As the first book in the Meet China series， Hello， China welcomes you to join in the trip of reading and meeting China. Starting now， let's follow it to explore this country， which may be unfamiliar or even mysterious to you. In the third book 56 Ethnic Groups of China， you'II meet the ethnic groups living in different parts of China， see the thousand-year-old terraced farmlands built by the Hanis， hear the longest song in the world sung by the Uygurs， and identify the living pictographs-the Dongba scripts of the Naxi people... These fantastic experiences may tell you why there are 56 ethnic groups in China.

You may already know that China covers a large geographic area （9，600，000 km2） and enjoys a very long history （5，000 years of uninterrupted civilization）. You may also want to know that China is a country with the largest population in the world. According to the latest census in 2010， the population of China has reached 1.37 billion. This means that one of every five people in the entire world is Chinese.　　Have you ever met any Chinese， since there are so many of them in the world? Are there any Chinese in your neighborhood? Do you know them well? If you are interested in this enormous mass of people， were happy， through this book， to offer you some exciting stories about them.

Warming up
Reading Theme 1：Features of Chinese Population
Reading Theme 2：A Survey of China's Ethnic Groups
Reading Theme 3：Regional Autonomy of Ethnic Minorities in China
The Costumes of the Ethnic Minorities of China
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