What are the main ethnic groups of Cantonese people?

Guangdong province is a province with 56 ethnic groups, mainly Han nationality.

The population of ethnic minorities is 46 1.7 million (this data comes from public security statistics), accounting for 2.99% of the total population in the province.

The ethnic minorities living in the world are Zhuang, Yao, She, Hui and Manchu.

Zhuang nationality is mainly distributed in Lianshan, Huaiji, Lianjiang, Xinyi, Huazhou and Luoding.

Yao people are mainly distributed in Liannan, Lianshan, Lianzhou, Yangshan, Yingde, Ruyuan, Lechang, Renhua, Qujiang, Shixing, Wengyuan, Longmen and Yangchun counties (autonomous counties, cities and districts).

She nationality is mainly distributed in Ruyuan, Nanxiong, Shixing, Zengcheng, Heping, Li Anping, Longchuan, Dongyuan, Fengshun, Raoping, Chaoan, Haifeng, Huidong and Boluo counties (autonomous counties, cities and districts);

Hui people are mainly distributed in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Zhaoqing, Shantou, Foshan, Dongguan and other cities.

Manchu is mainly distributed in Guangzhou.

Extended data:

Han residents in Guangdong can be divided into three major ethnic groups: Guangfu, Hakka and Chaoshan. The formation of the three ethnic groups is the result of the long-term integration of the Han nationality in the Central Plains and the Lingnan aborigines. This kind of integration has a long history, and large-scale integration began in Lingnan, Qin Zheng. After three high tides of migration in Jin Dynasty, Song Dynasty and late Ming Dynasty (from the Central Plains, including Chu, wuyue and northern Fujian), three ethnic groups gradually formed.

Due to various reasons in history, the people of the three ethnic groups have maintained their own living customs, cultural awareness and individual characteristics for a long time, and the isomorphism of * * * has become the colorful and varied charm of Guangdong culture, and has promoted the development of Lingnan culture with its own advantages.

However, the formation of the three ethnic groups has their own different historical background, natural environment, cultural genes and economic conditions. In addition, they have long lacked normal communication. Not only is the socio-economic and spiritual and cultural development among ethnic groups extremely unbalanced, but there is also a great gap between the remote mountainous areas and coastal plain areas of the same ethnic group.

Distribution of the three major ethnic groups:

Guangfu people: mainly distributed in Guangzhou, Foshan, Dongguan and the vast areas in southwest Guangdong.

Chaoshan people: mainly distributed in Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei.

Hakka: Mainly distributed in Meizhou, Heyuan, Huizhou, Shaoguan, Longgang, Shenzhen and other places.

Guangdong Provincial People's Government Network-Ethnic Religion