What is the existence of Chinese in Malaysia?

Chinese Malaysians, also known as Chinese Malaysians or Chinese Malaysians, are referred to as Chinese Malaysians, Chinese Malaysians and Chinese Malaysians, and most of them call themselves Chinese or Tang people. Malaysian Chinese mainly migrated from China, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other places from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China. Chinese in Malaysia used to call themselves Tang people and Chinese in ancient times. After the founding of the Republic of China, they began to call themselves China people, Chinese and overseas Chinese. After Malaysian independence, they began to call themselves China people and China people. In modern times, the number of Malaysian Chinese who call themselves "China people" and "overseas Chinese" has decreased a lot.

Most Chinese believe in Buddhism and Taoism, among which Buddhism in Malaysia is subdivided, such as Hinayana (seated), Mahayana (mainly Zen and pure Buddhism) and Vajrayana. Besides, China people believe in Christianity and Catholicism.

Of course, mainly some people believe in Islam and other religions.

Most of the gods worshipped by China people were brought to Malaysia from China when they went south in the early days, such as Mazu belief and Guanyin belief. Some of them merged with local gods, forming Datuk Gong's belief. Datuk Gong is regarded as a land god similar to China. It can generally be found in early gold mining areas.

Chinese in Malaysia belong to non-indigenous identity (Non-Bumiputra), including Indian ethnic groups and so on. Malays and Malaysians are Bumiputes, including Portuguese, Indonesians, etc. , and all have the privileges of Malaysians (article 153 of the Malaysian Constitution, Malays are supreme). Chinese in Malaysia can obtain indigenous privileges through assimilation, that is, Bumiputra status, and ask for intermarriage with Malays or Malaysians, convert to Islam, and change their original names to Malay Islamic names, so that the assimilated descendants will have indigenous privileges in Malaysia. According to Malaysia's New Economic Policy (NEP), Malay: Ketuanan Melayu is a racist creed in Malaysia, which is intended to belittle the identity of non-Malays and prevent them from enjoying Malaysia's indigenous privileges. Other countries have similar hierarchical systems, and this creed has reduced the status of Chinese and other non-Malays in Malaysia to' second-class citizens'. (Note: The so-called second-class citizens are used because non-indigenous people are obviously treated unfairly. ).