Achang
Bai
Blang
Bonan
Bouyei
Chaoxian(Korean)
Dai
Daur(Tahur)
Deang
Derung
Dong
Dongxiang
Ewenki(Owenk)
Gaoshan
Gelao
Han
Hani
Hezhen
Hui
Jing
Jingpo
Jino
Kazak
Kirgiz
Lahu
Lhoba
Lisu
Li
Man
Maonan
Miao
Monba
Mongol
Mulam
Naxi
Nu
Oroqen
Primi
Qiang
Russian
Salar
She
Shui
Tajik
Tatar
Tu
Tujia
Uygur
Uzbek
Va
Xibe
Yao
Yi
Yugur
Zang
Zhuang

They wear beautiful and colorful clothes made from flax and cotton. The styles are different in different places. A man usually has shawl, waistcoat, short-gown, short pants, headcloth, legging, and so on. A woman has a frock with or without sleeves, apron, side jacket wrapped around shoulder, and so on. A special clothes is shell-bead-clothes, called 'Beiyi' in dialect. A 'Beiyi' is made of round beads with holes from shell carving, which is got into by lines and arranged on the clothes. Fifty or sixty thousand of beads are needed for a piece of clothes. Women also like to decorate their apparel.

You may see lots of buildings in shape of ship in Gaoshans' area, and most of which are barrack covered with couch grass roof. Inside some building, floor is lower one or two chi than that outside. Specially, a building in Bainan area is made of stones, and stone is the main material for everything. A lanai is built near the house, called ' summer house', which is above several chi from the ground and wood construct with airiness all sides. A lanai is a place for rest, entertainment and communication. They are good at carving and painting, especially in Paiwan area. They decorate the door lintel, pole, doorsill and canoe with all kinds of beautiful design. Even they like to carve the shape of snake body with a human beings' head.

They farm paddy, taro, and other crops. The standard of living is different between people who live at the flat and those who live in the mountains.

Gaoshan people keep lots of conventions. They conduct good relationship among each other. The old and the children are taken good care. They also have lots of taboo in farming, hunting and sacrifice. For examples, come-and-go and entering others' field are prohibited in the period of harvest women are not allowed to touch hunting gun and other weapons, neither men could touch loom. A crow is not a lucky thing when getting outside, he or she must stay inside a whole day.

Lack of teeth is a custom in many branches. When a child grows to his or
Her teenager, he will be pulled out two fore-teeth. They think lack of teeth is beautiful; on the contrary, it is ugly to show out canine teeth.

In the Spring Festival, absconding plays will be performed in some temples, and those who owe hide in to watch the plays. At night of hogmanay, the whole family sit together to have dinner. 'Zouchun' is a dialect word of 'a visit in the new year', and the activity is popular. People present their bless to each other, and the host welcome with candy and sugar beet. Eating mustard is necessary to pray for long years. You can call it in Chinese words 'Chi Niancai'.

They believe in that spirit is immortal. They worship ancestors. Many sacrifices are held on every year. There are two ways to bury the dead, one is burial in home, and the other is throwing burial.

They are able to dance and sing. Ballad, fable and legend are performed to express their feelings about life and praise heroes. They show out their dreams to future. Pestle music is character. Women encircle stone mortar with a long pestle to pound rice. The clang sound produce from strike by strike, accompanied with sweet clear singing，which is pleasant to listen to.