San Chay
Người Sán Chay
Total population
252.000[1] (2019)
Regions with significant populations
 Vietnam: 201.398 @2019[2]
(Northern Vietnam, Central Highlands and Tuyên Quang)
Languages
Cao Lan, Pinghua Chinese, Vietnamese
Religion
Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Zhuang, Buyei

The San Chay people (Vietnamese: Người Sán Chay; also called Sán Chỉ) live in Tuyên Quang Province of the Northeast region of Vietnam, as well as some nearby provinces. The Pinghua language is a form of Chinese language.[3] Their population was 201,398 in 2019.

Many live in remote areas, using slash-and-burn agriculture because those areas are not flat enough for paddy rice production.[4]

They sing sình cồ (love songs) and celebrate the Slếch thlin mảy festival (New Rice festival).

The San Chay people are related with the Shanzi People in Guangxi, China.[5]

Literature

The San Chay have many sayings:

Rice is the most precious
Grain feeds human.
Literature is the secondly most precious
It teaches human knowledge for safe purpose.

References

  1. ↑ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Kết quả toàn bộ Tổng điều tra dân số 2019. p. 44. Trung tâm Tư liệu và Dịch vụ Thống kê, Tổng cục Thống kê, 19/12/2019. Truy cập 1/09/2020.
  3. ↑ Jean Michaud (19 April 2006). Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif. Scarecrow Press. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-0-8108-6503-7.
  4. ↑ Jean-Christophe Castella (2002). Doi Moi in the Mountains: Land Use Changes and Farmers' Livelihood Strategies in Bac Kan Province, Viet Nam. Int. Rice Res. Inst. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-971-22-0270-4.
  5. ↑ He Siyuan (1 Jan 2019). "广西十万大山山子话音系及核心词分析 / An Analysis on Phonology and Core Words of Shanzi Dialect of Shiwan Dashan of Guangxi". 百色学院学报 / Journal of Baise University. 32.
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