What ethnic group was the Ming Dynasty?

The Ming Dynasty was a dynasty established by the Han people.

The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was a dynasty established by the Han people in Chinese history. In the early days, Nanjing was the capital, and the capital was moved to Beijing during the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. According to the legend of the Sixteenth Emperor, the reign lasted for 276 years.

The Red Turban Uprising broke out at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang joined Guo Zixing's team. In 1364, he was called King of Wu, and was called Xiwu in history. In early 1368, Zhu Di proclaimed himself emperor, named his country Daming, and established its capital in Nanjing. In 1421, Zhu Di moved his capital to Shuntian Prefecture, with Nanjing as his companion capital. In the early Ming Dynasty, it experienced the rule of Hongwu, the reign of Yongle and the rule of Renxuan, and its politics were clear and clear, and its national power was strong. In 1449, it turned from prosperity to decline after the Tumubao Revolution, and then recovered through Hongzhi Zhongxing and Wanli Zhongxing. In the late Ming Dynasty, political corruption, Donglin party strife, and natural disasters led to the decline of national power, and peasant uprisings broke out. In 1644, Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, and the Ming Dynasty was destroyed. The Ming Dynasty clan established multiple political regimes in the south, known as the Southern Ming Dynasty in history. After the Qing troops entered the pass, they successively defeated the Hongguang, Longwu, Shaowu and other regimes. In 1662, Emperor Yongli was killed and Nanming was destroyed. In 1683, the Qing army captured Taiwan, and Ming Zheng, the leader of Fengming Zhengshuo, was destroyed.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty included the Han Dynasty, reaching the Sea of ??Japan and the Waixing'an Mountains in the northeast, and then retreating to the Liaohe River Basin; reaching the Yinshan Mountains in the north, retreating to the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty; reaching Hami, Xinjiang, in the west, retreating to Jiayuguan; and reaching Myanmar in the southwest. and the northern territory of Siam, and then returned to approximately present-day Yunnan; and set up Jisi Guard Station in the Qinghai-Tibet area, and also recaptured Annan.

During the Ming Dynasty, the autocratic monarchy was unprecedentedly strengthened, and multi-ethnic countries were further unified and consolidated. In the early Ming Dynasty, the prime minister was abolished and the factory guard spy agency was established, which strengthened the centralization of authoritarianism, but it also paved the way for the eunuch dictatorship in the middle and later periods. During the Ming Dynasty, the peasants' anti-feudal struggle also entered a new stage.

The handicraft industry and commodity economy prospered in the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of commercial capital was transformed into industrial capital, and commercial towns and the emergence of capitalism sprouted. Culture and art show a trend of secularization.

According to the "Records of the Ming Dynasty", the peak population was 71.85 million. Some scholars pointed out that it was more than 100 million, and some said that the population in the late Ming Dynasty was nearly 200 million.