- She people
Infobox Ethnic group
group=She
Ho Ne
poptime=709,592 (2000)
popplace=China :Fujian ,Zhejiang ,Jiangxi ,Guangdong ,Anhui
langs=Hakka, She
rels=Buddhism ,Taoism
related=Yao, MiaoThe She (畲) people are an
ethnic group . They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by thePeople's Republic of China .They are the largest minority in the
Fujian province. They are also present in theZhejiang ,Jiangxi ,Guangdong andAnhui provinces.There is a Xiaocang She Nationality Rural Township (小沧畲族乡) in
Lianjiang County ofFujian province and a Jingning She Autonomous County (景宁畲族自治县) inZhejiang .The
She language is a Hmong-Mien language. Most of the She today speak Chinese dialects, like Hakka. Those who retain their own language - approximately 1,200 individuals in Guangdong province - call themselves "Ho Ne" "mountain people" (Chinese: 活聂 huóniè).References
*You, Wenliang. 2002. "She zu yu yan" (The Language of the She people). Fuzhou, China: Fujian ren min chu ban she. (游文良. 2002. 畲族语言. 福州: 福建人民出版社)
External links
* [http://www.jingning.gov.cn/ Official Website of Jingning She Autonomous County]
* [http://www.china-fpa.org/en/china/nationality/she.htm She Nationality]
* [http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-she.htm The She ethnic minority]
* [http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Minorities/min-She.html Chinese Nationalities (She Minority)]
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