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.

Xuefeng Yicun ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Yixuan ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Liangjie ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Dongshan Liangjie
Xuedou Chongxian ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Deshan Bensheng ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Hyakujō Ekai ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Guishan Lingyou ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Xitang Zhizang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Damei Fachang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Guizong Zhichang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Yang Yi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Wansong Xingxiu ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zejian ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Mao Zejian
Mazu Daoyi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Yangshan Huiji ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Daoyuan ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Mumon Ekai ethnicity Han Chinese
Geng Jingzhong ethnicity Han Chinese
Jiaoren ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Song Jiaoren
Shang Zhixin ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Yuanwu Keqin ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Chai Zemin ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Wang Zhenghua ethnicity Han Chinese
Tungning Kingdom ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zheng family ethnicity Han Chinese
Lin-chi I-hsüan ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Jōshū Jūshin ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Hanmin ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Hu Hanmin
Fifth Patriarch of Chan ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Hongren
Zhang Lexing ethnicity Han Chinese
House of Zhu ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zhu Yujian ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zhidong ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Zhang Zhidong
Lee Hoi-chuen ethnicity Han Chinese
Huang Hsing ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Huang Xing
Huang Keqiang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Huang Xing
Tai Chi-tao ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Li Chao ethnicGroup Han Chinese