Zhuang (Zhuang) - Zhuang (English)

Japanese: チワン族(壮族) - チワンぞく（英語表記）Zhuàng zú

An ethnic minority group living in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, as well as in the provinces of Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan. The population was approximately 15.55 million (1990), of which 90% was in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. They are the most populous of all the ethnic minorities in China. In Chinese documents, they were once called the Bai people and the Jiefang Bian people, but this has now been changed to the Zhuang people. The ethnic group has a long history in the Guangxi region, and the Xiou and Luoyue people, part of the Baiyue who lived in the Guangxi and Guangdong areas before the Qin dynasty's influence, are considered to be their ancestors.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，広西チワン(壮)族自治区を中心に，雲南･広東･貴州･湖南の諸省に居住する少数民族。人口は約1555万余(1990)をかぞえ，そのうち広西チワン族自治区が90％を占める。中国少数民族のなかでは人口がもっとも多い。中国の文献ではかつて獞族，解放後僮族と書かれていたが，現在は壮族と改められている。広西地域での民族の歴史は古く，秦の勢力が及ぶ以前，広西･広東一帯に居住していた百越の一部，西甌（せいおう）･駱越（らくえつ）は彼らの祖先とみなされている。

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