A Comparative Study On The Social, Cultural And History Of Tay, Nung And Zhuang Ethnic In China-Vietnamese Border

The ancestors of Zhuang ethnic lived in China-Vietnam boarder since antiquity. Between the year of1078to1084AD, China’s Song dynasty and Cochin’s Li dynasty had demarcated their borders, this ethnic community turned into a cross-border ethnic, then developed differently into Zhuang ethnic of China and Tay, Nung ethnic of Vietnam. We call them Zhuang cross-border ethnic. China is an united multi-ethnic nation of56ethnic groups, Zhuang is the largest minority. Vietnam is an united multi-ethnic nation of54ethnic groups, Tay is the largest minority, and Nung is sixth. Therefore, there has a reality significance to find out the origin and distribution of Tay, Nung, Zhuang, do comparative research on their social economic status, social life, language arts, folk religions and festivals.This paper is trying to analysis the cultural characteristics of Tay, Nung and Zhuang ethnic, observe their differences on the social and culture, make a thorough inquiry to their history relationship and evolution.Zhuang, Tay, Nung ethnic are the descendant of Luoyue, which is the branch of Baiyue, evolute from Xiyuan savage of Tang dynasty and Guanghaizhou savage of Song dynasty. The three ethnic have a close relationship. Tay and Nung ethnic lived together in the village community in Vietnam, mainly located at north mountain and Xiyuan province. In respects of their history, ancestry, name, language, culture and distribution, Tay, Nung, Zhuang belong to one ethnic. Tay and Nung have a same language and similar customs. And they have a lot in common with Zhuang not only in dress but also in other customs.The material is the basis for human existence. This paper firstly introduces the similarities and differences of the socioeconomic status, in terms of the agriculture, animal husbandry, handicraft and natural economy. Then introduces social life, compare the three ethnics’customs of dress, living dietary, funeral and birth; collect social life data, discover their differences and similar.The language represents an ethnic’s inherit, this paper makes a thorough inquiry for the culture’s similar and difference on language and characters, folk art, oral literature, etc. Zhuang language has a deep homology with Tay, Nung language. Because of migration, they gradually have differentiation.Every ethnic has its unique customs and habits, and these belong to belief, then form an unique cultural feature. The main belief of Zhuang, Tay, Nung are primitive religions, they praise highly on the natural god, but exclude exotic religions.Festive folk customs have a strong cohesion for a ethnic. On the one hand, Zhuang, Tay, Nung are learn from each other from exchange in terms of festive folk customs; On the other hand, they have difference from the natural environment, cultural tradition, historical evolution. Generally speaking, there are many similar in Spring Festival, Tomb-sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival,Chinese Valentine’s Day, Mid-autumn festival; but the differences are large among other festivals.