Ethnic Villages in China

Ethnic villages in China are a basic administrative district designated for minority ethnic groups, which are designated by the government within geographical regions where minority groups live. In order to better promote the protection and development of ethnic minority villages, China has named some featured ethnic villages as below.

Featured Chinese Ethnic Villages

Since 2009, protection work of ethnic village  extensively developed, and it has produced a large number of featured residences, with rich national culture and beautiful living environment. China published three batches of featured ethnic villages with Chinese characteristics in September 2014, April 2017 and September 2018 respectively.

• First Batch of Chinese Featured Ethnic Villages
• Second Batch of Chinese Featured Ethnic Villages
• Third Batch of Chinese Featured Ethnic Villages
• All List of Featured Chinese Ethnic Villages

List of Chinese Ethnic Villages

Minority Discovery with China Dragon Tours

On this vast land, there are 55 ethnic minority groups who have colorful costumes, different flavors of food, unique etiquette, and a variety of festivals. They are mainly distributed in the southwest, northwest and northeast areas. The most popular destinations for minority discovery are Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Xinjiang and Tibet, which also boasts amazing natural scenery at the same time. Yunnan province has the largest number of ethnic population in China with 25 ethnic minorities. Join our minority discovery tours, and you definitely will have great fun by discovering the ethnic villages, enjoying the local performance and taking parting in the local big event.

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