Most scholars believe that Karen and Burmese are of the same origin, and both migrated from the Qiang nationality in the northwest of China to the south, belonging to the Mongolian nationality. They entered Myanmar earlier than the Burmese, and entered Myanmar around 1 century. At first, he lived in the east of Dongyu City in central Myanmar, and later moved to the Shan Plateau and the salween Valley to settle down.
Karen people are the third largest ethnic group in Myanmar and the second largest ethnic group in Myanmar. Karen people are mainly distributed in Karen State, Karen State and Irrawaddy River Delta, but also in Mon State, Dhanapala Province, Yangon Province, Bago Province, Karen State and other provinces.