黎族現有人口約40万,主要聚居在海南黎族苗族自治州,少部分散居在儋县、汀迈等地。在国民党反动統治的年代里,黎族人民曾經多次奋起反抗强加在他們头上的压迫、剝削和奴役,最有名的是1943年7月的白沙大暴动。当时日本軍国主义侵入海南島,国民党反动軍队不抵抗,反而进入黎村,大肆勒索搶 Li existing population of about 40 million, mainly in Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, a small number of scattered in Pixian, Tingmai and other places. During the era of the Kuomintang’s reactionary rule, the Li people, who repeatedly raised their ranks against oppression, exploitation and slavery imposed on them, the most famous being the White Sands riots in July 1943. At that time, when Japanese militarists invaded Hainan Island, the Kuomintang reactionary army did not resist, but instead entered Lebanon and extorted it with exasperation