The Tujia, The endonymBizika means "native dwellers". In Chinese, Tujia means also "local", as distinguished from the Hakka whose name implies wandering.
They live in the Wuling Mountains, straddling the common borders of Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou Provinces, and Chongqing Municipality.
With a total population of over 8 million, is the 8th largest ethnic minority in the People's Republic of China. The 2000 Chinese census recorded 8,028,133 Tujia in China.
The vast majority of the Tujia use Chinese dialects; a few speak Miao language. nearly all are bilingual in some dialect of Chinese.
Regarding religion, most of the Tujia worship a white tiger totem, although some Tujia in western Hunan worship a turtle totem.
Traditionally, Tujia women wear jackets trimmed with lace and with short, broad sleeves, men wear short jackets with many buttons in front.The most famous is the dance of Tujia Waving Dance;Tujia folksongs are usually about love and work, battles and grief.