Buyi people lived in Guizhou as early as ancient times, and they are the original residents in the southeast of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Buyi and Zhuang are of the same origin, and evolved from ancient tribes such as Liao, Baiyue and Baibu. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
[This article is also written in response to the discussion in The Widower's House. I put it here again today to provide Benon with some literature and history materials of our nation. -Nanyue Lone Guest]
In recent days, in the forum of watching people's homes, some Beinong did not know the origin of Buyi people, and mistakenly thought that Buyi people in Guizhou deliberately left watching people's homes and became a nation on their own. In reality, many Buyi people don't know how their national titles came from, and mistakenly think that Zhuang people and themselves are not a family. Therefore, the related introduction of Buyi people in Huishui (Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House, 200 1 version) is recorded for your reference:
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In order to better implement the Party's ethnic policy, 195 1 in July, the People's Government of Guizhou Province held the first meeting of people's representatives from all walks of life in Guizhou Province. Buyi representatives put forward a proposal to the meeting, arguing that names such as' China-Canada' and' Yi' are discriminatory and insulting to the nation, and suggested that transliteration of the nation is more appropriate as the national name. In Guizhou Province, the Ethnic Affairs Committee of Guizhou Province immediately solicited the opinions of Buyi people in various forms, such as letters and telephone calls. August 24th 1953 The Ethnic Affairs Committee of Guizhou Provincial People's Government held a meeting of Guizhou provincial representatives:' China and Canada' (Buyi people) corrected their ethnic names. Everyone agrees that some names such as "Zhongjia", "Yi", "Mito", "Tubian" and "Local" are discriminatory and insulting, while others are easy to cause misunderstanding and are not conducive to national unity. The meeting agreed that anyone who uses Mandarin is called' Pu4'? "We all belong to the same country." pu4？ "Jai4" is the inherent name of this country. As Chinese characters are widely used in China, we need Chinese names. After discussion, we decided to choose pu4? "Jai4" is similar to "Buyi" as a surname. This meeting fully embodies the principles of equality, unity and obedience to the host. After the meeting, the Guizhou Provincial Ethnic Affairs Commission reported the minutes of the meeting to the Ethnic Affairs Commission of the Central People's Government on August 3 1 day of the same year, and the Central Ethnic Affairs Commission gave a reply in document No.77 with the word Min -(53). Two days later, the people -(53)78 document was notified to the relevant units in the country. Xinhua News Agency will send this summary report to Xinhua Daily for publication or summary publication. Since then, the Buyi people have restored their original names, and the Buyi people have their own unified names. ……"
In this regard, Nanyue Lone Guest added several pieces of information and opinions as follows:
(1) Historically, since the Yuan Dynasty, most documents and materials have referred to people in Guizhou as "Zhong Jia". There are two main explanations for this. During the First, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, Ma Yin, the king of Chu, led soldiers with eight surnames (now Nanning, Guangxi) to conquer Dongxia Man (now the border of Hunan and Guizhou and parts of southern Guizhou), and the commander of the soldiers with eight surnames was Zhong. Therefore, followers of soldiers with eight surnames are called "Zhong family"; Second, "a family of one kind is also an intermediate family" (Yunnan's "Mile State Records"), which is called according to the characteristics that most family members now live in valleys and streams. In fact, from the perspective of language, I think "Zhuang" and "Zhong" are homophones.
(2) Before the release of Document No.78 of the Central Ethnic Affairs Commission-(53) After the liberation of Huishui1949165438+1October 24, the "Jin 'an Yi Autonomous Region" was first established in a densely populated area; 1952101On October 3rd, the People's Government of Huishui Yi and Miao Autonomous County was formally established. Huishui's wife calls herself "Yi (Yi or Yue) family", "Yi or Yue family" and "Yi or Yue people" in her communication with the Han nationality. At that time, according to transliteration, "Yi" was misspelled as "Yi".
(3) Judging from the communication conditions in the early 1950s and the general lack of Chinese culture and education among the people at present, the above-mentioned "soliciting the opinions of Buyi people in various forms such as letters and telephone calls" is extremely limited, so that it is impossible to communicate with the current people in Guangxi and discuss the identification of ethnic names. The government seems to have no such awareness.
(4) Therefore, it can be said that the Buyi nationality was named after the self-proclaimed transliteration of the nationalities since ancient times when the modern people in Guizhou were isolated from other modern people outside the province. Questioner's question 2010-07-2414: 01How many senior Buyi people have their own surnames? Thanks for deleting the team to supplement 20 10-07-24 14:09 Buyi surnames often appear in pieces. Such as; Li, Mo, Guo, Bai, Meng, Qin, Yu and other surnames of Dushan and Libo; The surnames of Lu, Mo, Wei, Yang, Zhao, Suo, Tang and Li in Duyun and Pingtang areas; The surnames of Guiyang, Huishui, Guiding and Longli are Chen, Ban, Long, Dong, Wei, Wang, Luo, Huang and Mo; Han, Bai, Guo and Long surnames of Anshun and Pingba: Luodian, Wangmo, Ceheng, Zhenfeng, Wang of Anlong, Huang, Lu, Luo, Cen, Wei, Meng and Liang; Wu, Wei, Lu, Ma and Luo surnames of Zhenning, Guanling, Liuzhi and Ziyun. It embodies the characteristics of Buyi people living in compact communities.
How many advanced Buyi people are there? At present, there are 2,545,059 people, including more than 2 million people in Guizhou Province, accounting for more than 95% of the Buyi population. They mainly live in two Buyi and Miao autonomous prefectures in southern Guizhou and southwestern Guizhou, and in counties (cities) such as Duyun, Dushan, Pingtang and Zhenning in Guizhou 10. The rest are scattered in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi and other provinces (regions).