Huaxia nationality is the earliest and most recognized national title of the Chinese nation, and Huaxia is also called "Xia" and "Zhu Xia". China is also called midsummer. China and summer are used to each other, and "midsummer" is also called "China".
In the Han Dynasty, many people claimed to be "China people". In the Ming Dynasty, both Han and Huaxia were regarded as synonyms. In a word, Han nationality and Huaxia nationality as a whole are the most common names since the Han Dynasty.
The word "China people" came into being when ancient Han Chinese immigrated overseas and claimed to be from China. The term "China people" originally refers to the Han nationality, but with the spread of Chinese civilization to all parts of the country, the concept of "China people" has gradually expanded from the Han nationality to the ethnic minorities affected by Chinese civilization in China, becoming synonymous with the whole Chinese nation.
The Han nationality is the main ethnic group in China, a descendant of the ancient Huangdi and Yan Di tribes, and a descendant of the Chinese nation. "Han" originally refers to Tianhe and Yinhe. The Book of Songs says: "Where there is Han, there is light in prison." Han people are used to calling themselves Han people, because the Han Dynasty in China used to be called "Huaxia" or "Zhu Xia".
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The ethnic names of the Han nationality were established in the process of the formation and development of a unified multi-ethnic country in China. In 206 BC, the Han Dynasty flourished after the Qin Dynasty. It has lasted for more than 400 years, and there have been new developments in economy, culture and national unity. The residents of the Central Plains, formerly known as Huaxia, are called Han people. In the later historical development, the Han nationality became the main ethnic group in China, accounting for the vast majority of the population of China in past dynasties, and played a leading role in all aspects of development.
The Han nationality has experienced * * * contact, migration and integration with various ethnic groups, and formed the distribution characteristics of concentrated distribution in agricultural developed areas and cities such as Songliao Plain, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River and Pearl River, and mixed with local ethnic groups in the frontier. In addition, in the course of historical development, a considerable number of Han Chinese emigrated overseas, forming local Chinese or overseas Chinese.
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