Heluo people Heluo people, also known as "Hoklo people", "Minnan people", or "Taiwanese", etc., immigrated to Taiwan from Fujian Province on the southeast coast of China in the past four hundred years. The descendants of those immigrants are also the largest group among what are now commonly known as the "four major ethnic groups in Taiwan." Introduction: The Helao people are the descendants of immigrants who immigrated to Taiwan from Fujian Province on the southeast coast of China in the past four hundred years. They are mainly divided into two branches, the Zhangzhou people and the Quanzhou people. In the early days of immigration, there were frequent armed fights between Zhangzhou and Quan, but now they all call themselves "people from this province", "Hoklo people", or "Taiwanese" (Wang Mingke 1994, 254; Zhang Deshui 1992, 21), no longer distinguishing between Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. spring. Traditionally, Hō-ló refers to himself as "Taiwanese", a term that Hakka elites often consider too expansive. The average Hakka people call Hō-ló "Ho?k-ló-ngìn", and the Chinese characters are occasionally written as "Xue Lao" or "Xue Lao" according to the Hakka pronunciation. In the past, Taiwanese officials liked to refer to this ethnic group as "Minnan people" or "Heluo people", which had the connotation that they originated from China. This article follows the usage of Shi Zhengfeng (1997, 99) and represents the Chinese character Ho-lo as the more neutral "Helao man", borrowing its sound without considering its meaning.

In terms of language, Helao people in various places speak Helao dialect, which is similar to Xiamen dialect. Although there are slight differences in accents in various places, they can all communicate (Wang Mingke 1994, 254). (This is because Xiamen dialect is also a mixed language of Zhangquan.) The Helao people are the largest ethnic group in Taiwan. According to Huang Xuanfan (1995, 21), their proportion of Taiwan's total population reaches 73.3.