Tangut

The Tangut, also known as the Western Xia were a Qiangic-Tibetan people who moved to the highlands of western Sichuan sometime before the 10th century AD. They spoke Tangut language a now-extinct Tibeto-Burman language.

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A nomadic tribe, the Tangut moved from place to place and eventually settled in West Sichuan. From the moment they entered this region they have undergone a process of "sinicization," a term meaning the adoption of Chinese cultural characteristics. Eventually the Tangut state was founded in the year 982 by Li Deming (李德明). Known in the Chinese language as "Xi-Xia" (西夏), the Tangut people called their state "phiow?-bjij?-lhjij-lhjij?", which translates to "The Great State of White and Lofty."

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Tibetan people: The Tibetan people are a people living in Tibet and some surrounding areas. They are one of the largest among the fifty-six nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to constitute the Zhonghua Minzu (Chinese nation), although in anthropological terms they include mo...

Sichuan: Sichuan (; obsolete romanizations include Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu....