I´m tired of such discussion. Will this ever end?
Look, actually we should answer two basic questions:
Who are the Chinese and who are the Han people?
Well, the first question is easily answered: all citizens within China border are Chinese. Agreed?
So Chinese people consist of the Han (92%) as majority and 55 other ethnic groups (8%).
Who are the ethnic groups:
The major minority ethnic groups are
Zhuang (16.9 million),
Hui (10.5 million),
Manchu (10.3 million),
Uyghur (10 million),
Miao (9.4 million),
Yi (8.7 million),
Tujia (8.3 million),
Tibetan (6.2 million),
Mongol (5.9 million),
Dong (2.8 million),
Buyei (2.8 million),
Yao (2.7 million),
Bai(1.9 million),
Korean (1.8 million),
Hani (1.6 million),
Li (1.4 million),
Kazakh (1.4 million), and
Dai (1.2 million).
And who are the Han?
First, Han Chinese trace their ancestry back to the
Huaxia people, who lived along the
Huang He or
Yellow River in northern China. But more than that. Han people are those who embrace common Han´s cultures and custom. They are NOT defined by blood line, e.i. they are mixed, consisting of different ethnic groups. Hakka is Han.
Second, and
what are Han´s cultures and custom?
Basically, three components make up the Han: Ancestor worship, Confuciasm and Taoism. Han Chinese speak Mandarin and some dozen dialects. KirovAirship says he is Han, so he is. End of discussion. Imagine: you are an alien coming from Mars planet, if you adopt Han´s cultures and custom, you become Han. Clear?
We the Viets are the Han, too, as per this definition because most of us practice Ancestor worship, Confuciasm and Taoism. You can say we are Han Viet, and they are Han Chinese. At the beginning of the 19 century, even our Emperor Gia Long declared explicitly Vietnam as Middle Kingdom and his people as the Han.
I hope that is clear now we all can stop here. Last but not least, pls stop discussing on "blood line". Only NAZI cares of a such thing.
Han Chinese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of ethnic groups in China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia