Settling Down and On the Move: Changing Crops, Means of Livelihood, and Culture of the Bunu Yao Nationality

Abstract

In order to quickly and accurately grasp the situation of this transformation of livelihood and cultural change, analyze its inner regularity, and promote the development of ethnic minority region rural villages and the construction of a harmonious society, this article aims to study related issues of change in ethnic minority regions through the major agricultural products, corn, pigs, goats, and honeysuckle, planted or raised by the Bunu Yao of Qibainong township, Guangxi province, before and after the transformation of their livelihood, as well as the cultural characteristics formed by their settling down and being on the move.