Introduce the characteristics of the Han nationality in a few words.

The characteristics of the Han nationality:

1, Han nationality is the main ethnic group, Han nationality is the main ethnic group in several modern countries, and it is also the most populous ethnic group in the world, which is distributed all over China.

2. The distribution of Han nationality in China is characterized by dense east and sparse west.

China is a unified multi-ethnic country, and the Han nationality is the main ethnic group. There are 55 ethnic minorities, accounting for about 8% of the national population. Han nationality is a foreign name for Huaxia nationality. Appellation began in the Han Dynasty and is still in use today. Han nationality is a long-term historical development. There have been many ethnic migrations and integrations in the history of China, which have made the Han nationality develop and prosper continuously and gradually become the most populous and economically and culturally developed nation in China. The Han nationality is the main ethnic group in several modern countries and the most populous ethnic group in the world, which is distributed all over China.

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Population characteristics of Han nationality:

The population of Han nationality is about1300 million, accounting for 19% of the world's total population, and it is also the most populous nation in the world. [34] It is distributed all over the world, and the Han nationality is the main ethnic group in several modern countries or regions. It accounts for 92% of the population in mainland China. [34][35] It accounts for 74% of Singaporean population, 24.5% of Malaysian population and 98% of Taiwanese population in China.

Many Han groups can be divided from the genetic, linguistic, cultural and social diversity within the Han nationality. According to the records of genetic research and historical migration of Fudan University, the main reason for the expansion of the Han nationality is the population movement from north to south in history: before the Jin Dynasty, the Han nationality mainly distributed in the north of China, and moved south on a large scale after the Yongjia Rebellion, while the Han nationality who moved south mixed with the aborigines in southern China, including the Dai nationality, South Asian language family and Miao and Yao language family, and their genes and languages were different from those of the Han nationality. This large-scale migration from north to south in history has also changed the population distribution density between north and south.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Han nationality