Speakers of Xiang Chinese

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Hunanese people
湖湘民系/湘語人 Shiāen'lỳ nin
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Regions with significant populations
China Mainland China Half of Hunan
Northeastern Guangxi
Taiwan Republic of China on Taiwan As a small part of Mainlander population of Taiwan island
Languages
Xiang Chinese
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religion

The Xiang-speaking Chinese or Hunanese people (Chinese: 湖湘民系; pinyin: Huxiang minxi; Xiang Chinese: 湘語人 Shiāen'ỳ nin) are a Xiang-speaking Han ethnic subgroup originating from Hunan province in Southern China,[1] but Xiang-speaking people are also found in the adjacent provinces of Guangxi and Guizhou.

Culture

Xiang is a subdivision of spoken Chinese that originates from Hunan, Mao Zedong is well known for being a native speaker of that language.

Hunan cuisine is very famous of its use of chili peppers.

Huaguxi is a local form of Chinese opera that is very popular in Hunan province.

References

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  1. Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Dec 21, 2006 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.