buddhism, Primitive religion, Hinduism |
Li | 1.49 | Li language | Nature and ancestor worship, Totemism |
Lisu | 0.80 | Lisu language | Primitive religion, Christianity |
Wa | 0.43 | Wa language | Primitive religion, Buddhism, Christianity |
Shui | 0.41 | Sui language | Polytheism |
Naxi | 0.31 | Naxi language | Dongbaism |
Tu | 0.28 | Monguor language | Lamaism, Taoism, Polytheism, Shamanism |
Chiang | 0.31 | Qiang language | Primitive religion, Nature worship |
Gelo | 0.58 | Gelao language, Chinese | Ancestor worship, Polytheism, Taoism, Buddhism |
Achang | 0.07 | Achang language | Theravada Buddhism, Animism, Ancestor worship |
Pumi | 0.08 | Primi language | Bonism, Han gui teach, Tibetan Buddhism |
MOZ is a special religion of Bourau and Buxqyaix, which integrates Buddhism and Taoism.