Putian people

Putianese
莆仙人/興(兴)化人
Pó-sing-náng/Hing-hua̍-náng
Total population
Above 5,000,000
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Puxian Min, Standard Chinese, etc.
Religion
Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Traditional Chinese religion or Atheism
Related ethnic groups
Fuzhou people, Leizhou Min speakers, She people

The Putian people (Chinese: 莆田人, pinyin: Pútiánrén; Puxian Min: 莆仙儂, Hinghwa Romanized: Pó-sing-náng) are people from Putian, east Fujian, China. They are also known as Xinghua, Henghua, Henghwa or Hinghua people (Hing-hua̍; simplified Chinese: 兴化; traditional Chinese: 興化; pinyin: Xīnghuà) after the historical name of the area.[1] Putian people speak Pu–Xian Min (Putianese), a branch of Min Chinese.

Today, there are Henghua diaspora communities at Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Indonesia.

  1. ^ Chinese Overseas: Comparative Cultural Issues. Hong Kong University Press. p. 92.