The 10 Largest Chinese Ethnic Groups

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  • Here are some info on the 10 largest ethnic groups in china, out of 56 Chinese Ethnicities
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  • @TheSaneHatter
    @TheSaneHatter Před 8 lety +1011

    So, if a Han Chinese can't find a wife (or a husband), then is s/he Han . . . solo?
    (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

    • @MT-Wolfy
      @MT-Wolfy Před 8 lety +17

      +Nick Hentschel you my friend, you deserve an award!

    • @TheSaneHatter
      @TheSaneHatter Před 8 lety +4

      DarkWolfyPrincess 10,000 yuan . . . all in advance.

    • @georgeyau98
      @georgeyau98 Před 8 lety +10

      +Nick Hentschel can confirm, am Han solo, and cousine is han solo, and teacher is han solo, and mayor is han solo...

    • @TheSaneHatter
      @TheSaneHatter Před 8 lety +1

      +Data Integration Thought Entity Humanoid Interface
      Han's a busy man, isn't he?

    • @georgeyau98
      @georgeyau98 Před 8 lety +3

      Nick Hentschel hehe yeah, we're quite busy ^^

  • @WoWplayer527
    @WoWplayer527 Před 8 lety +416

    looked at my arm. had han mark. im black. my ancestors have some explaining to do.

    • @Erunaex
      @Erunaex Před 8 lety +14

      +WoWplayer527 Likewise, I'm of Italian and English heritage and am white.

    • @shadowkissed2370
      @shadowkissed2370 Před 8 lety +7

      +WoWplayer527 I have it as well O.O.

    • @nevimzevim
      @nevimzevim Před 8 lety +10

      i´ve got the same ... guess they are just kidding :)

    • @qaboosmintaka5337
      @qaboosmintaka5337 Před 8 lety +19

      Chinese like to claim that everyone is han...lol

    • @nevimzevim
      @nevimzevim Před 8 lety +16

      Qaboos Mintaka
      No. Everyone like to claim they are Chinese. You can guess why .... lololo

  • @ji-mintomypie3220
    @ji-mintomypie3220 Před 5 lety +121

    I'm from the Miao, also known as the Hmong! It's great to be who I am, I am proud to be Hmong and proud to have some history with China!

    • @theminuteman7611
      @theminuteman7611 Před 4 lety +17

      Congrats to having a language that's harder to learn than Cantonese (that's a compliment really, 8 tones! yikes).

    • @milvipes
      @milvipes Před 4 lety +6

      If we lump Hmong from southeast Asia with those in China they actually outnumber the uyghurs.

    • @Onionoil467
      @Onionoil467 Před 3 lety +1

      *Mongic

    • @somsatxayalat
      @somsatxayalat Před rokem +2

      @StickyRice You can said that, but who care ? Hmong is only tiny sub group of the Miao. The Miao is like the Han- who have many dialect. Just like the Lao and the Thai who every one will be understandable.

    • @anfboi08
      @anfboi08 Před rokem

      @@theminuteman7611 lol

  • @tammymay86
    @tammymay86 Před 7 lety +222

    I'm a Hui but we don't speak Arabic but do use Arabic letters sometime

    • @israel8900
      @israel8900 Před 7 lety +11

      Tammy May yea You guys use it only when you make salah ?

    • @SE-tw2mb
      @SE-tw2mb Před 5 lety +14

      We also use arabic in our prayers only

    • @tanktalking5300
      @tanktalking5300 Před 5 lety +4

      hui people never chinese

    • @skylet1013
      @skylet1013 Před 5 lety +41

      @@tanktalking5300WTF? I have so many hui friends and they are all Chinese.

    • @angw1268
      @angw1268 Před 4 lety +2

      tank talking don’t tell u who we are when u aren’t one. 😠

  • @kennycai8695
    @kennycai8695 Před 6 lety +162

    Fun fact: there are actually more ethnic Mongols living in China than in Mongolia, many of which are concentrated in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In addition, Mongols in China still use the traditional Mongolian writing script, whereas Mongolia had abandoned it in favor of the Cyrillic writing script.

    • @pou603
      @pou603 Před 6 lety +12

      its true, we love seeing inner Mongolians singing in their mother tongue in national tv, inner Mongolian alternative rock is the best

    • @danyawang3632
      @danyawang3632 Před 4 lety +12

      The Mongols who are living in China are the real descendants of Genghis Khan

    • @purevjargalpuujee4845
      @purevjargalpuujee4845 Před 3 lety +1

      @@danyawang3632 Are you talking about jindandao incident or cultural revolution ?

    • @stevelee626
      @stevelee626 Před 3 lety +5

      Russia outlawed mongolian script at some point.. Much like China is trying to do these days.

    • @MrByambaa602
      @MrByambaa602 Před 3 lety +2

      @@danyawang3632 lmao you are one of those people arent ya

  • @frankhill4358
    @frankhill4358 Před 7 lety +234

    Just to clarify, the Han mark is a tale. The Han mark is actually just a stretch mark on your arm from growing

    • @user-ev6pn1ye8p
      @user-ev6pn1ye8p Před 4 lety +4

      i dont have this mark so youre wrong

    • @Mirsab
      @Mirsab Před 4 lety +1

      @@matthewmatthew981 wasp?

    • @matthewmatthew981
      @matthewmatthew981 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Mirsab never mind.

    • @Padma-ws9th
      @Padma-ws9th Před 3 lety +5

      Exactly, I'm not Han Chinese so I was very confused and scared that whether My ancestors were Chinese ?!!

    • @lz707
      @lz707 Před 2 lety +2

      I'm not a Han or a Chinese, but I have the marks 😆

  • @YourXavier
    @YourXavier Před 8 lety +85

    2:30
    What you're describing here isn't polytheism, but animism. Granted, there's a certain overlap, but the definition you give is most descriptive of animism.
    [/pedant]

  • @elinorn.6666
    @elinorn.6666 Před 7 lety +21

    This was really interesting! I loved that you were able to have fun while presenting the material, but also remained respectful throughout. Bravo!

  • @johnferguson3110
    @johnferguson3110 Před 8 lety +138

    i have Han mark on my belly

  • @glisero4043
    @glisero4043 Před 8 lety +109

    I'm white but I checked my arm lol.

    • @Aytrex87
      @Aytrex87 Před 8 lety +4

      +Glisero
      Same but I only have a dot scar from a fucking bee sting lol

    • @brcha
      @brcha Před 8 lety +6

      +Glisero I'm also white, but I somehow have the lines on one arm... I guess I better start learning Mandarin ASAP :)

    • @cassandrachea8875
      @cassandrachea8875 Před 8 lety +2

      +Glisero I checked my arm nothing. And then I checked my Chinese husband's arm and I was so amazed to see it there lol

    • @jimmyyu6734
      @jimmyyu6734 Před 8 lety

      +Glisero Hahahaha

    • @ymhktravel
      @ymhktravel Před 8 lety +1

      +Филип Брчић With a serious face, I say it's time to get one of those DNA kits, who knows you might trace your lineage back to that one ancestor that came by the ancient silk route. :)

  • @melissaroldan7242
    @melissaroldan7242 Před 8 lety

    Awesome video. Learned a lot here. Thanks for sharing!

  • @MIKmurder89
    @MIKmurder89 Před 8 lety +2

    Awesome info guys. Changes my perspective on ethnicity all together.

  • @lh1879
    @lh1879 Před 2 lety +5

    Thank You for shouting out my Miao/Hmong People! 🙌 Majority in the US are in California (Fresno) and Minnesota (St Paul/Minneapolis)

  • @kellysu7633
    @kellysu7633 Před 8 lety +72

    I was born and raised in guangxi, zhuang autonomous area. It is really hard to distinguish zhuang or yao or any other minorities in guangxi nowday, usually we can know from their accents. But most of us can speak 3 dialects and you can choose to be a Han or minority if one of you parent is minority ( we definitely choose to be minority because of minority privilege policies, lol)

  • @gb4290
    @gb4290 Před 4 lety

    I love your channel, I always learn something new. I think you guys are really great! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

  • @Greenwickpress
    @Greenwickpress Před 8 lety

    Great video! I've been wanting to learn about different Chinese ethnic groups, but no idea where to start. Would love to see more f this!

  • @YummYakitori
    @YummYakitori Před 8 lety +13

    1:26 There are also plenty of Han Chinese who speak various Chinese dialects (Yue Chinese 粵語, Min Chinese 閩語, Wu Chinese 吳語, Gan Chinese 贛語 etc.)

  • @xhmoobxyoojx
    @xhmoobxyoojx Před 5 lety +14

    Aye, thanks for including our people. 我們是苗族. It's only in China that we call ourselves Miao but every where else in the world, we call ourselves Hmong. But then again, there are four group that makes up the Miao. Xong, Hmub, A-Hmao, and Hmong. Some of the grouping also doesn't consider themselves to be categorized as Miao because of cultural difference and language. But as of now, only the Hmong people are the known group that have migrated out of China. They migrated to South East Asia then from there to other countries such as the United States, Europe, and Australia as refugee during the Vietnam War. Thank you for sharing :3

  • @patton137
    @patton137 Před 8 lety

    This video is both entertaining and humorous. Thank you for sharing.

  • @sleether4049
    @sleether4049 Před 7 lety

    I love your content guys!

  • @emmalui2601
    @emmalui2601 Před 3 lety +18

    Awesome video. I learned a lot! You didn’t mention Cantonese or other dialects/language of the Han. Would be great to highlight diversity even within Han Chinese.😉

  • @JonathanHung8
    @JonathanHung8 Před 8 lety +122

    I'm Han Chinese but I don't have the Han mark....

    • @teddygrande5564
      @teddygrande5564 Před 8 lety +7

      +Jonathan Hung I think I took it since I'm not chinese but I have it lol

    • @JonathanHung8
      @JonathanHung8 Před 8 lety +2

      Teddy Grande lol

    • @zeiitgeist
      @zeiitgeist Před 8 lety

      this is like the sixth toenail myth

    • @Funnyguyfun7
      @Funnyguyfun7 Před 8 lety +1

      same lol Im Han but no mark

    • @demianhaki7598
      @demianhaki7598 Před 8 lety +3

      +Jonathan Hung Is that really a thing? I thought that was pseudo-science.

  • @turkosmopolit633
    @turkosmopolit633 Před 5 lety

    Thanks for sharing !

  • @kpoplover5639
    @kpoplover5639 Před 8 lety +19

    I've learn these in school and its very interesting to learn other Chinese ethnic group and I'm Hmong! 👋

  • @kevinl6231
    @kevinl6231 Před 8 lety +6

    1) The chopstick song can be played on the piano :D
    2) These guys are awesome. Great hearing Mandarin (?) with an American accent.
    3) Seriously, thank you for a great video!

  • @beethao5362
    @beethao5362 Před 6 lety +14

    I'm Hmong myself...we have a long history in China dating back to the B.C....even though we have spread throughout the world we never forget we're we come from....to be honest I was surprised to see us on the list...btw thanks for your videos..

  • @YangJeongin.1
    @YangJeongin.1 Před rokem +2

    Like see all the 56 ethnics of China. Love the overview. Please do more episodes for each ethnic. Like 30 min. mini episode of each ethnic. The story line will entail their way of life: food, dialects, clothing and marriage etc.

  • @oliviahung5120
    @oliviahung5120 Před rokem

    we need more of this content!

  • @christophermusibay9283
    @christophermusibay9283 Před 7 lety +52

    Wow Yi is your girlfriend, I thought she was your friend. Way to go bro

  • @caleb9190
    @caleb9190 Před 8 lety +10

    You guys should do a video on the Hui's!

  • @myrnaleon8464
    @myrnaleon8464 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for this very informative, but humorous video. 👌👌👌🎈😊

  • @arbeeex
    @arbeeex Před 8 lety

    OK some amusing stuff, but more importantly, very informative and interesting. Thanks

  • @Pajtshiabx
    @Pajtshiabx Před 8 lety +15

    thankyou for this video, i've had to explain my ethnic background so much in my life and people are still confused. i always say that im Hmong and they pout as if my answer doesnt satisfy their curiousity. i guess thats because they want to be able to associate me to a certain country. then they ask "where is that at?" that is i when i tell them that my ethnicity is a minority group that lives in china to southeast asia. but some people here in OC cant grasp the concept of it. i always end up saying "you know how there is Native Americans in America but theyre not the same group and lives in different regions? well same concept but in asia."

  • @helsiclife
    @helsiclife Před 8 lety +6

    Very informative video thanks! I live in Sichuan,since it´s so near from Tibet sometimes you see Tibetans in Chengdu.

    • @Supernaltooth
      @Supernaltooth Před 8 lety

      +Helsic Yiverus I am Sichuanese! So much missing the foods there!

    • @norbuwa
      @norbuwa Před 4 lety +1

      Tibetans are not ethnic groups of China. If you have researched better, Tibet was a forcefully occupied nation by the Communist China. China is a selfless poison in this universe, doing all those inhuman acts. Now China is trying to occupy Hong Kong just like Tibet and East Turkistan.
      Free Tibet, Free East Turkistan, Free Hong Kong

    • @ericlai1659
      @ericlai1659 Před 3 lety +1

      @@norbuwa Free Basque, Free Corsica

  • @butterflybrokenwings2171

    This is really cool thank you :)

  • @Copper389
    @Copper389 Před 7 lety +1

    I've always wondered why I had these lines on my arm when other people didn't! That's so cool!

  • @user-qe4un8sd6r
    @user-qe4un8sd6r Před 8 lety +115

    Why do you write that Hui people and Uyghurs speak arabic? Of course, it's the language of islam, but they do not speak it in everyday life.
    And manchu people almost don't speak their native language, because they almost forgot it.
    Thank you guys for your videos, I really like them, I've just pointed out little mistakes :)

    • @rahmanyudong7069
      @rahmanyudong7069 Před 7 lety +23

      True, I am Hui guy living in Qinghai my parents are actually working in Fuzhou so I am chilling at my grandpa with my sisters and brothers. And Arabic is actually our language to speak in mosque or to talk to other Muslims which are from other places. Btw Taiwan recognizes us as Islamic Han because we live spreading out in China, like Zheng He he was Hui from Yunnan. We are also Sinitic like Han or Tibetans and Burmese etc.

    • @shuocheng3058
      @shuocheng3058 Před 7 lety +4

      Rahman Yu Dong 听说回族并不是根据种族来看的,是根据信仰

    • @dawdasdwadsadas6440
      @dawdasdwadsadas6440 Před 6 lety +23

      Uighur doesn't speak Arabic they have their own language

    • @rahmanyudong5564
      @rahmanyudong5564 Před 6 lety +3

      Shuo Cheng 是的我们是他的汉族但来自青海的伊斯兰教的问候

    • @songking2010
      @songking2010 Před 5 lety +17

      Hui people don't speak Arabic or Farisi. They are Han Chinese who converted to Islamic religion. I'm a Hui. I don't speak any of those languages, just a few phrashes.

  • @1rwjwith
    @1rwjwith Před 2 lety +5

    So really when someone is described as “Chinese”, it is really describing a nationality not a race or ethnicity. It is the same as when you call someone American it is their NATIONALITY , they could be white,black, Asian etc… but they are American .Same goes for a lot of countries.

    • @cocaineminor4420
      @cocaineminor4420 Před 2 lety

      That's actually not how it works Asian American aren't really Americans to Asian people but black and white Americans are Americans

    • @cocaineminor4420
      @cocaineminor4420 Před 2 lety

      Why Asian Americans aren't American well half of them is fully Asian cultured while the other half is self haterd mainly Chinese American.

    • @cocaineminor4420
      @cocaineminor4420 Před 2 lety

      Korean American is either they are Korean or Korean American not American cus they still are connected to their so called Korean culture.

  • @pineapplestree1
    @pineapplestree1 Před 8 lety +1

    Hey great show.

  • @dkeith45
    @dkeith45 Před 6 lety

    Two cool dudes. Subscribed : )

  • @chloechang8810
    @chloechang8810 Před 8 lety +7

    Please do more stuff like this please :) This is a super cool video. However I think Miao chinese is also in Vietnam, Thailand and other SEA (South East Asian) countries as well.

    • @mysticonthehill
      @mysticonthehill Před 8 lety +2

      +Chloe Chang Nice see another who enjoys learning about diverse cultures.
      You are right the Miao who are also known as Hmong and Meo also live in Vietnam and I believe Lao. There are/were are huge number of sub groups of Miao each with their own distinct costume. In ancient times they were the rulers of much of southern china.

    • @zeyang4255
      @zeyang4255 Před 8 lety +1

      +Chloe Chang right! Finally! But yeah Hmong/Miao/Meo are really all over the place. Both my parents are Hmong, and my dad was born in Laos and came to Thailand during the Laotian Civil War as baby. He grew up most of his life in a Refugee camps. My mom was born in Thailand, and my family and I came to the United States in 2004. This is really exciting, its not everyday that people talk about the Hmong people. Hmong's are such a small minority groups compare to the other ethnicity groups.

    • @mysticonthehill
      @mysticonthehill Před 8 lety

      Ze Yang Thanks for sharing the personal history of your family with us.

    • @zilijia
      @zilijia Před 6 lety

      Ze Yang miao people are mysterious in chinese view...a lot of mysterious novels involve miao people

  • @ScorpiusTheScorpin
    @ScorpiusTheScorpin Před 8 lety +19

    As a Hmong/Miao from the USA... I applauded you guys for using the word Hmong...I am told that in South East Asia... the Hmongs took the word Miao/mao as offensive... I remember asking my dad, who the Miao/Mao, people were... He said they are not us, we are not Chinese people, we live in Loas for ages. I asked him because we were suppose to do a report for class on our heritage, and typing Hmong, at the time, 90s... got you no where... But typing Vietnam refugees, you see Mao.. and that's how I ended up with pictures, stories, of the famed Mao people who helped the downed American Pilot, led by a General, named Vang Pao....

    • @bettaszht3120
      @bettaszht3120 Před 5 lety +6

      ScorpiusTheScorpin In fact, hmong is a branch of miao. Not all miao are Hmong. In China, only the miao of the western branch is hmong, and the rest miao is not hmong.

    • @Hyp3rBee
      @Hyp3rBee Před 4 lety +3

      Bettas Zht that’s right and not a lot of Hmong people know that.

    • @RobespierreThePoof
      @RobespierreThePoof Před rokem

      The Hmong are a beautiful culture. I'm aware of this attitude in southeast Asia towards the word "Miao.". It seems like the word is not considered offensive in China. It's strange how this division has emerged.
      Is it really because "Miao" sounds like a cat in some language? Or is that a myth?

    • @adolffranz9502
      @adolffranz9502 Před rokem

      Fun fact Miao was stateless people live on the hill...that's why they called Miao(wild cat/barbarian) coz they won't obey han chinese authority...and some left china and went to SEA due to goverment expansion
      China was multicultural until 1 ethnic group dominates the land by population

  • @Depths17
    @Depths17 Před 8 lety

    great video, I never knew about a lot of these different languages

  • @sarawrvang
    @sarawrvang Před 8 lety +2

    Wow, didn't know my people would be mention on here, the Miao/Hmong. Not many people know about us. Glad that you both did! :)

  • @YummYakitori
    @YummYakitori Před 8 lety +6

    There are also plenty of Hui people (回族) in Quanzhou, Fujian (福建省泉州市), said to be descendants of ancient Persian and Arab traders who have arrived in China back during Quanzhou's heyday as one of the world's greatest ports, "a haven for commerce and trade" as described by Marco Polo during the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
    China's first mosque, known as Ashab Mosque (清淨寺) is also in Quanzhou city, built in 1009 AD, when Quanzhou was also known as the starting point for the Maritime Silk Road trade stretching from East Asia down to Southeast Asia, and all the way to the Middle East / Africa.

  • @tendar6666
    @tendar6666 Před 8 lety +20

    Great video Chen brother I am Tibetan 🤗

  • @1nploojsiab6k
    @1nploojsiab6k Před 7 lety

    Thank you for sharing

  • @Odinala682
    @Odinala682 Před 8 lety +1

    You guys are awesome! I'm glad you did this video. Not many people know about the 55 other ethnic groups. Keep up the awesomeness!!!

  • @dear_totheheart
    @dear_totheheart Před 6 lety +8

    I seriously adore and appreciate your cultural videos!
    Also, I saw Shen Yun years ago, I'm so glad that you're recommending it because it was a phenomenal and gorgeous experience

  • @Figgy5119
    @Figgy5119 Před 8 lety +4

    I'm so glad you made this video! I know it makes sense to mostly talk about Han Chinese since that's the vast majority of Chinese people, but I love learning about the lesser known (outside of China that is) people groups!

  • @xpp6276
    @xpp6276 Před 8 lety +46

    The Han was already mixed by other groups in the ancient years.

    • @boohaa7575
      @boohaa7575 Před 5 lety +22

      There are no Pure Race in the first place.

    • @VeeBeeZee22
      @VeeBeeZee22 Před 4 lety +5

      @Ghost Reaper there’re people who are 100% Indian, Irish, people from African...

    • @KT-vs6cy
      @KT-vs6cy Před 3 lety +3

      Nope, depends on the area.... northern people in shanghai, beijing they are mixed or forgotton their roots but in cities/areas like chengdu, fujian, shenzhen, wuhan, etc still have majority pure han people who are shorter in height

    • @shawnv123
      @shawnv123 Před 3 lety +1

      source?

    • @xpp6276
      @xpp6276 Před 3 lety +3

      @@shawnv123 hi, common history in the history book, I'm not historian, but I know that the time before the Qin Dynasty around 200bc, this region was full of countries or city-states with each one has their own language, meurement . Different philosophies, clothing and money (medium of exchange) ... only left with some dialects today . The word han appears only after the Han dynasty.

  • @jovicotio
    @jovicotio Před 8 lety +1

    Love your videos +Double Chen!
    I'm of Han ethnicity but I don't have that mark :(
    Also interesting to learn that Zhuang (fourth tone) ethnicity is the 2nd largest group, because I also thought it was something else. Keep it up!

    • @weibinren92
      @weibinren92 Před 8 lety

      isn't the first tone?

    • @jovicotio
      @jovicotio Před 8 lety

      +Oscar Nehm Checked multiple sources and its definitely the fourth tone. Here's one with the actual pronunciation. zh.forvo.com/word/%E5%A3%AE%E6%97%8F/#zh

  • @icanseeyou688
    @icanseeyou688 Před 8 lety +51

    Really guys I'm Han?
    my parents came from bangladesh

    • @teddygrande5564
      @teddygrande5564 Před 8 lety +1

      +maz khatun I have it too lol I guess I'm han even though my parents are from pakistan

    • @icanseeyou688
      @icanseeyou688 Před 8 lety

      Why do you ask

    • @davidant8901
      @davidant8901 Před 8 lety +4

      +maz khatun The Han are everywhere. Just odds, I guess.

    • @SirAgravaine
      @SirAgravaine Před 8 lety +2

      +maz khatun There are a lot of Han... you think none of them went south?

    • @brcha
      @brcha Před 8 lety

      +maz khatun I'm from Serbia and, apparently, I'm also Han.

  • @pigboykool
    @pigboykool Před 8 lety +46

    China, is, like America, a melting pot of many ancient ethnicity.
    Even the biggest group Han Chinese, they are a product of many different ethnic groups mixed marriage/combination throughout the thousand years of Chinese history.
    From the combination Si-Yi (Rong-Di-Yi-Man) during the late Zhou dynasty, the combination of Xiongnu during the Han dynasty, the Xianbei during the Tang dynasty, the Khitan during Song dynasty, the Mongol during the Yuan, the Manchu during the Qing dynasty, and plus many thousand minorities throughout history.
    Therefore, Chinese is a nationality like "American". A person can be ANY ethnicity and still be Chinese.

    • @sanmiaokingdom1843
      @sanmiaokingdom1843 Před 7 lety +5

      Yes you are correct pigboykool, and know your history quite well. But China is still ruled by Han Chinese Mandarin speaker only, and tends to discriminate other minority groups.

    • @suomi1416
      @suomi1416 Před 7 lety +6

      pigboykool Yes,you are right ,i am Chinese live in Europe ,Han Chinese is very Mixed too ,but Han culture is dominated culture in Chinese world ,Even mongolia control China ,they used han culture And most of noble Mongolian stayed in China And become "han Chinese ,such as family name Jin or Bao are original Mongolian family .

    • @johntan8681
      @johntan8681 Před 7 lety +1

      pigboykool Very true. I am trying to tell many ignorant people about this but they just dont get it.

    • @goodkanga2275
      @goodkanga2275 Před 4 lety +2

      @@sanmiaokingdom1843 Discrimination? Are you kidding me ?Other ethnic minorities have privileges in China, and Mongols and Manchus have ruled China in history.

    • @angw1268
      @angw1268 Před 4 lety +1

      No, chinese is not like American. Unlike America, they have immigrants coming in and becoming American. Those ethnic ppl have lived in China for thousands of years, even during the Silk Road ages.

  • @wolfsbaneandnightshade2166

    You should do the ten smallest. I'm sure they are just as interesting.

  • @asimqadri2009
    @asimqadri2009 Před 6 lety

    Good info

  • @vietlee4290
    @vietlee4290 Před 8 lety +24

    Can you do the 100 varieties of potatoes in your next video?

    • @Funnyguyfun7
      @Funnyguyfun7 Před 8 lety +2

      wtfffff are you actually everywhere !!!

    • @blackwingz55
      @blackwingz55 Před 8 lety +1

      +Funnyguyfun7 he's on every single channel with a asian host

    • @bryanhe7556
      @bryanhe7556 Před 8 lety +1

      What have potatoes done to you bro?

    • @rahmanyudong7069
      @rahmanyudong7069 Před 7 lety +1

      Yes like sweet potato or dick potato etcetra.

  • @chiabvang217
    @chiabvang217 Před 8 lety +4

    Wow! I'm amazed you guys had Hmong people! I love it!

  • @liyingjiang4608
    @liyingjiang4608 Před 8 lety

    I like how the poop consistently shows it's face between the mike and dan throughout the vid!

  • @jennifervaughn1541
    @jennifervaughn1541 Před 3 lety

    I saw shen yun when they came to Kansas City mo I really enjoyed the show...it’s worth going to.

  • @user-bz5iy2hk1j
    @user-bz5iy2hk1j Před 8 lety +9

    Uyghurs and Hui don't speak arabic and persian languages. Uyghurs are turkic people, and Hui are muslim chinese. They speak a northern chinese dialect which is much more close to mandarin than other dialects

    • @manielliott9188
      @manielliott9188 Před 8 lety +1

      Uyghurs speak their own native language. It is nothing like Chinese. I know an Uyghur.

    • @user-bz5iy2hk1j
      @user-bz5iy2hk1j Před 8 lety +3

      +Mani Elliott i didnt say that uyghurs speak language similar to chinese, i said they re turkic people

    • @manielliott9188
      @manielliott9188 Před 8 lety

      Ok.

    • @soultravellerDonJohn
      @soultravellerDonJohn Před 8 lety

      yes.

    • @gilbertoaltamirano4543
      @gilbertoaltamirano4543 Před 8 lety

      You know people can quote you, right?
      When referring to the Uyghurs "They speak a northern chinese dialect which is much *_more close to mandarin than other dialects_*"

  • @rubyyanto9881
    @rubyyanto9881 Před 5 lety +4

    hui is an ethnic han who is Muslim, they are called hui because Islam is not because of ethnicity, and hui does not speak Arabic or farsi, the Arabic language they use only in religious matters is not daily language.

    • @mnaj660
      @mnaj660 Před 2 měsíci

      So do they speak Mandarin as mother tongue? And in which letters do they write?

  • @copperloop
    @copperloop Před 8 lety

    Dan and Yi? that's great!!! great educational video, but I would have understand it a bit more with subtitles of the Chinese dialect names.

  • @TheMadisonHang
    @TheMadisonHang Před 6 lety

    wow! i really have to go see shen yun now! minnesota!

  • @pink_alligator
    @pink_alligator Před 4 lety +4

    I can't. "50 ethnic minorities making up only 9% of china. Here's an ethnic minority group"
    *minority group still bigger than my entire country's population, not just ethnic but total population*

  • @liannaxiao1651
    @liannaxiao1651 Před 4 lety +6

    I'm half Han half Manchu and I honestly don't think even my great grandma from the manchu side knows how to speak the manchu language. The language is totally dying out sadly :/

  • @sofiatgarcia3970
    @sofiatgarcia3970 Před 7 lety

    Very informative and presented in a fun fashion. Ten thumbs up!
    (Sorry, I'm all thumbs today.)
    peace stg.

  • @memoriesliveon
    @memoriesliveon Před 7 lety

    Can you guys make a series on the the history and culture of each ethnicity in China?

  • @JariSatta
    @JariSatta Před 8 lety +18

    I have no Han Solo's mark, am I a wookie now ?

    • @jeremyspringer7913
      @jeremyspringer7913 Před 8 lety +1

      +Jari S try the wookie call and you will prove it true or false

    • @JariSatta
      @JariSatta Před 8 lety

      +Jeremy Springer Nope, I still sound like DukeNukem

    • @jeremyspringer7913
      @jeremyspringer7913 Před 8 lety

      then you are dude nukem, the son of duke

  • @heidiw.3813
    @heidiw.3813 Před 8 lety +3

    Fun fact, what you're describing with the Zhuang minority sounds like animism (belief in living souls/spirits in natural objects) and not polytheism (belief in more than one god) :D Also it's interesting that there are ‘Hui Streets', like Chinatowns outside of China.

    • @subhanhasan990tsikfm
      @subhanhasan990tsikfm Před 4 lety

      Thats like in india delhi has jama masjid which is an area of indian Muslim food, and mumbai has mohammad ali road

  • @joycegraves2559
    @joycegraves2559 Před 8 lety

    Very interesting!

  • @lotusn4175
    @lotusn4175 Před 8 lety

    Hey Mike and Dan. I think your posters and pillows in the background are awesome, but I feel like they are pretty distracting. Maybe it's just me, but I'll be listening to what your saying and all in a sudden I'm replaying Princess Bride in my head. I'd rather be focused on listening to you guys. ;)

    • @colinpacificrim5238
      @colinpacificrim5238 Před 7 lety

      Lotus N these clowns think they are white and try to talk and act white 😈

  • @yaygirlyay
    @yaygirlyay Před 8 lety +48

    Yay for Hmong! :)

  • @jaehaerysitargaryen7923
    @jaehaerysitargaryen7923 Před 4 lety +4

    I love how the Hui People are characterized with cleanliness. It is an obligation of every Muslim to be clean at all times.

  • @nicolezou1506
    @nicolezou1506 Před 7 lety

    The SHEN YUN u guys talked about in the end is organized by falungong. Its a Chinese politics related thing . I didn't realize such a simple cultural looking event would relate to politics!LOL

  • @markus_park
    @markus_park Před rokem +2

    Wow! My teacher is actually from China, and he is Kazakh.

  • @xt3916
    @xt3916 Před 6 lety +5

    I believe the Miao/Hmong population have gone up if we are to look at the ethnic population itself not concentrating it in China

  • @wassimsisko3908
    @wassimsisko3908 Před 2 lety +3

    This is so interesting, shout out to everyone in china, love from a kabyle in Algeria.

  • @carltomacruz9138
    @carltomacruz9138 Před 6 lety

    It's intriguing to see Mike Chen talk about something not food-related.

  • @ubisons6161
    @ubisons6161 Před 5 lety +2

    Hui is basically muslim version of Han

  • @Mouiylus
    @Mouiylus Před 8 lety +51

    im white and i have a mark on both my arms :O

    • @Wendigo_Rye
      @Wendigo_Rye Před 8 lety +1

      Same but I'm black

    • @dragondescendant1
      @dragondescendant1 Před 8 lety +2

      +Mouiylus the line thing supposed to be a joke.

    • @lina8316
      @lina8316 Před 8 lety +1

      +Mouiylus same, i'm half italian n half german

    • @vinashen2942
      @vinashen2942 Před 8 lety

      +Mouiylus Awh.. I got excited over nothing. My ancestry (according to my mom) told me that we're originally from Hans :\

    • @heliodorus5761
      @heliodorus5761 Před 6 lety

      Oh my God!))) I have same, I am kazakh)))

  • @feizaijohn9125
    @feizaijohn9125 Před 8 lety +20

    I just want to make a little correction. In the video, the Han language was listed as Mandarin, but the Han also speaks more than just Mandarin. They also speak Shanghainese, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, and etc (they're all related to the Old Chinese language and a shared writing). These speakers of the several dialects/languages make up the 1.2 billion people.

    • @dmraven
      @dmraven Před 2 lety +3

      Dude, in reality there are over 300 dialects spoken in mainland China itself. And the Han, being the vast majority of the population mostly speak Mandarin as their language (or IF they know more than 1) they speak Mandarin 1st since it's whats tought and used in China now. The Han are spread out in the main areas of China with large cities and that includes places like Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other areas where many of the individual dialects were indead originated. Since Mandarin is tought in school, most families who speak other dialect may continue to pass down their own dialects in the family, but they will/must learn Mandarin. In reality it is vastly impossible to calculate how many Han themselves know a second dialect (if any).
      Would it be Cantonese from far Southern China, the Hakka next door, Min a little farther up, Wu to the far East coast, or Gan farther inward... who knows. And Shanghainese is actually spoken by around 14 million Chinese currently. That's isn't even in the top 10 in China. It's to complicated to calculate how many Han know a 2nd dialect, then find out WHICH dialect it is. As I said it's more common for people who know the minority dialects to learn Mandarin, than the Han, who the vast majority naturally know Mandarin learn another dialect. In China most people try to actually learn English as a 2nd language in school to do well. Even now in Hong Kong, it's won't be fully part of China until 2047, but they are already trying to switch from teaching Cantonese to Mandarin.
      In reality it makes sense to just list Mandarin under Han.

  • @LadyOrchidity
    @LadyOrchidity Před 6 lety +2

    Yay!! Damn I'm so late on this video!! Yay! For Miao/Hmong!!

  • @nutsbutdum
    @nutsbutdum Před 4 lety

    0:57 That intro song was about to turn stereotypical for a quick second :)

  • @kamalvanderbuben
    @kamalvanderbuben Před 7 lety +5

    I'm Turkic and I have a Han mark too while I am not Han Chinese.

  • @glsee
    @glsee Před 8 lety +15

    I'm ethnically Han but I haven't heard of the Han mark thing before... I'm guessing it's a childhood story that some Han parents tell their children?
    Now that you guys have covered some Chinese ethnic groups, how about covering some Han sub-ethnic groups, e.g. Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Shanghainese, Hainanese etc.? I think that would be something interesting yet not known by many non-Chinese, too.

  • @migue4793
    @migue4793 Před 4 lety

    Super interesting!!!

  • @hanalee894
    @hanalee894 Před 6 lety +1

    i'm han chinese on my father's side and zhuang on my mother's side, but i am CONSTANTLY told that i look korean/japanese/vietnamese, and have even heard thai and filipino before. my name is also legally spelt hana and 'hana lee' does sound super korean lol

  • @SunshineHnubCi
    @SunshineHnubCi Před 7 lety +13

    Oh yeah Miao/Hmong are also really artistic with singing, and spiritual arts!

  • @pityu2002
    @pityu2002 Před 8 lety +6

    I liked when you said tea in mandarin it was the same like in our language "čaj" (slovak) maybe because of russian influence.
    Ps. I dont have the han mark ;)

    • @emdadahmed5592
      @emdadahmed5592 Před 5 lety +3

      The Slovak word originally comes from Mandarin. All variants of *čaj* comes from Mandarin. All variants of *tea* comes from Cantonese

    • @Phlowermom
      @Phlowermom Před 2 lety

      @@emdadahmed5592 Fascinating!

  • @stevenkyle9426
    @stevenkyle9426 Před rokem +1

    Background information. China counts some non-Han groups who have been living within the territory of China since history as ethnic groups, even though some of these ethnic groups now have their own countries. These ethnic groups are ethnically, culturally and linguistically similar as those living in other countries, but they have Chinese nationalities. Some examples are Jing people (Vietnamese), Dai people (Thai), Chaoxian people (Korean), Eluosi people (Russian), Menggu people (Mongolian) Hasake people (Kazakh), Keerkezi people (Kyrgyz), Tajike people(Tajik), etc.

  • @tenzingyalpo1988
    @tenzingyalpo1988 Před 6 lety +1

    You should try to drink the butter tea. It's really good.

  • @yareyare_dechi
    @yareyare_dechi Před 8 lety +16

    im australian born to a filipino mother and a dutch father, yet i have the Han mark... someone has some explaining to do

    • @babyansel
      @babyansel Před 8 lety +12

      Your mother has chinese origins alot of chinese went to the philippines many years ago so yeah

    • @yareyare_dechi
      @yareyare_dechi Před 8 lety +1

      we must be talking Centuries then, like Ghenghis khan old.

    • @deacowden8749
      @deacowden8749 Před 5 lety

      I'm suuuuper white and have the Han mark 😶

    • @matthewmatthew981
      @matthewmatthew981 Před 5 lety

      yOu haVe sOme sPLAinInG tO Do!!

  • @Eeluon
    @Eeluon Před 8 lety +82

    Hui are really just Muslim HAN Chinese

    • @Eeluon
      @Eeluon Před 8 lety +15

      Yes, but Han Chinese in general have diverse look because of intermarriage with other ethnics. Northern Han have more northern mix, southern Han have more southern mix, and Hui have western Asian mix

    • @morbidmistress5602
      @morbidmistress5602 Před 7 lety +25

      But we have Persian + Arab blood and you don't. xD
      The definition of Hui blood is as ambiguous as Latino/Hispanic people. There's all sorts of mixing in different degrees. The government just likes to group all Han-speaking muslims as Hui. Some Hui are Han forced to convert, while others mostly have a mix of Mongol blood.

    • @rahmanyudong7069
      @rahmanyudong7069 Před 7 lety +15

      True I am Hui Chinese and we are not like Arabs or Poorsians btw it doesnt matter with beards its just a gene not ethnic.

    • @piotrfelix
      @piotrfelix Před 6 lety

      Tabgach Giyamhu What languages do you speak? I guess that Manchurian isn't one of them as it is almost extinct.

    • @user-zp2uo9od6l
      @user-zp2uo9od6l Před 6 lety

      not all

  • @svttc
    @svttc Před 6 lety

    Those corners on the map look so darn big!

  • @bclsschoolwork7404
    @bclsschoolwork7404 Před rokem

    Thank you for the fun facts , but it would be more helpful to see the illustration on bigger pictures and Chinese characters for the name of the group.

  • @eliyartursun
    @eliyartursun Před 7 lety +8

    Correction: Arabic is not Uyghur's communication language and a lot of Uyghur people do/can not speak Mandarin at all. but only uyghur language.

    • @uyghurmalay4155
      @uyghurmalay4155 Před 6 lety +2

      Yasasin Uyghur Eli,Yasasin Sherqiy Turkistan
      #NeMutluTurkumDiyene

    • @rahmanyudong5564
      @rahmanyudong5564 Před 6 lety +2

      We Hui also don't talk Arabic only use to talk with Uyghurs or Salars etc who don't speak Mandarin

  • @keneo.7627
    @keneo.7627 Před 8 lety +5

    "separated like their dialects, like in India"
    Indian ethnic groups are just separated by dialects? No. The languages are extremely different, some quite more than others. That's like saying that Wolof, Spanish, and Mandarin are all just different dialects.

    • @231luffy
      @231luffy Před 8 lety

      the best way to show the difference is the European languages. indian languages are like European languages

    • @the_number_one
      @the_number_one Před 5 lety

      What is wolof

  • @kakumee
    @kakumee Před 4 lety +1

    Some of the Inuit men and women used to tattoo themselves too, there has been a movement back to the tattoos in more recent times.

  • @kennychen2144
    @kennychen2144 Před 8 lety

    Hey Guys,
    The longest dynasty is actually Zhou Dynasty from 1046-256 BCE.