other uses Unreferenced date January 2009 cleanup date June 2011 Guan may refer to either of three Chinese family name s both rendered in Standard Cantonese Cantonese as Kwoan, or also in English language English as Kuan, Kwan, Quan, or Quon . The three names are as follows Guan Guan zh c wiktionary p gu n w kuan3 l pipe tube duct a woodwind instrument to manage control , The corresponding Vietnamese language Vietnamese version is Qu n , and the anglicized variation is Quan . Wiktionarypar origin from Guan Shu , ruler of the Guan state State of Guan and uncle of Zhou Dynasty ruler King Wu of Zhou from King Mu of Zhou of the Zhou Dynasty Guan Zhong , ? 645 BCE of the Qi state State of Qi from Xibe people , or Guwalgiya clan from Dai people people Guan Pinghu , , 1897 1967 , Chinese guqin musician Guan Guan wiktionary is a Chinese family name origin from Ji wiktionary clan of Jin Chinese state Jin State in Zhou Dynasty from Guan Ming , office name of Zhou Dynasty from Shang Guan clan of Chu state from Guan People from Kum Man people from Guan , , Kwan clan from Mongol people from Zang , cang people from Mulao people some Guan clan change to surname Tian Guan Wiktionarypar Guan zh c wiktionary p gu n w kuan1 l shut close barrier is pronounced and transliterated in a variety of ways. In Standard Mandarin Mandarin Chinese it is Hanyu Pinyin Guan Wade Giles Kuan . In Yue Chinese Cantonese it is Kwan . The corresponding Vietnamese language Vietnamese version is Quan . See also Kwan surname Quan origin from surname Dong wiktionary , Dong Fu from Liaoning from surname Yin wiktionary , Yin Xi , Yun Hi in Zhou Dynasty from Dong Guan Bi Wu clan of Jin Chinese state Jin State , Zhou Dynasty from Guan Yu , he no had surname or had Gao wiktionary from Guaerjia clan of Jurchen people Jurchen from Kum Man people historical figures Guan Yu , d. 219 CE , general of Shu Han during the ... more details
Update date November 2010 China divisions by The list below outlines the distribution of the nationalities of China among Administrative divisions of the People s Republic of China provinces and province level entities of the People s Republic of China P.R.C. according to the census of 2000 . The provinces and province level entities are listed by region. The classification of ethnic groups follows the official classification of the People s Republic of China PRC . Some ethnic groups, for instance, Mosuo people, although classified as Nakhi , do not regard themselves as part of any of the 56 groups identified by the PRC government. Some scholars made hypothesis that they are descendants of Mongol s. Taiwan is completely under the administration of the Republic of China , is excluded from this list. Please refer to Demographics of Taiwan for more information. The two Special Administrative Region of the People s Republic of China special administrative region s S.A.R. of the P.R.C., namely Hong Kong and Macau , are not part of mainland China are also excluded. Please refer to Demographics of Hong Kong and Demographics of Macau . Autonomous regions are marked with an asterisk . Northeast and northern border 1 style border collapse collapse width 800 bgcolor cccccc valign top Ethnic groups of China Ethnic groups Beijing Hebei Heilongjiang Heilong br jiang Henan Inner Mongolia Jilin Liaoning Shandong Shanxi Tianjin align right align left Daur people Daur 0.3 align right align left width 100 Han Chinese Han width 65 96 width 65 96 width 65 95 width 65 98.8 width 65 79 width 65 91 width 65 84 width 65 99.3 width 65 99.7 width 65 97 align right align left Hui people Hui 2 0.8 0.4 1 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 align right align left Koreans Korean 1 4 0.6 align right align left Manchu 2 3 3 2 4 13 2 align right align left Mongols Mongol 0.3 0.3 0.3 17 0.6 align right align left Xibe 0.3 align right bgcolor eeeeff align left Population 2003 14,560,000 67,690,000 38,150,000 96,670,000 23 ... more details
Image Lansdell 1885 p231 The Chief Taranchi Mosque in Kuldja.jpg thumb right The chief Taranchi mosque in Kuldja now Yining city Yining , from Henry Lansdell s 1885 book describing his visit there in 1882 Taranchi is a term denoting the Muslim sedentary population living in oases around the Tarim Basin in today s Xinjiang , whose native language is Turkic languages Turkic Karluk , and whose ancestral heritages include Iranian peoples Iranic and Tocharian populations of Tarim and the later Turco Mongol immigrants of the Qarluq , Uyghur people Uyghur , Yaghma and Mongol tribes. The same name which simply means a farmer in Chagatai language Chagatai can be extended to agrarian populations of the Ferghana Valley and oases of the entire Central Asian Turkestan . Although the Tarim Basin with such oases as Kashgar , Kumul city Kumul , Khotan and Turpan is the agrarian Taranchi s traditional homeland, they have throughout the Ming Dynasty Ming and Qing periods of China , populated regions that are now Urumqi and Ili . Many Taranchis were encouraged to settle in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili valley alongside sedentary Xibe garrisons and the nomadic Kyrgyz people Kyrgyz by the Qing military governors after the conquest of the Dzungar s by the Chinese. In the multiethnic Muslim culture of Xinjiang , the term Taranchi is considered contradistinctive to Sart , which denotes towns dwelling traders and craftsmen. It of course excluded the ruling classes of the oases Muslim states, often called Moghol Mughal Empire Mughal or Dolan because of the Uysyn Doglat Mongol origin of the Chagatai khans Chagatay Timurid dynasty Timurid dynasties. However, from a modern perspective, Taranchi, Sart and Moghol Dolan s cannot be considered three distinctive ethnic groups, but rather three different social class classes or castes in the same cultural Natural language linguistic zone that was Chagatai language Chagatay Timurid dynasty Timurid . In the early 20th century, the geopolitic ... more details
Image Location of Huocheng within Xinjiang China .png thumb Location of Huocheng County of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture within Xinjiang China The Huocheng Qorghas County zh s t p Hu ch ng Xi n lang ug Qorghas Nahiyisi is situated within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture . It s located between Yining City Yining and the border to Kazakhstan , occupies an area of 5,466 km and has a population of 360,000 2004 estimate . Including the Han and Uyghur nationalities, there are twenty nine ethnic groups living in the county. North of Huocheng City is the Tianshan District facing to the south lies the Ili River . Its Western side is China s border to Kazakhstan Yining City Yining lies about 45 km to the east. Within Huocheng County lies the important ruined site of ancient Almaliq, China Almaliq . There is a border crossing into Kazakhstan at Khorgas , where the road continues to Zharkent in Panfilov District . A China Kazakhstan railway link through Huocheng was constructed, becoming China s second railway link to Central Asia besides Alashankou . ref http www.stnn.cc china 200805 t20080510 776541.html 2010 Bot generated title ref Towns and villages The county includes 5 towns lang zh Hans CN , 3 villages lang zh Hans CN , and 2 ethnic minority villages lang zh Hans CN . The towns Shuiding lang zh Hans CN the county seat Qingsuihe lang zh Hans CN , Lucaogou lang zh Hans CN , Huiyuan, Xinjiang Huiyuan lang zh Hans CN , Harbulak lang zh Hans CN , Harbulake Villages Langan lang zh Hans CN , Sandaohe lang zh Hans CN , Yichegashan Xibe village lang zh Hans CN , Sangong Hui people Hui village lang zh Hans CN , Daxigou lang zh Hans CN . is in Shuiding which was a garrison town and the seat of the Ili River Ili region administration in the 19th century. Economy In agriculture, the local population c ... more details
see also Confucius Gong surname Kong is Chinese language Chinese , Korean language Korean surname, Gong in Common. Origin from Ji Gat Gil clan of South Yan state at BC 7th century from Zheng Mu Gong in Zheng state of Zhou Dynasty at BC 7th century from Kongzi Kong Zi of Lu state at BC 551 479, he forefather from Song state from Jiang surname Jiang Kang clan of Qi state from Gui Gyu clan of Chen state from Wendun onjun , Wendu onji clan of Liaoning , Manchu from Koudai , Kuyara clan of Liaoning , Manchu from Kongjia , Konggeli , Gongguoluo clan of Xibe people from Derung people, alike Tibet people from Jingpo people of Hunan , West China from Mutu family of Hunan , West China from Uyghur people of mixed blood people Family of Confucius See also Confucius Family tree of Confucius in the main line of descent Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee Kong is the surname of Confucius and his descendants. The main line of descent held the title of Duke Yansheng and currently holds the title of the first Sacrificial Official to Confucius . This is currently held by Kung Tsui chang . Muslims In Gansu province in the 1800s, a Muslim Hui woman married into the Han Chinese Kong surname Kong lineage of Dachuan, which was descended from Confucius. The Han Chinese groom and his family were converted to Islam after the marriage by their Muslim relatives. ref cite book url http books.google.com ?id 3leAld7M7p0C&pg PA128&dq confucious lineage gansu&q muslim 20woman 20Dachuan 20kong 20lineage title The Temple of Memories History, Power, and Morality in a Chinese Village author Jun Jing year 1998 publisher Stanford University Press location page 26 isbn 0804727570 pages 232 accessdate 2010 06 29 . ref In 1715 in Yunnan province, a few Han Chinese descendants of Confucius surnamed Kong surname Kong married Hui women and converted to Islam. Archives on this are stored in Xuanwei city. ref name Zhou cite web url http ww ... more details
Infobox Writing system name Manchu script languages Manchu language br Xibe language type Alphabet fam1 Proto Sinaitic alphabet fam2 Phoenician alphabet fam3 Aramaic alphabet fam4 Syriac alphabet fam5 Sogdian alphabet fam6 Old Uyghur alphabet fam7 Mongolian script sample Alphabet mandchou Encyclop die .jpg imagesize 250px Image Manchu chinese.jpg thumb Chinese left and Manchu right writing in the Forbidden City Image Manjui gisun.svg thumb left 100px The word Manju Manchu written in Manchu script. The Manchu alphabet was used for recording the now near extinct Manchu language a similar script is used today by the Xibe people, who speak a language descended from Manchu. It is written vertically from top to bottom, with columns proceeding from left to right. History According to the Veritable Records LangWithName mnc Manchu Image manju 1.png 55px manju i yargiyan kooli zh c p M nzh u Sh l , in 1599 the Manchu leader Nurhaci decided to convert the Mongolian script Mongolian alphabet to make it suitable for the Manchu people. He decried the fact that while illiterate Han Chinese and Mongolians could understand their respective languages when read aloud, that was not the case for the Manchus, whose documents were recorded by Mongolian scribes. Overriding the objections of two advisors named Erdeni and G ag ai, he is credited with adapting the Mongolian script to Manchu. The resulting script was known as lang mnc tongki fuka ak hergen script without dots and circles . In 1632, Dahai added diacritical marks to clear up a lot of the ambiguity present in the original Mongolian script for instance, a leading k , g , and h are distinguished by the placement of no diacritical mark, a dot, and a circle respectively. This revision created the Standard script, known as lang mnc tongki fuka sindaha hergen script with dots and circles . As a result, the Manchu alphabet contains ... script to transliterate Chinese words is a source of loanwords for the Xibe language . ref cite ... more details
Refimprove date August 2007 Chinese cuisine Xinjiang cuisine zh reflects the cooking styles of List of ethnic groups in China many ethnic groups of the Xinjiang region, and refers particularly to Uyghur people Uyghur cuisine ug Uyghurche yemekliri . Signature ingredients include roast mutton , kebab , roast fish and rice. ref name cc Cite web url http www.womenofchina.cn quintessential china food cuisine 3161.jsp title Xinjiang Cuisine date 2006 04 10 accessdate 2010 11 24 publisher All China Women s Federation ref Because of the Islamic population, the food is predominantly halal . Xinjiang cuisine is found throughout much of China, as migrants from the region often open Xinjiang restaurants or food stands in other regions. Ethnic composition Ethnic groups in Xinjiang generally have different cooking and eating methods. Han Chinese Han people in Xinjiang use chopstick s while Kazakhs eat with their hands. Ceremonial foods for certain groups include horse milk for the Kyrgyz people Kyrgyz and sheep entrails for the Xibe . ref Cite book title Entrepreneurship and Religion editor Dana, Leo Paul publisher Edward Elgar Publishing year 2010 isbn 9781847205728 pages 287 288 ref The dishes of the Dongxiang people are prominent in Xinjiang style restaurants. Signature Dongxiang dishes are noodles boiled in thick mutton soup and steamed twisted rolls. ref Cite book title The Globalization of Chinese Food editor Cheung, Sidney C.H. publisher University of Hawaii Press year 2002 isbn 9780824825829 author Zhuang, Kongshao chapter The Development of Ethnic Cuisine in Beijing pages 75 77 ref Uyghur food File Uyghur polu closeup.JPG thumb Uyghur pilaf Uyghur food Uyghur Yemekliri is characterized by mutton, beef, camel , chicken, goose , carrots, tomatoes, onions, peppers, eggplant , celery , various Dairy product dairy foods , and fruits. Uyghur style breakfast is tea with home baked bread, hardened yogurt , olive s, honey , raisin s, and almond s. Uygh ... more details
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