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Maonan nationality is one of the mountainous nationalities with less population in China. The national language is Maonan language, which belongs to the Dong Shui branch of Zhuang Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, and Chinese is commonly used. Maonan people mainly live in the areas of Shangnan, Zhongnan and Xianan Mountain in Huanjiang County, Guangxi, Kapu River and Liu Dong Valley at the junction of Pingtang County and dushan county, and the rest are scattered in Shui Yuan, Mulun, Chuanshan, Luo Yang and Sien towns in Huanjiang County.
And neighboring counties (cities) such as Hechi, Nandan, Yishan, Du 'an and Huishui in Guizhou. According to the statistical yearbook of China -202 1, the population of Maonan nationality in China is 124092. Maonan people in Guangxi call themselves Anan or Ainan (single name) and Jiongnan (common name), which means "people here".
Translated into Chinese means "Maonan nationality". Zhuang people call Maonan nationality Bunan and Wenmaonan, which are also translated into Maonan nationality. The name "Maonan" originated from the place name, and it was first seen in Zhou Qufei's "A Generation Beyond the Ridge" in the Southern Song Dynasty (1189). The book said: "There is Yizhou in the southwest of Zizhou.
Suitable for a group of barbarians, including Nandan, Anhua, Libo, He Ying, Wudong, Mao Tan and Fushui. "These places include today's Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in Guangxi and neighboring Nandan County, as well as neighboring Libo County in Guizhou." Mao Tan is also called Mao Tan. At that time, the "Three South" area was called "Mao Tan", which meant that the people here were "Mao Tan people".
Later China ancient books and inscriptions also recorded the names of this area and its administrative units in Maonan, Maonan, Maonan and other homophones. For example, in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was called "lifting altar group" and "lifting altar fort" and so on. Qianlong period (1736- 1795)
The Maonan nationality established Tan's genealogy, and the inscriptions began to record "Maotu Miao's difficult place", "Maojia's difficult place" and "Maonan nationality's difficult place to live", which was the official appearance of Maonan nationality's name.