Iwo madzinza mashoma maonan anogara kunyanya muHuanjiang County mudunhu re Guangxi, kunyanya mumatunhu matatu eShangnan, Zhongnan neXianan. Ivo vane vanhu vashoma ve107.166 kupfuura mamwe akawanda madzinza muChina.
Mutauro ndeweboka reMaonan Zhuang-Dong boka reelos, asi vangangoita vese vanogona kutaura Chinese uye mutauro weZhuang. Vanhu veMaonan vanogara kunyanya mune zvekurima. Ivo vanoshandisa yega yega masendimita epurazi kuwedzera goho uye zvishoma nezvishoma ivo vane ruzivo rwakawanda rwekurima.
Iwo ma cottage maindasitiri anoitawo basa rakakura muhupfumi hwayo. Maonan anodada nemombe dzavo dzemombe, dzinotengesa zvakanaka kumaodzanyemba kweChina. Rudzi rweMaonan vashoma vanofarira kuvaka dzimba, matafura, midziyo yematombo, pamwe nekuveza. Iyo inonyanya kuzivikanwa inogona kunge iri basa rakavezwa mumapoka emakuva ekuviga. Zvinoshamisa zvechokwadi kuti vane matombo ane hunyanzvi vanogona kugadzira zvivezwa zvakawandisa zvemaruva, shiri, hove, zvipembenene, nevanhu vasingadhiri pekutanga.
Nezvezvitendero zvavo, vazhinji vavo vane dzidziso yeTaoism uye Animism. Vanofunga kuti kune vamwari vazhinji vanokwanisa kudzora hupenyu hwavo uye vanofanirwa kubaira panguva yezororo.
Uye nezve chikafu chavo, zvekutanga zvekudya zveMaonan mupunga nechibage. Iwo madhishi anonaka kwazvo zvichibva pamanhanga matapiri matapiri nemiriwo zvakajairika uye zvinozivikanwa muzhizha uye kutanga kwekutanga. Vanodawo kudya nyama yemombe muhari inopisa.
Chiitiko chikuru ndeche Fenlong mutambo mushure megore zhizha. Musi iwoyo, vanhu veMaonan vanodya sadza vanhu, vanotora bazi remuwillow kumba, ndokunamatira mupunga imomo. Uku kubereka uye kunofananidzira goho rakanaka.
El Dhiragoni Chikepe Mutambo ine chirevo chakasiyana cheMaonan. Ndichinamata mudetembi wekuHan mudetembi Qu Yuan musi iwoyo, vaMaonan vanounganidza vobika mishonga yekurapa kuti ibvise chirwere. Pamazuva akakosha iwayo, vanogara vachiremekedza madzitateguru avo uye vachiimbirana kuti ndiko kuvaraidza kwavanonyanya kufarira. Pavanotanga kuimba, vanowanzozviita vasina kumbomira.