Ethnic Culture
少数民族文化
The ethnic cultures of China's 55 minority nationalities with their exotic styles and diversified forms are an important part of the culture of the Chinese nation. So far there are 24 art schools and institutes designed for nurturing art talents from among the ethnic peoples. Statistics show that China has 59 ethnic song and dance troupes and 526 art performance groups in the autonomous regions for ethnic peoples. All minority nationalities have their own writers,and in the Chinese Writers' Association there are over 600 ethnic writers,accounting for 11.1 percent of its total membership. With the development and prosperity of China's ethnic art and literature，a lot of literature and art works have cropped up and some artists are quite active on the Chinese stages,TV screens.
中国55个少数民族有自己的异域风格，形式多样的民族文化是中国民族文化的重要组成部分。到目前为止，有24所学校和机构为培养少数民族人民之间的艺术人才而设立。统计显示，中国自治区民族人民有59种民族歌舞团体和526个艺术表演团体。各少数民族都有自己的书写方式，并在中国作家协会中全国有600多个民族作家，占成员总数的11.1％。随着中国少数民族艺术和文学的发展和繁荣，在中国的舞台和电视上也相当活跃地出现大量的文艺作品。