Why are Thais and China people so alike?

Because the main ethnic group in Thailand is Thai (that is, Dai), which originated in the south of China. So Thai people are very similar to China people.

Dai language (Roman alphabet: Dai), also known as Thai (Thai:? , Roman alphabet: Thai), Shan nationality (Roman alphabet: Shan nationality), etc. The national language is Dai (Thai), which belongs to Zhuang-Dai branch of Zhuang-Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family.

There are more than 30 ethnic groups in Thailand, and Thais are the main ethnic group, accounting for 40% of the total population. The Dai people are one of the ethnic minorities in China. The Thai people in Thailand originated in the south of China and moved to Thailand in the 1 1 and12nd centuries. Archaeologists have discovered many ancient ruins in Man Qing, northeastern Thailand, which proves that Thai culture originated in the bronze culture period about 5,000 years ago.

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In addition to Thais, who account for 40% of the total population, there are Laos, China, Malays, Khmer and other ethnic groups, as well as Miao, Yao, Guangxi, Wen, Karen, Shan, Semang, Shagai and other ethnic groups in mountainous areas. Thai, Chinese, Miao and Yao are all related to China.

1, Chinese

Chinese is the foreign name of Han nationality in China. Thai Chinese refer to Chinese living in Thailand, mostly immigrants, with a population of more than 8.5 million, mainly Chaoshan people and Hakkas in Guangdong Province, and are an important ethnic group in Thailand. Chinese in Thailand have a long history and a large number, which have made considerable contributions to the development of Thailand.

2. Miao nationality

According to historical documents and oral materials of Miao people, Miao ancestors first lived in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and their ancestors were Chiyou. They moved to Jianghan Plain in the "Three Miao" era, and then gradually moved south and west to the southwest mountainous area and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau due to war and other reasons. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some Miao people migrated to Southeast Asian countries, and in modern times they migrated from these places to Europe and America.

There are132,000 Miao people in Thailand (among them, there are 7 Miao people in 50,000 Thai refugee camps, second only to the Karen people with the largest population, accounting for 15. 10% of the total mountain population in China. They are mainly distributed in northern provinces, among which the Miao people in four provinces account for more than 75% of the total Miao population in Thailand.

In northern and central Thailand, at least 13 provinces are inhabited by Miao people. There are about 245 Miao villages in Thailand, excluding the old Miao people who fled to Thailand because of the Vietnam War. The Miao nationality in Thailand is a mountainous ethnic group second only to the Keju nationality in the country. The Miao people in Thailand also call themselves "Meng", mainly "Bai Miao"-"Hmong Njew".

3. Yao nationality

Yao is one of the oldest ethnic groups in China, belonging to Yao branch of Miao Yao language family, Miao branch of Miao Yao language family and Dong branch of Zhuang and Dong language family. After the mid-Ming Dynasty, some Yao people entered Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries from Guangxi and Yunnan and became residents of other countries. During the Second zhina War, some Yao people took refuge in refugee camps in Thailand because of the war, and were later resettled in European and American countries as refugees by UNHCR.

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