Zuojiang Zhuang in China


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Introduction / History

During the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC), half a million Han convicts were exiled by Emperor Qin Shihuang to the Lingnan region in southern China (now Guangxi and Guangdong). There they intermingled with the various branches of the Bai Yue nationality. The Zhuang today are thought to be the descendants of the Bai Yue. Historically, the Zhuang were called Tuliao or Sharen.
The Zhuang (Yongnan, Dai, Nong, Yang, Zuojiang) are a collection of related Central Tai language groups which have been combined with the Northern Zhuang - a collection of Northern Tai language groups - to form China's official Zhuang nationality. There are many tribes, clans and self-designations among the Zhuang.
China's Guangxi Province is made up mostly of people from the Zhuang people groups. They live similar lives. Each subgroup, including the Zuojiang, is unreached with the gospel.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Zuojiang Zhuang homes are usually built on stilts. A newly married woman stays with her parents until after the birth of the first child. Only then does she go to live with her husband in his village.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Zuojiang Zhuang are careful not to offend the spirit world that surrounds them. They believe in the spirits of the water, forest, mountain, village, etc.


What Are Their Needs?

The first Protestant missionary to the Zhuang was R. H. Graves, a Southern Baptist, who arrived in Guangxi in 1862. In 1895 the Christian & Missionary Alliance commenced work in Guangxi. They established 65 churches over a 50- year period. Most of these churches were attended by Han Chinese, but small numbers of Zhuang also attended. The Zhuang have great linguistic diversity. Little has changed since this 1922 report describing Guangxi: "There are 58 cities, 700 market towns, and over 17,000 villages, all teeming with human lives for whom no [gospel] effort whatever is being put forth."
Like the other Zhuang subgroups, the Zuojiang lack gospel materials in their own dialect.


Prayer Points

Pray for the Lord to thrust out loving workers to every Zhuang subgroup.
Pray for Zuojiang Zhuang disciplers to disciple others.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to move powerfully in every Zuojiang Zhuang family.


Scripture Prayers for the Zhuang, Zuojiang in China.


References

Operation China, Asia Harvest Copyrighted © Used with permission


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The Waiting World - The Zhuang

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People Name General Zhuang, Zuojiang
People Name in Country Zhuang, Zuojiang
Natural Name Zuojiang Zhuang
Pronunciation HUAH-shang zhoo-AHNG
Alternate Names
Population this Country 1,715,000
Population all Countries 2,148,000
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 34
PeopleID3 19687
ROP3 Code 115007
Country China
Region Asia, Northeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 19  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country The Zhuang are the largest minority group in China. With more than 17 million people, their population is approximately the same as the population of Australia. More than 11 million people speak the various Zhuang languages. The majority are located in the central and western parts of Guangxi in southern China. Others are scattered throughout 15 of the other 29 provinces in China, including one small Zhuang enclave in distant Shaanxi Province.   Source:  Operation China, 2000
Country China
Region Asia, Northeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 19  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country The Zhuang are the largest minority group in China. With more than 17 million people, their population is approximately the same as the population of Australia. More than 11 million people speak the various Zhuang languages. The majority are located in the central and western parts of Guangxi in southern China. Others are scattered throughout 15 of the other 29 provinces in China, including one small Zhuang enclave in distant Shaanxi Province..   Source:  Operation China, 2000
Map of Zhuang, Zuojiang in China Ethnolinguistic map or other map

Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.14 %)
0.20 %
Ethnic Religions
90.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
9.80 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Zhuang, Zuojiang (1,715,000 speakers)
Language Code zzj   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Unknown
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Zhuang, Zuojiang (1,715,000 speakers)
Language Code zzj   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Zhuang, Zuojiang

Primary Language:  Zhuang, Zuojiang

Bible Translation Status:  Translation Needed

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