most ethnic groups in Guangxi take rice as their staple food, followed by corn and potatoes (some ethnic minority mountainous areas lacking paddy fields also take corn as their staple food). Most ethnic minorities in Guangxi like to eat glutinous rice, and they also make colorful flowered rice on festivals or make rice, wheat, cassava and other foods into powder and zanba. Most people like drinking, and some ethnic families can make wine, and even can't live without wine every day. Miao, Dong, Molao, Maonan, Shuishui and other ethnic groups all like sour food, and love to pickle all kinds of sauerkraut, sour meat and sour fish. Rongshui Miao people also have a unique custom of "soaking rice in vinegar", and some ethnic groups like to eat spicy food and smoke. "Chili bone" is a famous dish loved by many ethnic minorities. The Jing people who live by the sea like to eat seafood, and the meat is mainly fish and shrimp. Some ethnic minorities retain various special dietary customs such as drinking blood wine. Dietary habits with ethnic characteristics include: camellia oleifera, cooking five-color rice, Yao bird sauce, Maonan vegetable beef and special dried sweet potatoes. There are also many different dietary customs in various ethnic groups around the country. For example, Zhuang, Beijing and other ethnic groups have the traditional custom of chewing betel nuts, which is still popular among Zhuang women in Longzhou and other places. In some places, betel nut is still a must for entertaining guests. Dong, Yao and other ethnic groups have the etiquette of "a chicken's head respects guests". In Yao areas, if the matchmaker can't eat the head of a chicken when asking about the marriage, it means that the marriage may be ruined. Some Yao people avoid eating dog meat. Hui people avoid eating pork, lard, dead animals and animal blood, and are not allowed to drink and smoke. In some Zhuang areas, as well as a few people such as Yao, Molao, Maonan and Yi, the custom of drinking blood wine is still preserved.

Yao nationality:

bird's gizzard

"bird fried" is a special flavor food preserved by some Yao people in Dayaoshan. Every year in late autumn and early spring, a "bird basin" is installed on the mountain, and migratory birds are lured into the basin to drink water, that is, they are glued by birds painted on the edge of the basin in advance. Slaughter the caught birds, mix them with rice flour and salt and seal them in jars, and treat them as top-grade guests. There are also fish and meat fried, which can be used in Fang Chen for years or even decades, reserved for major festivals and entertaining guests.

Miao people:

In terms of diet, the Miao people mainly eat rice, with corn and millet as miscellaneous. Generally, they like drinking, eating peppers and all kinds of sauerkraut. There is a habit of "playing camellia oleifera" in the morning and afternoon, which is basically the same as that of the Dong people.

Camellia oleifera

Camellia oleifera is a unique dietary habit of Dong, Miao, Yao and other ethnic groups who live in mountainous areas with traditional camellia oleifera. Camellia oleifera is made by crushing tea leaves with a small hammer and frying them until they are yellow, boiling them into thick soup in a small pot, seasoning them with salt, and then brewing fried rice flowers, fried soybeans or fried peanuts, fried oil fruits and other things. It is crispy and delicious, and has a unique flavor. You can also add pig water or glutinous rice balls, glutinous rice, garlic leaves, etc., or make it sweet, depending on the prepared food and personal preference. Camellia oleifera is not only an indispensable diet in the lives of these ethnic minorities, but also a courtesy treat for relatives and friends, especially distant visitors. It can be made at any time of the day, morning and afternoon. Dong people in Sanjiang, Longsheng and other places will treat you with "Camellia oleifera", which means they respect you. If you are polite, you will be disrespectful to your host.