Han Chinese

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Han Chinese canonical 981
Han Chinese culture 5
Han Chinese in Shanghai region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (79)

Predicate Object
instanceOf East Asian people
ethnic group
ancestralHomeland North China Plain
Yellow River basin
associatedState Malaysia
China
surface form: 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 Chinese language
surface form: 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
Hakka
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
standardSpokenVariety Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
standardWrittenLanguage Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard written Chinese
traditionalCalendar Chinese lunisolar calendar
traditionalClothing Hanfu
changshan
qipao
traditionalFestivals Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations
surface form: Mid-Autumn Festival

Qingming Festival
Spring Festival
traditionalPhilosophy Confucianism
Taoism
surface form: Daoism

Legalism
traditionalValueSystem ancestor worship
filial piety
patrilineal kinship
usesWritingSystem Chinese characters
writingStandardization Qin dynasty script unification
writingSystemType logographic writing system

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yuanhong ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Li Yuanhong
Zhang Yitang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Tang Yulin ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Mukden Palace architecturalStyle Han Chinese
Dali Kingdom mainEthnicGroups Han Chinese
Zhu Yousong ethnicity Han Chinese
Zhang Boling ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Niu Jian ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Qichao ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Liang Qichao
Rengong ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Liang Qichao
Hong usedByEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Deng Wenge ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Da Yuan alsoRulingEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Xu Shiyou ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Empress Hu culture Han Chinese
Xizong ethnicity Han Chinese
subject surface form: Tianqi Emperor
Lady Chen ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Li Chung-chang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Li Hongzhang
Liang Rengong ethnicity Han Chinese
subject surface form: Liang Qichao
Cai Chang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zhu Changying ethnicGroup Han Chinese
萧子升 ethnicity Han Chinese
Zhu Zhanxi (Prince of Deqing) ethnicity Han Chinese
subject surface form: Zhu Zhanxi
Xu Shichang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Fushun ethnicComposition Han Chinese
Wu Yi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Benxi ethnicGroupPresent Han Chinese
Shuheng ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: He Shuheng
Xiang Jingyu ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Xiaozong ethnicity Han Chinese
subject surface form: Hongzhi Emperor
Xie Qian ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Shaoqi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Liu Shaoqi
Dong Biwu (acting President of the PRC) ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Dong Biwu
He Baozhen ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Li Jingxi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Shaoguan hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Zhu Zhanshan ethnicity Han Chinese
Niujie Subdistrict hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Empress Xiaogongzhang culture Han Chinese
Consort Tian ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Qixi Festival observedBy Han Chinese
Chao ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Chiu usedByEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Xie Fei ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Tai Jeng-wu ethnicity Han Chinese
Empress Xiaomu ethnicity Han Chinese
Lu Chaoyang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Empress Zhang ethnicity Han Chinese