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Southern HanThe Han people, having a common heritage of culture and language, exceed 1.16 billion (2000 census). They constitute by far the largest ethnic group in the world. In view of this, any study of the Han is thus of great interest to researchers in many fields. Historical evidences and records indicate that the Han were descended from the ancient Huaxia tribes of northern China. During the past two millennia, the Han culture (that is, the language and its associated cultures) moved towards southern China the region originally inhabited by the southern natives, including those speaking Daic, Austro-Asiatic and Hmong-Mien languages. Modern studies show that the Han people are divided into two genetically differentiated groups, Northern Han and Southern Han. The Yangtze River approximately flows as the dividing line. According to the recent scientific reports emanating from Beijing, northern Han Chinese are genetically way different from southern Han Chinese like Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Hainan. In fact, southern Han Chinese are more genetically similar to minority groups like Gin/Vietnamese while northern Han Chinese are closer to minority groups like Mongols than with each other. A number of differences between these groups in terms of dialect and customs have also been noted. However, there is cultural affinity between these two groups. External links *http://www.geocities.com/bx_huang/han_chinese.html
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