Ubuncinci bohlanga maonan ihlala ikakhulu kwiHianjiang County kwiphondo lase Guangxi, ngakumbi kwimimandla emithathu yaseShangnan, Zhongnan naseXianan. Banabantu abambalwa abangama-107.166 kunamanye amaqela e-China.
Ulwimi lolweqela lama-Maonan Zhuang-Dong, kodwa phantse bonke bangathetha isiTshayina kunye nolwimi lwesiZhuang. Abantu baseMaonan bahlala ikakhulu kwezolimo. Basebenzisa i-intshi nganye yefama ukwandisa isivuno kwaye kancinci kancinci banamava atyebileyo okulima.
Amashishini e-cottage nawo adlala indima enkulu kuqoqosho lwawo. Maonan bayazingca ngenkomo zabo, ezithengisa kakuhle kumazantsi eTshayina. I-Maonan encinci incinci iyathanda ukwakha izindlu, iitafile, izixhobo zamatye, kunye nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo. Eyona idumileyo inokuba ngumsebenzi otywinwe ngokwamaqela eendunduma zokungcwaba. Kuyamangalisa ngokwenyani ukuba abenzi bamatye abanobuchule banokudala imifanekiso emininzi yeentyatyambo, iintaka, iintlanzi, izinambuzane nabantu ngaphandle kokuzoba nokuba yeyokuqala.
Ngokubhekisele kwiinkolelo zabo, uninzi lwabo lukholelwa kubuTao nase-Animism. Bacinga ukuba baninzi oothixo abanokulawula ubomi babo kwaye kufuneka bancame ngexesha leholide.
Kwaye malunga nokutya kwabo, izinto ezisisiseko zokutya kweMaonan yirayisi kunye nombona. Izitya zimnandi kakhulu ngokusekelwe kwithanga ibhatata emnandi kunye nemifuno ziqhelekile kwaye zithandwa ehlotyeni nasekuqaleni kokuwa. Bayakuthanda nokutya inyama yenkomo embizeni eshushu.
Esona siganeko sikhulu yile Umnyhadala weFenlong emva kwehlobo lasehlotyeni. Ngaloo mini, irayisi emuncu yabantu baseMaonan, bathatha isebe lomngcunube ekhaya, kwaye uncamathisela irayisi kuyo. Oku kuchuma kwaye kufanekisela isivuno esihle.
El UMnyhadala wephenyane le Dragon inentsingiselo eyahlukileyo kwiMaonan. Ngelixa kunqulwa imbongi yokuthand 'izwe ka-Han u-Qu Yuan ngaloo mini, ama-Maonan aqokelela kwaye abilise amayeza amayeza ukuze asuse izifo. Ngezo ntsuku zibalulekileyo, bahlala benika imbeko kwizinyanya zabo kwaye baculela omnye nomnye ukuba lolona lonwabo baluthanda kakhulu. Xa beqala ukucula, bahlala bekwenza benganqumami.