Han Chinese

E34209

East Asian people ethnic group

The Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group in both China and the world, with a shared cultural heritage, language family, and historical identity rooted in ancient Chinese civilization.

Aliases (1)

Sino-Mauritian ×1

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	East Asian people → ethnic group →
ancestralHomeland	North China Plain → Yellow River basin →
associatedState	Malaysia → People's Republic of China → Republic of China → Singapore →
continent	Asia →
country	China →
culturalHeritage	Chinese calligraphy → Chinese cuisine → Chinese martial arts → Chinese opera → Chinese painting → Confucian heritage →
culture	Chinese culture →
diaspora	Chinese diaspora →
ethnicGroupOf	China →
ethnogenesisPeriod	Han dynasty → Qin dynasty → Warring States period →
historicalOrigin	ancient Chinese civilization →
historicalStateFormation	Han dynasty → Ming dynasty → Qin dynasty → Qing dynasty → Song dynasty → Tang dynasty →
languageFamily	Sinitic languages → Sino-Tibetan languages →
majorityIn	China →
namedAfter	Han dynasty →
populationRank	largest ethnic group in China → largest ethnic group in the world →
primaryLanguage	Cantonese → Gan Chinese → Hakka → Hokkien → Jin Chinese → Mandarin Chinese → Min Chinese → Wu Chinese → Xiang Chinese →
recognizedAs	majority ethnic group of the People's Republic of China → majority ethnic group of the Republic of China →
religion	Buddhism → Chinese folk religion → Christianity → Confucianism → Islam → Taoism →
significantDiasporaIn	Australia → Canada → Indonesia → Malaysia → Singapore → Southeast Asia → Thailand → United States →
standardSpokenVariety	Standard Mandarin →
standardWrittenLanguage	Standard written Chinese →
traditionalCalendar	Chinese lunisolar calendar →
traditionalClothing	Hanfu → changshan → qipao →
traditionalFestivals	Dragon Boat Festival → Mid-Autumn Festival → Qingming Festival → Spring Festival →
traditionalPhilosophy	Confucianism → Daoism → Legalism →
traditionalValueSystem	ancestor worship → filial piety → patrilineal kinship →
usesWritingSystem	Chinese characters →
writingStandardization	Qin dynasty script unification →
writingSystemType	logographic writing system →

Referenced by (121)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ang Lee → Chen Cheng → Chen Yi → Chiang Chieh-shih → Chiang Wei-kuo → Chien-Shiung Wu → Confucius → Deng Xiaoping → Ding Ruchang → Eason Chan → Eric Yuan → Feng Yuxiang → Fujian → Hainan → He Shuheng → He Zizhen → Hongwu Emperor → Hu Jintao → Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region → Jiang Qing → Joe Tsai → Joseph C. Tsai → Kelly Chan → Kun Huang → Kwantung Leased Territory → Li Hongzhang → Li Lisan → Li Min → Li Na → Li Ning → Li Weihan → Li Yuanhong → Li Yunhe → Li Zongren → Lin Biao → Lingnan → Liu Bocheng → Liu Shaoqi → Mao Anqing → Mao Anying → Mao Fumei → Mao Zemin → Mao Zetan → Master Baiguang → Mauritius ("Sino-Mauritian") → Mengjiang → Song Shilun → Song Zheyuan → T. V. Soong → Wendi Deng → Xi Jinping → Xiao Zisheng → Xinjiang → Yan Xishan → Yang Hucheng → Yunnan Province → Zhang Xueliang → Zhang Zhizhong → Zhou Enlai → Zhu De →	ethnicGroup
Cai Hesen → Chongzhen Emperor → Cui Hao → Hongguang Emperor → Hongxi Emperor → Hongzhi Emperor → Hu Zongnan → Jianwen Emperor → Jingtai Emperor → Liang Xiaosheng → Longqing Emperor → Lu Lingzi → Mao Zedong family → Sun Lianzhong → Taichang Emperor → Xiang Ying → Xuande Emperor → Ye Ting → Yongli Emperor → Yu Chengwan →	ethnicity
Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → Huizhou (historical region) → Kunming → Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing Empire → Sichuan Province → Southern China → Western China → Xianning →	hasEthnicGroup
Gao → Li → Peng → Yang → Zhan →	usedByEthnicGroup
Chinese folk religion → Zhao →	associatedWithEthnicGroup
Tan → Wong →	ethnicAssociation
Jin dynasty → Qing army →	ethnicComposition
China → Guizhou Province →	majorEthnicGroup
Guoyu → Sino-Tibetan languages →	spokenBy
Ma →	commonAmong
Tang dynasty →	ethnicGroupInPower
Beihai →	ethnicGroupPresent
Tarim Basin →	ethnicGroups
Han dynasty →	ethnicIdentityLegacy
China →	ethnicMajority
Chinese Malaysians →	ethnicOrigin
Northern Qi dynasty →	hasEthnicComposition
Overseas Chinese communities →	hasEthnicOrigin
Qinghai →	hasMajorEthnicGroup
Manchuria →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Chinese Jews of Kaifeng →	integratedWith
Chinese Indonesians →	primaryAncestry
Chinese Malaysians →	relatedGroup
Zeng →	usedAsGivenNameBy
Zeng →	usedAsSurnameBy
Ai →	usedByPopulation
Wu →	usedInEthnicGroup