The Han nationality began in the era of the Yellow Emperor, and gradually formed in the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the Qin and Han Dynasties. Up to now, it has a civilization history of about 5,000 years (4,700 years). The ethnic origin of the Han nationality is mainly Huaxia nationality, and the name of the Han nationality began in the Han Dynasty. China, which is dominated by the Han nationality, has long regarded Confucianism as its core cultural values. Taoism is a religion formed in the history of the Han nationality, and Buddhism has risen since the Tang Dynasty. The ideology of the Han nationality is dominated by Confucianism, and influenced by Buddhism and Taoism. A small number of Han people also believe in Catholicism, Christianity and other religions.
Han people have their own spoken and written languages, and Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, which is divided into eight dialects: northern dialect (Mandarin), Wu dialect, Hunan dialect, Gan dialect, Hakka dialect, northern Fujian dialect, southern Fujian dialect and Cantonese. * * * The same language is Mandarin, and Chinese characters are highly unified.
The Han nationality has its own national costume since ancient times, which is Hanfu. Hanfu is one of the oldest national costumes in the world, which lasted from the legendary Yellow Emperor to the entry of the Qing army in 1644. 1645, the Qing dynasty ordered the whole country to shave and change clothes, and Hanfu basically disappeared from then on. The "Tang suit", cheongsam, gown and mandarin jacket that people see today are not the original national costumes of the Han nationality, but the improved costumes of the Manchu nationality.
The Han nationality has been a huge nation composed of many different nationalities since ancient times. Although it is not a pure nation, it has gradually merged and assimilated other nations centered on a core nation in the long river of history, forming a "unit-diversified nation". This central nation, in pre-Qin and ancient times, was called China or Xia nationality. "Hua" refers to Xuanyuan Huangdi, the ancestor of "China people" who lived in Huashan and took roses (flowers) as their totem; "Xia" refers to the ancestor of "Xia" who lives in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The title of the Chinese nation came from this. After the Yuan Dynasty, it was called the Han nationality.