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

Kirgiz is a nomad ethnic group and everything in their life has relationship with the stock-raising business. Men always wear white shirt with embroidery and long coat made of the sheepskin or cotton cloth. Especially the white hat made of wool is their sign to other groups. And young women love red dress and cap, but the old women prefer white. Unmarried girls queue hair into many plaits with the decorations of silver chains and beads, once getting marry, they will change the plaits to two.

People build their tents with felt cover, grass curtain and red willow wooden frame. There is a round window opened on the top of the tent for lighting, but it will be covered in winter. Herdsmen usually move their "houses" from the valley facing sun to the riverside as summer coming. A fireplace is set in the middle of the tent under the clearstory for cooking.
The ethnic use twelve animals as calendar including mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, fish, snake, horse, sheep, fox, cock, dog and pig.

Seldom of vegetable, but full of milky food are seen at the table of herdsmen.

Besides the Muslim, some people are Lama and Shamanism followers of Kirgiz.

A common family of Kirgiz comprises of three generations, sons will not separate from parent even they set up a new family.

Two steps should be carried in a marriage including the engagement and wedding. The certain bridegroom will send two sheep to the bride's house, one is boiled and the other is toasted. In the formal wedding, the new couple will be bound at the entrance of the tent by the bride's relatives until the groom's father and brothers beg for "release" through gifts. The wedding will be ended when the couple shares a piece of cake blessed by imam.

The funeral is very grand including pattering by the imam, singing "funeral song" by relatives, carrying the dead to the graveyard by camel.

During the important festivals, people gather on the field or grassland to celebrate by singing, dancing, telling story and holding various sport programs.

Manas is a splendid epic represented the Kirgiz' culture. Actually, it can be called a cyclopedia of the tribe in ancient times. The book tells a story about Manas family's experience of fighting for freedom. As well as, their life and thought are described in the book.