What race does the Han nationality belong to?

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. The Han nationality is usually regarded as the descendants of Yan Di (or Shennong) and Huangdi (or Xuanyuan) in ancient legends, and "descendants of the Yellow Emperor" and "descendants of the Chinese nation" are synonyms or other names of the Han nationality.

"Han" originally refers to Tianhe and cosmic galaxies. Han people used to call them Han people because there was a Han dynasty in China, which was called "Huaxia" or "Zhu Xia" before.

Han nationality, a nationality living in East Asia, belongs to the Mongolian race in East Asia and is the main nationality in several modern countries and regions. It accounts for 92% of the population in mainland China, 97% in Taiwan, 74% in Singapore and 23.4% in Malaysia.

Han nationality is distributed all over the world, with a total population of about 654.38+0.39 billion, accounting for about 654.38+0.8% of the world population. At present, it is the most populous country in the world. However, the fertility rate of Han nationality and some ethnic minorities in Chinese mainland is lower than the intergenerational replacement level.

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As a nation, the Han nationality didn't have "Han nationality" until the Han Dynasty. "Han people" got its name from the Han Dynasty, which originally meant "people of the Han Dynasty", and the Han Dynasty got its name from Hanshui. However, in the early Han Dynasty, due to the powerful influence of the Qin Dynasty, its neighbors called the Han people "Qin people" more.

As the ethnic name of the Han nationality, "Han" should be no later than the early Southern Dynasties. In the communication with neighboring countries or regions, the Tang Dynasty called itself "Han" and "Han Kingdom", and called its border "Han boundary". Its people were called "Han people", "Han people" and also called "Han people". After the end of modern 19, due to the introduction of the meaning of the word "nation", "Han" replaced "Han" as the official name of this nation.

Du Jiaji, a scholar, said that China did not have the title of "nation" in the modern sense in ancient times but added the concept of "nation", but it did not mean that there was no Han nationality at that time. The concepts of "Manchu", "Mongolian" and "Han" used to distinguish nationalities are all ancient national concepts, so modern scholars, especially historians, call the Han people in history Han nationality.

The Han culture of the Han nationality is a part of today's China culture, and the Han nationality created splendid culture and art in ancient times. The Han nationality has a written history of more than thousands of years, and its cultural classics are extremely rich. For thousands of years, many representative figures and works with far-reaching influence have been produced in the fields of politics, military affairs, philosophy, economy, history, natural science, literature and art.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the achievements of various academic schools of thought and the four philosophical systems represented by Confucius, Laozi, Mozi and Han Fei formed a prosperous situation in which a hundred schools of thought contended. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the policy of "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" was implemented, so Confucianism represented by Confucius and Mencius became orthodox and ruled the Han nationality's ideology and culture for more than two thousand years.

At the same time, it also affects other ethnic minorities to varying degrees, even countries adjacent to China. As far as military theory is concerned, as early as the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the famous military work Sun Tzu's Art of War was published. The 182 art of war compiled in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, especially the Seven Books of the Martial Classics, has been a must-read for martial arts since the Song Dynasty, concentrating the essence of ancient military works.

Paying attention to history is also a prominent feature of Chinese cultural history. Since Sima Qian wrote Historical Records, biographical history books have been published in all dynasties, and the famous twenty-four histories have been formed in Qing Dynasty. The chronological style is represented by Chunqiu, Zuozhuan and Zitongzhijian.

Other official and folk works, such as history books, ancient history, miscellaneous history, local chronicles, historical theory, make China the country with the richest ancient historical documents in the world, most of which are written by Han scholars.

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