There are now 56 ethnic groups in China, the most important of which is the Han chinese, which has the largest number and occupies a dominant position. But everyone also knows that the Han nationality actually originated from the Chinese nation to a certain extent, but many people will also have a question, that is, in this 2,000-year history, it has been so long, and modern people in the 21st century are really pure Han people?
The earliest origins of the Han chinese were to be able to distinguish themselves from those in border areas, thus establishing a "modern" core area, but it was not until the Han Dynasty in 206 BC that border people also began to call themselves Han Chinese. But how long did it take for the Han Chinese to officially form? The unifying view given by many historians is that the realization of great unification began in 221 BC after Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms.
Under these conditions, the Han nationality began to form a unified nation, and it was also from this time that we began to collectively call it the "Chinese nation." In fact, according to the strict point of view, most of the modern people are not actually Han Chinese in the true sense, many people may wonder, am I not writing on the ID card is Han Chinese? Why do you say that I am not Han Chinese?
In fact, it is because in the process of great national integration, not only can the great integration of all nationalities be carried out through cultural exchanges, but also the integration brought about by factors such as politics and war. Just like in 1911, after the establishment of the Republic of China, all the manchu Qing Eight Banners began to choose Sinicization and chose to change their surnames, at this time the Manchus also began to live with the Han people, which is actually a sense of national integration.
And from the time of the Han Dynasty to the present 2020, especially in ancient times, ethnic integration has been at least hundreds of times, which will also make all ethnic groups have commonalities, and everyone is subtly integrating. In these more than 2,000 years of dynastic changes, the vast majority of Han people can not actually be called pure Han people, if you want to say that there are still the purest Han people, the answer is yes, they are now living in Fujian, that is, the Hakka in Fujian.
Hakka is actually a relatively large branch of the many branches of the Han nationality, when they migrated south, many Central Plains people chose to migrate to the current Fujian region, even in the subsequent migration, the Hakka still inherited the previous culture, they still retain the current Hakka language, and according to the research of historians, we know that the original tone is actually the real sense of ancient Chinese.
There are about 100 million Hakka people now, and if we want to judge the Han people according to their bloodline, this group of Hakka people in Fujian can be called Han people in the true sense. But in our 21st century, the Han nationality is really just a big name, and it also represents the strong inclusiveness of our country.
In fact, as long as people who grew up in the land of China agree with our national culture and national spirit, then you are a compatriot of our Han nationality. And as long as it is the people who live in this land, no matter what ethnic group, it seems that it is not so important, because we are all Chinese, we are all family.