Introduction

According to the sixth national census in 2010, the Zhuang had a population of 16,926,381,000. The Zhuang in Yunnan are mainly found in the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Qujing.Before 1965, the Zhuang had a large number of self and other names, with more than 40 in Yunnan alone. After the founding ofNew China, it was called “Tong”, and in 1965 it was renamed “Zhuang”. The Zhuang language belongs to the Zhuang-Dai branch ofthe Zhuang-Dong family of the Sino-Tibetan language family, and is divided into two major dialects,the Northern and Southern. Due to the close interaction with the Han people, many people can speak Chinese. As early as the 7th century, someone created square shaped Zhuang characters, the “Sawndip”, by adopting Chinese radicals. But this character system was not put into popular use as a result ofthe small number of characters. In 1955, a Zhuang script based on the Latin alphabet was created. The most distinctive feature ofZhuang costumes is that patterns offlowers, birds, figures and flowers are embroidered with multicoloured silk threads. Traditional Zhuang festivals include the Longduan Festival^[25], Singing assembly on lunar March 3rd^[26], the Ghost Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Double Ninth Festival,the Winter Solstice and the Kitchen God Festival. The Zhuang people celebrate festivals almost every month.