Buyi is a biggish minority in the southwest of China. Old name was 'Zhong Family' or 'Yi Ethnic Minority '. Claim to be 'Buyue', 'Buyi', also to be 'Bu man' 'Bu Nong' in some places. Bu means Ethnic Minority . The people of Bu mainly live in the Qiannan, Qianxinan and some parts of Guizhou , Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Buyi people had been using mandarin Chinese for having no character of their own until the Chinese government created phoneticized words made of Latin letters for them in 1956.

The culture and arts of the Buyi are gorgeous and colorful. Traditional dances involve Tymbal Dance, Weaving Dance, Lion Dance, Candy Bag Dance etc.. The traditional musical instruments contain suona, lute, bamboo flageolet, wood leaf, bamboo flute etc. Di drama, flower lamp drama are the favorite dramas of Buyi people. Buyi people mainly live on agriculture by growing rice. The Buyi native cloth spinned by farmhouse has great reputation for a long time. In recent years, the specialized business enterprises, producing the Buyi baldachin, dyed cloth with wax and national craft clothing, have been set up one after another. And the products are sold far to many foreign places, such as Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe and America etc.