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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Referenced by (989)

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

Cai E ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Leung Chun-ying ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Lin Juemin ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Donald Tsang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zunyi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Anshun hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Keqiang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Li Keqiang
Dingyuan County, Anhui, China hasPrimaryEthnicGroup Han Chinese
subject surface form: Dingyuan County
Cheng Hong ethnicity Han Chinese
Yu Fengzhi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Liupanshui hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Zongnan ethnicity Han Chinese
subject surface form: Hu Zongnan
Hepu County hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Ye Zhichao ethnicity Han Chinese
Nie Shicheng ethnicity Han Chinese
Chen Qimei ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Jiang Baili ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Deyu ethnicity Han Chinese
subject surface form: Hongguang Emperor
Fayan Wenyi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Bai Ling ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zhao Sheng ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Qiqihar ethnicGroupPresent Han Chinese
Zhaojun Tomb associatedEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Youlang ethnicity Han Chinese
Empress Wang ethnicity Han Chinese
Wu Sangui ethnicity Han Chinese
Cheung associatedEthnicity Han Chinese
Empress Wang culture Han Chinese
Empress Wang ethnicity Han Chinese
Zhu Yunwen culture Han Chinese
Empress Ma ethnicity Han Chinese
Li Liejun ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Longwu Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Jieyang hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Yu Youren ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Tiger Hu Chen ethnicity Han Chinese
Woo usedByEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Hou associatedWithEthnicity Han Chinese
Wu Cheng'en ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Wu Guanzhong ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Wu Bangguo ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Gao Junman ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Chen Qiaonian ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Wu Han ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Yang Dezhi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Yu Xuezhong ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Hua Guofeng ethnicGroup Han Chinese