Ningbonese people

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Ningbonese
寧波人
The costume of the women of Ningpo.jpg
Traditional attire of Ningbo women, 1898.
Total population
Approximately 6-8 million
Regions with significant populations
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ningbo, Zhejiang 5,681,000
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong As part of Mainlander population
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China (on Taiwan)As part of Mainlander population
Flag of the United States.svg United States As part of Chinese American population
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia As part of Chinese Australian population
Languages
Ningbo dialect (in Ningbo)

Traditionally Ningbo dialect; Now Shanghai dialect and Mandarin Chinese (those of Ningbo descent in Shanghai) also Standard Cantonese (those living in Hong Kong), Taiwanese Hokkien (among mainlanders of Ningbo origin living in Taiwan, used as a secondary lingua franca) as well as English (amongst the diaspora Ningbonese subgroup of Chinese Americans and Chinese Australians)
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religion

Small Christian minorities.
Related ethnic groups
Jiangnanese, Shanghainese people, other Han Chinese
Ningbonese
Traditional Chinese 寧波人
Simplified Chinese 宁波人
'Mingzhounese'
Chinese 明州人

The Ningbonese or Ningbo people are the people of Ningbo, China, whether resident or abroad. The Ningbonese are a subgroup of the Wu Han ethnicity. Many famous Chinese people have come from Ningbo and many more have Ningbo as their ancestral home. A large percentage of Shanghainese people have ancestry in Ningbo.

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Because Ningbo was formerly the capital of Ming Prefecture, its people are sometimes also known in Chinese as the Mingzhou. [1] People from Zhoushan are also considered to be Ningbonese, [2] since Zhoushan was formerly part of Mingzhou as well. The Ningbobang Museum located in Zhenhai District commemorates the entrepreneurial spirit of Ningbonese people through Chinese history within the country and abroad. [3]

The scene of Ningbo people celebrating the foundation of Republic of China, 1912. Ningbo celebrating the foundation of ROC.jpg
The scene of Ningbo people celebrating the foundation of Republic of China, 1912.
Students of Ningbo Riverside Girls Academy on the playground, circa 1930s. Students of Ningbo Riverside Girls Academy on the playground.jpg
Students of Ningbo Riverside Girls Academy on the playground, circa 1930s.

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References

  1. Lisa Carducci (2002). As Great as the World . 五洲传播出版社. p.  15. ISBN   75-085-0096-2.
  2. Lynn T. White, III (2015). Unstately Power: Local Causes of China's Intellectual, Legal and Governmental Reforms. Routledge. p. 292. ISBN   13-174-7837-1.
  3. https://www.whyvisitchina.com/travel-in-china/ningbobang-museum/