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Is Baima one of the 55 ethnic minorities?
According to textual research, Baima people are descendants of ancient Baimafan people or Miao people, who are concentrated in the north and south sides of Motianling at the border of Sichuan and Gansu. The national population is * * * 1 10,000, and there are about 4,000 people in Pingwu County, the ninth ring road. After liberation, they were classified as Tibetans, but they are a different ethnic group and do not intermarry with the outside world. They speak their own language, wear their own national costumes, and proudly follow their own traditional cultural customs and languages, thinking that they are not Tibetans. They don't believe in Lamaism, but mainly in traditional agriculture and animal husbandry. Sidebusinesses include beekeeping, hunting, collecting herbs and logging. Baimazhai is the stockade where Baima people live. White horse people like to wear white clothes, and there is a white feather on the brim, hence the name. Young men and women of Baima nationality are allowed to have premarital sex. Once married, they should be loyal to each other. Divorce is considered shameful. The Chinese nation was originally 56 ethnic groups. White horse is not among them, so white horse is a unique nation. A historian said that Baima was the largest tribe among the Miao people who lived in Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces during the Three Kingdoms period.