Wenzhou people

Wenzhou people
溫州人/溫州漢人
uen tseu nyin
Total population
~8,000,000
Regions with significant populations
China China, Wenzhou (urban + rural areas)~6,000,000 (natives)
China China1,700,000 (rest of country)[1][full citation needed]
 Italy288,715 (90% of Chinese population).[2]
 France60,000–100,000[3]
 Spain~116,000 <70% (+ Qingtian)[4]
 Taiwanas part of the mainlander population[5]
 Australiapart of Chinese Australian population
 United States100,000[6]
 Netherlandspart of Chinese people in the Netherlands[7]
Languages
Wenzhou dialect, Zhenan Min, Standard Mandarin Chinese, etc.
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Irreligion, Chinese folk religion and Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Wu speaking people, Min speaking people, other Han Chinese

Wenzhou people or Wenzhounese people is a subgroup of Oujiang Wu Chinese speaking peoples, who live primarily in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. Wenzhou people are known for their business and money-making skills. The area also has a large diaspora population in Europe and the United States, with a reputation for being enterprising natives who start restaurants, retail and wholesale businesses in their adopted countries. About two-thirds of the overseas community is in Europe. Wenzhounese people have also made notable contributions to mathematics and technology.

  1. ^ Wenzhou Yearbook, 2004
  2. ^ Berzano, Luigi; Genova, Carlo; Introvigne, Massimo; Ricucci, Roberta; Zoccatelli, Pierluigi (2010). Cinesi a Torino: La crescita di un arcipelago (in Italian). Bologna: Il Mulino. ISBN 978-88-15-13791-3. p. 217: «Poche persone estranee alla catena migratoria dello Zhejiang sono approdate qui [in Turin] [...]»; p. 228: «La grande maggioranza dei cinesi presenti a Torino proviene dallo Zhejiang e in particolare da aree periferiche urbane e semiurbane, e villaggi, intorno a Wenzhou, in particolare dal distretto di Wencheng.»
  3. ^ "1911–2007: Chinese Immigration in France". libcom.org. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ^ Gómez, Luis (27 August 2012). "The New Chinese". El País. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. ^ ROC
  6. ^ Lai, Him Mark (2004). Becoming Chinese American: A History of Communities and Institutions. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. p. 247. ISBN 0-7591-0457-3.
  7. ^ Hong Liu, ed. (2006). The Chinese Overseas. Vol. 4: Homeland Ties and Agencies of Interaction. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-33862-X.