Ethnicities of China on a Map

Thanks! At first I thought it looked better without borders on the Han Chinese, but on second thought I actually do like it better with the border, so I changed it. Thanks for the suggestion!

As for Tujia, I fixed the spelling (for some reason the source I was using had the wrong spelling as well :P)

From the perspective of an American (and a Turkish person too since I guess that's where you're from) those names do seem kinda strange, but I think in East Asian (specifically Sino-Tibetan) languages, words/names like that are pretty common.

Thanks! I'm not sure why those groups are less well known, but I have two ideas:

1. Based on a bit of research, the Zhuang have borrowed many cultural elements from the Han, while the Hui are closely related to the Han and speak Mandarin (the main difference is that they are Muslims). I think groups like the Uighurs and Tibetans get more attention because they are very different from the Han Chinese and haven't assimilated.

2. Politics. Uighurs and Tibetans have been in the news a lot because they have faced discrimination from the Chinese government. I don't think the other groups face as much discrimination, probably because they've already assimilated. The Manchus and Mongols are well known because they ruled China historically.

One final point: even if you don't know about the Miao, you might know the Hmong. It turns out the Hmong are actually subgroup of the larger Miao ethnicity!

As for that Mongol exclave you see? I think this explains it. The Mongols invaded Tibet multiple times, even after the main Mongol Empire collapsed, and I guess some of them stayed there and adopted some local Tibetan customs.

As you can tell, China is very complex in terms of ethnicity and culture, which is one of the things that makes it so cool :)

I'm not sure yet if I could find a good source for that. I mean, even this map is from Reddit, which may not be the most reliable source. Still, I might look into it. Thanks for the comment and suggestion!

They're a subgroup of the Han Chinese, they just speak a different language.

Haha the main reason I haven't is because I'm a medical student now and I have no time!!! But also, you're right that it would require a lot of research composited from many sources. And some countries are so detailed with ethnicities that either I would have to include very small, difficult details or otherwise exclude ethnicities. Thanks for the suggestion!