She
Sculptor: Shen Lie Yi
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Introduction

The population is about 709 thousand. The She people live in the south-eastern part of the country in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Anhui provinces, and more than 90% of them live in the vast mountain areas of Fujian and Zhejiang. They use the She language which belongs to the Miao-Yao languages of the Sino-Tibetan language family. There are two dialects. The ethnic group uses the She language when communicating within the group and uses Chinese when communicating with the outside world. The She ethnic group does not have its own script and Chinese characters are used. They call themselves "Shanha". The “Ha” in the She language means “guest” and “Shanha” means guests who live in the mountains. The She people are mainly engaged in agricultural production. In addition to growing rice, they also grow cash crops such as tea trees, sugar cane and ramie. Ancestor worship and totem worship prevail among the She people, and they attach great importance to worship of ancestors. Their traditional festivals mainly include the “Fenglong Festival” in the fourth lunar month, “the seventh day of the seventh lunar month”, “Beginning of Autumn Day”, “Mid-Autumn Festival”, “Double Ninth Festival”, “Spring Festival”, etc. In addition, the fifteenth day of the second month, seventh month and the eighth month of the lunar calendar are the days for worship of ancestors of the She people.