Speakers of Xiang Chinese
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Regions with significant populations | |
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Mainland China | Half of Hunan Northeastern Guangxi |
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
- ↑ 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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