Min Chinese speakers

Min-speaking peoples (simplified Chinese: 闽民系; traditional Chinese: 閩民系; pinyin: Mǐn mínxì) are a major subgroup of the Han Chinese (also known as the ethnic Chinese)(115 Million)(Min Chinese). They are a Min Chinese-speaking people that mainly live in Fujian, Hainan, Southern Zhejiang and Guangdong province's Leizhou and Chaoshan regions. In the Chinese diaspora, they form the majority of people in Taiwan and the majority of Han Chinese in Southeast Asia including countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. The latter two countries are Teochew-speaking.

Min

閩民系
Total population
Approximately 115,000,000
Regions with significant populations
People's Republic of China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hong Kong, Macau), Taiwan Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe, United States
Languages
Min Chinese
Religion
Major religions include Buddhism (Theravada Buddhism or Chinese buddhism), Confucianism, Daoism, Chinese folk religion Minor religions include Christianity and other religions
Related ethnic groups
Han Chinese (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Leizhou people, Hainan people, Taiwanese people, Puxian people, Min-Vietnamese people)

Subgroups

A turtle-back tomb surrounded by a horseshoe-shaped or Ω-shaped ridge, the traditional burial style of southern Fujian.[1]

Fujian

• Min Bei people 閩北人 (Min Bei)
• Fuzhou people 福州人 (Min Dong)
• Putian people 莆田人 (Pu-Xian)
• Holoh people 閩南人 (Min Nan)

Guangdong

• Teochew people 潮州人 (Chao-Shan)
• Leizhou people 雷州人 (Qiong–Lei)

Zhejiang

• Zhenan Min Hokkien (Min Nan)

Hainan

• Hainanese people 海南人 (Qiong–Lei)

Taiwan

• Taiwanese Hokkien (Min Nan)

See also

• Chinese people
• Han Chinese
• Min Chinese

References

1. de Groot, Jan Jakob Maria (1892), The Religious System of China, III, Brill Archive, pp. 941–942, 1081–1082