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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (989)

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

Hui people distinguishedFrom Han Chinese
Huaihua ethnicGroupPresent Han Chinese
Ma Sichun ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Emperor Guangwu of Han ethnicity Han Chinese
Sun Wen ethnicity Han Chinese
Emperor Gaozu of Han ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zhangjiajie hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Lu Muzhen ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Emperor Wen of Han ethnicity Han Chinese
Hakka people ethnicallyPartOf Han Chinese
Hakka people subgroupOf Han Chinese
Nie Er ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Emperor Jing of Han culture Han Chinese
Tujia people relatedEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Qu Yuan ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Liu Bei ethnicity Han Chinese
Pinghua hasEthnicAssociation Han Chinese
Nanning hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Law Kar-ying ethnicity Han Chinese
Urumqi hasMajorEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Li Shizhen ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Hinggan League ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Hung Sin Nui ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Xu Guangqi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Jia Huan Cheng ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zhou Lingzhao ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zeng Liansong ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Emperor Zhang of Han ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Jokhang Temple architecturalStyle Han Chinese
Guan Yu ethnicity Han Chinese
Mozi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Aisin Gioro ethnicGroupRuled Han Chinese
Northwest China majorEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Chifeng ethnicComposition Han Chinese
Baoshan ethnicComposition Han Chinese
Bai neighboringEthnicGroups Han Chinese
YN hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Tongliao majorEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Lisu neighboringEthnicGroups Han Chinese
Pu'er ethnicComposition Han Chinese
Chiang Hsiao-wen ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Morris Chang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Ordos ethnicCompositionIncludes Han Chinese
Deng Ai culture Han Chinese
Hulunbuir ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Bayannur ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Ke Jie ethnicGroup Han Chinese