4 天之前 · The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people [a] or simply the Chinese, [18] are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 17.5% of the world population.

2 天之前 · China’s first imperial dynasty, that of Qin, had lasted barely 15 years before its dissolution in the face of rebellion and civil war. By contrast, Han formed the first long-lasting regime that could successfully claim to be the sole authority entitled to wield administrative power.

6 天之前 · The Han armies conquered northern and eastern China and, in the winter of 203-202 BCE, defeated Xiang Yu, who fell at the Battle of Gaixia. After defeating Xiang Yu, Liu Bang resurrected the imperial concept, proclaimed the foundation of the Han Dynasty, and came to be known as Emperor Gaozu of Han.

3 天之前 · Nowadays, the hanfu is gaining recognition as the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group, and has experienced a growing fashion revival among young Han Chinese people in China and in the overseas Chinese diaspora.

4 天之前 · Operating from bases in western and southern Shanxi, the Xiongnu armies, supported by local Chinese rebels, conquered the ancient homeland of Chinese civilization; the fall and destruction of the two capitals, Luoyang (311) and Chang’an (316), ended Chinese dynastic rule in the north for centuries.

3 天之前 · The Sino-Tibetan family, both numerically and in the extent of its distribution, is by far the most prominent; within this family, Han Chinese is the most widely spoken language.

6 天之前 · Han Wudi, son of Emperor Jin, carried out a series of reforms and devoted himself to military conquests and territorial expansion. Han Wudi's most important military campaigns were against the Hun, an ancient tribe that lived in North China …

1 天前 · The authors estimate income inequality in the Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Empire. They find that the Han Empire was, overall, more unequal and extractive than the Roman Empire, with the ...

4 天之前 · The Chinese Text Project is the largest database of pre-modern Chinese text digitally available, and is open access to researchers around the world. It focuses specifically on pre-Qin and Han dynasty works, as well as post-Han dynasty texts.

3 天之前 · Why do Chinese people still call themselves Han people for more than 2,000 years? The reason for this is that the Han people are not an ethnic group, but a cultural group. In this definition, the concepts of Chinese and European ethnic groups are quite different.