Speakers of Xiang Chinese

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Hunanese people
湖湘民系/湘語人 Shiāen'lỳ nin
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Regions with significant populations
China Mainland China Half of Hunan
Northeastern Guangxi
Taiwan Republic of China on Taiwan As a small part of Mainlander population of Taiwan island
Languages
Xiang Chinese
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religion

The Xiang-speaking Chinese or Hunanese people (Chinese: 湖湘民系; pinyin: Huxiang minxi; Xiang Chinese: 湘語人 Shiāen'ỳ nin) are a Xiang-speaking Han ethnic subgroup originating from Hunan province in Southern China,[1] but Xiang-speaking people are also found in the adjacent provinces of Guangxi and Guizhou.

Culture

Xiang is a subdivision of spoken Chinese that originates from Hunan, Mao Zedong is well known for being a native speaker of that language.

Hunan cuisine is very famous of its use of chili peppers.

Huaguxi is a local form of Chinese opera that is very popular in Hunan province.

References

  1. Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Dec 21, 2006 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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