Miaoli immigrants from Taiwan

Generally speaking, contemporary Taiwan Province society includes four major ethnic groups, namely, aborigines, Hakkas, Minnans and mainlanders.

The indigenous population accounts for about 2% of the total population in Taiwan Province Province. Aboriginal people are the earliest residents and pioneers in Taiwan's history. The officially recognized aborigines in Taiwan Province Province are Atayal, Bunong, Zou, Paiwan, Ami, Beinan, Dawu (also known as Yamei), Shao, Kamalan, Taroko (originally considered as a branch of Atayal) and the newly recognized Saqilaiya (originally considered as a branch of Ami) 13. The Austronesian languages in history include Ketagalan, Monkey Monkey, Bazehai, Docas, Ba braz, Barbosa, Hongya and Silaya. Now he mainly lives in the plains of western Taiwan, and has been sinicized or basically sinicized.

Hakkas account for about 12% of the total population in Taiwan Province Province. Hakka immigrants to Taiwan Province Province have a long history. After Kangxi 1684 lifted the ban, a large number of Hakka people in Jiaying Prefecture moved to Taiwan Province Province. According to the original residence, there are four counties: Hakka and Haiku. At present, the most Hakkas in Taiwan Province Province are Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli in the north.

The population of Minnan people accounts for about 73% of the total population of Taiwan Province Province. It was called "Minnan dialect" before it was called "Minnan people". Minnan people are widely distributed in Taiwan Province Province and are the largest ethnic group in Taiwan Province Province. Also known as Fulao people and Holo people, they mainly immigrated from southern Fujian (Minnan) from the late Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. According to the original place of residence, there are two groups: Zhangzhou River elderly and Quanzhou River elderly. After hundreds of years of population movement, the two are evenly distributed throughout the island.

People from other provinces account for 13% of the total population of Taiwan Province province. Around 1949, more than one million soldiers and civilians from mainland provinces followed the Kuomintang to Taiwan Province Province. Their languages and cultures are also quite different, but due to the same historical experience and similar realistic situation, they gradually formed some special group concepts and a new identification object "mainlanders". "Outsiders" refer to these new residents and their descendants. Mainlanders come from all provinces and regions in the mainland. In addition to the Han nationality, there are Tibetan, Miao, Mongolian, Uygur and other ethnic minorities.