Han is a principal member of the family Chinese, is China's 56 ethnic groups in the most populous nation, the world's most populous nation. From the ancient Huaxia Zu Han and other ethnic mixture of long-term, in the course of its development, and the continuous blending of ethnic minorities, has developed into today's size, in most regions of China, in the border areas with a small number of Home-phase national harmony, and tens of millions of the population living around the world. According to historical records, formerly known as Han Han is named after China's Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty previously referred to as "Chinese" or "Zhu Xia." Mandarin Chinese is a Sino-Tibetan language family, there are 7 major dialects, to the northern dialect of modern language-based, voice for the Beijing Biaozhun Yin, the Chinese characters of the world's most ancient text, in 6000 has been about history, from Oracle, the Wen gradually evolved into today's characters, a total of more than 40,000 words more than 7,000 commonly used characters, is the international language of one. Since the 50's, the Chinese government planned to carry out reform of the text, formulated the "Chinese Phonetic Alphabet", the promotion of Putonghua and simplified Chinese characters. In the history of the Han, the Han people in the political, military, philosophy, literature, history, art, as well as in the field of natural sciences, are creating a lot of progress in the promotion of social development, the glorious great feats, the compass, paper-making technique, printing, gunpowder Such as the four great inventions, but also for the development of human history have had a decisive impact. Han's agricultural production in the history of the very prominent, especially in irrigation and intensive cultivation of the world, said Han's handicraft industry also has a very high level of development, bronze, silk, ceramics, construction, painting long enjoyed a good reputation, Has many great thinkers, scientists, inventors, statesman, military strategist and writer and artist.

　　Since ancient times, China is a unified multi-ethnic country, the founding of New China, through the identification and confirmation by the central government's national total of 56. As the 55 non-Han ethnic Han Chinese population is relatively small, are customarily referred to as "ethnic minorities."

　　Distribution of the Chinese minority is characterized by: mixed, live in small, staggered to live with each other. Han ethnic minority areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities living there Han. This distribution pattern is a long-term history in the development of interaction between the various ethnic groups, formed by the flow. The wide range of Chinese ethnic minorities in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hainan and Taiwan provinces, autonomous regions, Yunnan Province, to a maximum of 25 ethnic minority groups.

　　Chinese ethnic minority areas has a vast territory and rich resources. As of 1997, ethnic autonomous areas with a total area of 6,162,900 square kilometers, accounting for 64.2 percent of the total area; grassland area of 300,000,000 hectares, accounting for 75% of the grassland area, a well-known Chinese 5 large natural pastoral areas, all in the minority Area; forest area of 56,480,000 hectares, accounting for 43.9 percent of the country; forest reserves 5,249,000,000 cubic meters, accounting for 55.9 percent of the country; reserves of water resources 446,000,000 kilowatts, accounting for 65.9 percent of the national total, in addition to the large number of The mineral resources and a wealth of animal and plant resources and tourism resources.

　　Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the ancient Chinese Government (both the Han nationality or ethnic minorities established by the central government), although there are a set of policies on ethnic affairs and system, but no ethnic equality to speak of. After the founding of the People's Republic of the party and the government has developed a set of suits China's national conditions, the right to address the issue of the Chinese national principles and policies, that is the policy of ethnic equality, national unity policy of regional ethnic autonomy policy and common development and prosperity of all nationalities policy . After new China was founded, most of the ethnic minority areas in accordance with the will of the people, the Chinese government has taken a different approach in minority areas and gradually implement democratic reforms, and completed at the end of the 50s. This reform abolished the feudal lords, nobles, such as chiefs of all the privileges of the privileged, the eradication of exploitation of man by man, who oppressed the people of the old system, so that the liberation of millions of people of ethnic minorities, access to personal freedom and became the country of their own destiny. The founding of the past several decades, China's various ethnic groups to form the equality, unity and mutual assistance of the socialist ethnic relations had long been oppressed and discriminated against by ethnic minorities has become a true master of the country. In the Chinese Communist Party under the leadership of the founding of New China, some of the community before the end of the form is still in the primitive society, slavery or feudal serfdom under the minority, in a short period of decades and even centuries across thousands of years of history divide Into a modern society.

　　System of regional ethnic autonomy is a combination of the Chinese government to take the actual situation in China is a basic policy of China is an important political system. In May 1947, China set up under the leadership of the Communist Party of China's first provincial level equivalent to the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ─ ─. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been established, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Tibet Autonomous Region. As of the end of 1998, China has established 155 ethnic autonomous areas, 5 autonomous regions, 30 autonomous prefectures, 120 autonomous counties, and townships 1256. 55 ethnic minorities in the country, there are 44 established a national autonomous areas. Autonomy of ethnic minority population of ethnic minority population accounts for 75% of the total number of autonomous local administrative region of the country's total area accounting for 64% of the area.

　　After new China was founded, the Chinese government against ethnic minorities in a wide-Han reproductive policy. In order to enhance the quality of the population of ethnic minorities and ethnic autonomous areas to accelerate economic and social development of China's ethnic autonomous areas the people's congress, according to the relevant national minorities to practice family planning, the development of the region's ethnic minority family planning policy, However, its wide policy on Han's fertility policy. This minority of the population growth rate higher than the national average. Five times the national census results show that the Chinese minority of the population: July 1, 1953 to 35,320,000, on July 1, 1964 to 40,000,000, on July 1, 1982 was 67,240,000 persons, in July 1990 1 to 91,200,000, on November 1, 2000 was 106,430,000 people.

　　After new China was founded, the Party and the government insist on the implementation of national equality and equality of language policy, spoken and written languages of ethnic minorities to use and develop due to be respected and safeguarded by law. Chinese People's Political Consultative the first plenary session adopted a "Common Program" and "People's Republic of China on Regional National Autonomy" and so on, clearly stipulates that all ethnic minorities to use and develop their own spoken and written language of freedom. In the age of 50 national organizations of the spoken and written languages of ethnic minorities to conduct a full investigation, the establishment of specialized national language of work and research institutions, foster national language specialists to help with language or written text, but not complete, not general national Create, improve or reform of the text, to promote minority languages in all fields of use. The main characters in these national bilingual education, adult literacy, in areas such as the use of Press and Publication.

　 China is a country with a multi-religious country, mainly Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, Christianity and so on. Most Chinese people have religious beliefs of ethnic minorities, some of the nation and the people of a certain religious belief. According to the Government of China "Constitution of the People's Republic of China" on the citizens enjoy freedom of religious belief, the development of specific policies, respect for and protection of minorities, freedom of religious belief, ethnic minority people, regardless of religion, they are normal religious activities Protected by law. Ethnic minorities living in the area, they have the right to freedom of religious belief has been fully respected and protected.

　　Han clothing that is referred to as the costumes, mainly refers to the Ming Dynasty, the last before the thousands of historical and cultural development of the natural evolution and the formation of a unique system of Chinese national culture clothing. In the period of the Qing Dynasty, when North Korea because of the rule of the system, making Seoul the demise of comprehensive services in the state. The early 20th century to modern society, Western culture, dress, the Han people dress costumes gradually integrate with the West.