- Ningbo people
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Ningbonese people
寧波人 [ɲiŋ bɔ ɲiŋ]
寧波漢人/明州人
Wang Yangming, Tung Chee Hwa
Chiang Kai-shek, Morris ChangTotal population Approximately 6-8 million Regions with significant populations Total population 
Ningbo, Zhejiang5,681,000 
Hong KongAs part of Mainlander population 
Republic of China (on Taiwan)As part of Mainlander population 
United StatesAs part of Chinese American population 
AustraliaAs part of Chinese Australian population Languages Ningbo dialect (in Ningbo) Traditionally Ningbo dialect; Now Shanghai dialect and Mandarin Chinese (those of Ningbo descent in Shanghai)
Religion Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religion Small Christian minorities.
Related ethnic groups Jiangnanese, Shanghainese people, other Han Chinese
The Ningbo people (simplified Chinese: 宁波人; traditional Chinese: 寧波人; pinyin: Níngbō rén; Ningbo dialect: [ɲiŋ.bɔ.ɲiŋ]) or alternatively Mingzhou people (Chinese: 明州人; pinyin: Míngzhōu rén) is the general name for two groups of Chinese people: those who live(d) in Ningbo, and those whose ancestors were from Ningbo. Many famous Chinese come from Ningbo, and many more have Ningbo as their ancestral home. Ningbo people are a subgroup of Wuyue Han Chinese. People from Zhoushan or with ancestry from there are also considered themselves to be Ningbo people. (Since Zhoushan in earlier times was part of Mingzhou or Ming Prefecture, an old name for Ningbo.)
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Culture
Cuisine
Ningbo cuisine focuses on seafood, with emphasis on freshness and salty dishes. Ningbo is also known for its Tangyuan, which are small balls of glutinous rice flour and water filled with ground sesame paste with sugar.
Language
Ningbo people speak a Taihu Wu Chinese dialect, called Ningbo dialect. It is barely mutually intelligible with Shanghai dialect, as Shanghai dialect speakers find Ningbo speech to be slightly unintelligible, but Ningbo dialect speakers have little difficulty understanding Shanghainese. Shanghainese people of Ningbonese descent speak primarily Shanghai dialect and Mandarin Chinese.
List of people from Ningbo
Scientists and engineers
Many scientists and engineers come from Ningbo.
- Chen Zhongwei (陈中伟)
- Chen Ziyuan
- Chang Chi-yun
- Dai Chuanzeng (戴传曾)
- Tong Dizhou (童第周)
- Lu Yongxiang (路甬祥)
- Bei Shizhang (贝时璋)
- Fujia Yang (杨福家)
- Weng Wenhao (翁文灏)
- Ren Mei'e (任美锷)
- C. C. Tan (谈家桢)
- Tang Yuhan (湯于翰)
- Zhang Qiyun (张其昀)
- Weng Wenbo (翁文波)
- Morris Chang (张忠谋)
- Shen Junshan (沈君山)
- Mao Gaowen (毛高文)
- Wei-Tou Ni (倪維斗)
- Lin Fanghua (林芳华)
- Li Zhijian
- Zhang Xiaowen
Philosophers, historians, writers, and scholars
- Yu Shinan (虞世南)
- Zhang Kejiu (张可久)
- Fang Xiaoru (方孝孺)
- Wang Yangming (王阳明)
- Fan Qin (范钦)
- Zhang Huangyan (张煌言)
- Huang Zongxi (黄宗羲)
- Zhu Shunshui (朱舜水)
- Wan Sitong (万斯同)
- Quan Zuwang (全祖望)
- Shi Jiuyong (史久镛)
- Jiang Menglin (蒋梦麟)
- Yu Qiuyu (余秋雨)
- Qian Dehong
- Xu Ai
Industrialists, entrepreneurs, and traders
Mainland China
Hong Kong
- Tung Chao Yung (董浩雲)
- Sir Run Run Shaw (邵逸夫)
- Runme Shaw (邵仁枚)
- Chen Din Hwa (陈廷骅)
- Yue-Kong Pao (包玉剛)
- Chow Yei Ching (周亦卿)
- Chiu Tak Kan (邱德根)
- Chao Kuang Piu (曹光彪)
- Li Dak Sum (李達三)
- David Shou-Yeh Wong
- Henry Fan (范鴻齡)
- Tung Chee-chen
Taiwan
USA
Artists and musicians
Musicians
- Yo Yo Ma (马友友)
Painters
Calligraphers
- Yu Shinan (虞世南)
- Wang Yangming (王阳明) (王陽明)
- Sha Menghai (沙孟海)
Opera
Film stars and directors
Politicians
Ancient time
Modern time
Mainland China
- Huang Xingguo (黄兴国)
- Lu Zhangong (卢展工)
- Han Zheng (韩正)
- Han Qide (韩启德)
- Lu Yongxiang (路甬祥)
- Xie Xuren (谢旭人)
- Xu Shaoshi (徐绍史)
- Liu Zhongli (刘仲藜)
- Dong Junshu (董君舒)
- Chen Liangyu (陈良宇)
- Qiao Shi (乔石)
- Sun Zhonghuan
Hong Kong & Macau
- Claudia Mo (毛孟靜)
- Kitty Poon (潘潔)
- V-nee Yeh
- Susana Chou
USA
- Shien Biau Woo (吴仙标)
Taiwan
- Mao Gao-wen (毛高文)
- Yu Kuo-hwa (俞國華)
Reference
See also
Han subgroups by dialect or region Categories:- Subgroups of the Han Chinese
- Ningbo
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