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The Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang of China

The Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang of China, numbering approximately 1,200,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Northern Tai-speaking subgroup of the Zhuang nationality descended from the ancient Bai Yue peoples, concentrated along the eastern Hongshui River region of Guangxi and distinguished by their place within China's diverse Zhuang communities. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Zhuang
Primary Language(s): Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang (zeh)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 1,200,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047060
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Pray for the Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang of China

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

100%
%
Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe Speakers

Media Resources in Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang of China

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
readJohn 8:32

Pray for those who live enslaved to sin to hear and receive the truth of the gospel and be set free.

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
readActs 17:24-25

Pray that the good news will reach everyone in this people group and that many will come to know and serve the one true God who made the world and everything in it and lives today.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
read2 Corinthians 12:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their weaknesses, hardships, and difficulties, having hope because Christ's power is made perfect in their weakness.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe Across Countries (ROP3 - 114997) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Eastern Hongshuihe ZhuangPG047060Eastern Hongshuihe ZhuangChina1,200,000Engaged yet UnreachedEastern Hongshuihe ZhuangChinese Folk Religion

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