Chaoxian mainly located in Jilin Province, followed by the Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia and other provinces (autonomous regions) and the rest scattered in a number of mainland cities. The enclave is the largest of Yanbian Chaoxian Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, where Chaoxian residents in the Chaoxian population accounts for nearly half. Chaoxians have their own language, Chaoxian, is generally believed that an Altaic. Chaoxian-Chinese living in the region, especially in the Yanbian region, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery development. Good in the cold to the North, said the planting of rice, production of white rice, oil, rich in nutrition, the Yanbian Chaoxian Autonomous Prefecture reputation for being "a town north of rice." Forest products of Changbai Mountain ginseng, mink, deer horn angle, as the "Northeast Sambo", is China's Yanbian cattle breeding cattle one of the top five places. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: Chaoxian music and dance of farmers, a springboard for Chaoxian swing.

　　Chaoxian is known to the world to sing and dance, men like wrestling, football, women's springboard and swing like pressure, including the Chaoxian Drum Dance, Dance knife, Shan Wu, Wu dance, and so on. China's Chaoxian ancestors, is a multi-l9 century on the Chaoxian Peninsula since the age of 70 to move into northeast China to settle some of the late Ming and early Qing had to settle in the territory in the north-east, such as the County of Liaoning Province to build the Lin family name Park, the Chaoxian Village , In the local settlement has been 300 years of history. Chaoxian and Chinese festivals are basically the same, mainly the Chinese New Year, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as the families of the three festivals, namely, baby birthday, a back section (60-year-old), back to the section of marriage (married 60 years Day). Back during a festival, the festival back to the marriage, children, relatives, neighbors are blessings to the elderly, birthday. Chaoxian in the family holiday, the most solemn of course, "back to the marriage section," also known as "the marriage festival", that is, the 60th anniversary of the marriage. Who can be held back to the marriage section of the community is a great honor, friends and neighbors came to congratulate all, a pair of young people put on the wedding dress, and Ru Xi each arm, we drank frequently blessing Than young people more lively grand wedding.

　　Chaoxians now hold marriage in general is "married woman" and "married men" at the same time, is in the form of an Yingqin of China and the Chaoxian Traditional Wedding Ceremony combination of a mixture. By the marriage, the groom with a "letter of marriage," accompanied by the best man to marry the bride home. The bride to the groom and his family, mother-in-law accepted by the "letter marriage." Then, the bride and groom at the home of the men and their families were escorted to accept the "big table." "Big Table" In addition to a variety of dishes, there are two things required: 1 red pepper or red dates mouth full of chicken and the other is the same as the three buried eggs of the large bowl of rice. The groom is the eggs will eat things, but only eat two and the other reserved for the bride to eat. "Big Table" on the food share in the prior to every kind of sorting out a number of separate packages up to the groom's parents, wife and children to let them know in honor of the bride and groom home. The groom after dinner, bid farewell to the bride and groom with parents to the groom home. The bride to the groom and his family, in a separate room, accompanied by the bridesmaid to accept the "big table." "Big Table" on the left all the food, to be back with her parents when they go back. In the evening, the groom home entertainment will be held. The next morning a "gift bride", groom and the groom's family were all sitting side Qinjuan, young and old bride in accordance with the distance and one by one order of toast, gift and a gift, a gift for general apparel or clothing. In the second day of the marriage or the third day, the bride and groom, together with her parents to return to Shengqin, banquets joy. So far, all is the end of the marriage.

　　In Chaoxian, has great respect for the elderly, younger people can not drink in front of their elders, smoking; smoking, young people are not allowed to Jiehuo, let alone start to exchange fire, or else be considered a disrespectful act; with the elderly Go the same way, the young have to go in the back of the elderly, if not ahead of non-urgent, to respectfully the reasons for the elderly; on the way the event came in the face of the elderly, young people should stand up respectfully and to pay one's respects to make way street; To the younger generation must respect their elders speak the words, the first meeting between the same generation also use honorifics, the taboo called "ethnic fresh."

　　Chaoxians generally prefer white as a sign of clean, clean, simple, generous, the Chaoxian-Chinese since ancient times "white nation." Men's short clothes, long pants mast, Kanjian wear, but also outside of North Korea or Daopao robes were. Ribbon on the Department of trousers and shirt like to wear buttons with a colored Kanjian, but not trimmed, pay attention to fit, mostly gray color, brown, black. When coupled with the visit to wear robes (with shirt style is the same as the length and knee). Chaoxian robes to reflect the prudent man of robust physique and grace. Robe, courtesy of Chaoxian men are out of fashion. Now, the traditional robe has been no one, but the male is still the older coat pants "Huajiahu" celebration will wear the dress. The T-shirt worn by men and women, Xie Jin in both trimmed with white edges. This can often Chai Xi white side, so to keep clothes clean. Traditional Chaoxian women, characterized by short skirts long coat. The collar coat with a lapel into a even slash, Yi Jin right cover, there is no button. Chaoxian women in traditional costumes to dress as a yellow powder coat typical. Long coat until now the three buttons on the jacket, skirt and knee length or different Jiaomian. Cheng Yuan arc-shaped mast jacket sleeve, Yi Jin about to end with two long in the right chest to fight a bow, long ribbons to give the ethereal beauty. The coat collar, cuffs and more in different colors of cloth trimmed. Young women and girls in the coat (lamb is Lee) and Yi Jin cuff on the set with colorful silk edge. Young women in colorful fabric of the coat, there are also single-minded harmonious, elegant style of the basic Tongqun and wrapped skirt. Skirt wrapped around the skirt on the right side of the lap to bring a little, try to cover up in the back left side of the belt, very skillfully sketched out the beautiful women of the line. Chaoxian elderly women with hi-white dress and white flannel used to Baotou. In the winter to add to wear fur for, for satins Kanjian surface. Middle-aged women wearing more skirts wrapped around, do not wear Tongqun. Bound to wear skirts, must wear inside-white petticoat. Tongqun suture is the drum skirt, but with other peoples Tongqun not the same as its many small waist fold, to co-waist, also connected to the top of a small white vest, hold button front opening, from wearing head Sets down.

　　This long skirts over knee, and conducive to work on foot. Chaoxian elderly women dressed in old white, gray of the most common, with more than foreign Magians skirt with rabbit hair and so on the Flash Kanjian, Kanjian two hand-made from agate oval-shaped pendant of a connection. Now, the elderly and young people are the same as a hi colorful, texture Duanao dress well, but very few lines of white headscarf. Chaoxian children's wear, male or female, characterized by brilliant colors. The children's clothing style is basically the same with adults. The choice of material for making children's clothing and more pink, green, yellow and blue colors, such as brocade. Children's T-shirt sleeves to make more use of the "seven-color satin" (seven colors to match the silk) is expected to do, wearing his body as if wearing a rainbow in general, this clothing is called "Rainbow coat." Chaoxians have always maintained that rainbow is a symbol of a bright and beautiful, "seven-color satin" to do child care clothing, intended to let more young children are beautiful and well-being. (Young Chaoxian women in festive holiday entertainment and occasions like this to wear clothes.) Chaoxian shoes, there is a process of evolution. Early multi-wear clogs, leather clog, and the subsequent emergence of straw sandals, shoes, Ma. Men wore flat white rubber shoes, women wear white or sky-blue boat shoes, but now generally wear leather shoes and cloth shoes.

　　Pickle is a favorite Chaoxian food and rely on the table, with more than Kikyo, fern, cabbage, carrot, cucumber, celery, and other raw materials, cleaned and cut, block, silk, bittern, and then mixed with sesame, garlic , Ginger, pepper and other spices face, eating up on Chatham conveniently, clear and refreshing. Chaoxian kimchi fine workmanship, reputation, is to the following spring after winter's standing dishes. Also known as spicy cabbage kimchi, Chaoxian "Yoshiki", the Chaoxian diet is the most characteristic one. And miso soup, Chaoxian meal is almost Dundun people can not live it. The main raw materials are three hot: hot pepper, garlic, ginger, as well as bai pear, apples, pears, green radish, and then re-join the conditional MSG and shrimp. Kimchi than bubble-les-pickle or nutritious, it can maintain a variety of vitamins, so the Chaoxian people on the table, whether Fung ultimately, it is thrifty. Kimchi can be produced throughout the year. Elected to the good Chinese cabbage (heart of the package as well), carrot, cucumber, such as fresh vegetables, fermented in salt water on to talk about, and then adding hot pepper, ginger child, white garlic, and spices such as rapeseed incense, a few days later to eat. Beat steamed glutinous rice cake is made after the thump, and when cut into pieces of food, dipped bean flour, white sugar or honey, and so on, up to eat gluten, Wei Xiang. Always, the Chaoxian rice cake as a delicious first-class, or during the New Year Yash marriage and the VIP reception, the cake is done playing. Chaoxian cold very well-known at home, the cold ingredient is flour, starch and buckwheat noodles. When done, put a good face and mechanical pressure Ruguo, remove after cooking, go cold water to cool. Then add the beef soup or chicken soup, with kimchi, hot pepper, beef, chicken ball, Apple tablet, condiments, such as eggs, you can eat. Chaoxians in the past noon the fourth day to eat cold, said to be a long day of eating cold noodles, they will live longer. Now all like to eat all year round. Chaoxian dog meat is like to eat meat, like the general Aotang, in the dog days to eat that hot days can eat nourishing the body. Often eat all year round now, but the wedding and festival Jishi dog meat.