Where did the word "Han" come from, and where did the ancestors of China people come from?

The Han nationality is the main ethnic group in China, a descendant of the ancient Huangdi and Yan Di tribes, and a descendant of the Chinese nation. "Han" originally refers to Tianhe and the Milky Way of the universe. After the Han Dynasty in China, Han people used to call themselves Han people, and before the Han Dynasty they were called "Huaxia" or "Zhu Xia".

China's ancestors came from the African continent.

The time when Eve's descendants came to China was about 50,000-60,000 years ago. They came to China to settle, live and reproduce, replacing the primitive people living in Chinese mainland.

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The ethnic names of the Han nationality were established in the process of the formation and development of a unified multi-ethnic country in China. In 206 BC, the Han Dynasty flourished after the Qin Dynasty. It has lasted for more than 400 years, and there have been new developments in economy, culture and national unity. The residents of the Central Plains, formerly known as Huaxia, are called Han people.

In the later historical development, the Han nationality became the main ethnic group in China, accounting for the vast majority of the population of China in past dynasties, and played a leading role in all aspects of development.

The Han nationality has experienced * * * contact, migration and integration with various ethnic groups, and formed the distribution characteristics of concentrated distribution in agricultural developed areas and cities such as Songliao Plain, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River and Pearl River, and mixed with local ethnic groups in the frontier. In addition, in the course of historical development, a considerable number of Han Chinese emigrated overseas, forming local Chinese or overseas Chinese.

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