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Hunanese people
湖湘民系/湘語人 Shiāen'lỳ nin
	File:Mao Zedong portrait.jpg Mao Zedong, James Soong
Regions with significant populations
Mainland China	Half of Hunan ; Northeastern Guangxi
Republic of China on Taiwan	As a small part of Mainlander population of Taiwan island
Languages
	Xiang Chinese
Religion
	Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religion

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The Xiang-speaking Chinese or Hunanese people (Chinese: 湖湘民系; pinyin: Huxiang minxi; Xiang Chinese: 湘語人 Shiāen'ỳ nin) are a Xiang-speaking Han ethnic subgroup originating from Hunan province in Southern China,^[1] but Xiang-speaking people are also found in the adjacent provinces of Guangxi and Guizhou.

Culture

Hunanese people are associated with political revolutions.^[2]

Xiang is a subdivision of spoken Chinese that originates from Hunan, Mao Zedong is well known for being a native speaker of that language.

Hunan cuisine is very famous of its use of chili peppers.

Huaguxi is a local form of Chinese opera that is very popular in Hunan province.

References

^ Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Dec 21, 2006 David Levinson, Karen Christensen (2002). David Levinson, Karen Christensen (ed.). Encyclopedia of modern Asia, Volume 6 (illustrated ed.). Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 174. ISBN 0-684-31247-6. Retrieved February 29, 2012. XIANG The term "Xiang" refers to the people and the local sublanguage used in Hunan, a province in southeast-central China; Xiang is derived from the older literary name of Hunan. It is estimated that more than 25 million Chinese (most of them living in Hunan
^ Platt, Stephen R. (2007). Provincial Patriots: The Hunanese and Modern China. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)

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[1] Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Dec 21, 2006 David Levinson, Karen Christensen (2002). David Levinson, Karen Christensen (ed.). Encyclopedia of modern Asia, Volume 6 (illustrated ed.). Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 174. ISBN 0-684-31247-6. Retrieved February 29, 2012. XIANG The term "Xiang" refers to the people and the local sublanguage used in Hunan, a province in southeast-central China; Xiang is derived from the older literary name of Hunan. It is estimated that more than 25 million Chinese (most of them living in Hunan

[2] Platt, Stephen R. (2007). Provincial Patriots: The Hunanese and Modern China. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)

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+{{merge to|Xiang Chinese|date=January 2013}}
+{{Infobox ethnic group|
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+| group = Hunanese people <br> 湖湘民系/湘語人 Shiāen'lỳ nin
+| image =  [[File:Mao Zedong portrait.jpg|130px]][[File:James Soong.jpg|130px]]
+| caption = [[Mao Zedong]], [[James Soong]]
+|region1    = <span style="font-size:105%;">'''Total population'''</span>
+|region2    = {{Flagicon|China}} [[Peoples' Republic of China|Mainland China]]
+|pop2       = Half of [[Hunan]] <br> Northeastern [[Guangxi]]
+|region3    = {{Flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Republic of China|Republic of China on Taiwan]]
+|pop3       = As a small part of [[Mainland Chinese|Mainlander]] population of Taiwan island
+| languages = [[Xiang Chinese]]
+| religions = [[Mahayana Buddhism]], [[Taoism]], [[Confucianism]], and [[Chinese folk religion]]
+| related =
+}}
+The '''Xiang-speaking Chinese''' or '''Hunanese people''' ({{zh|t=湖湘民系|s=湖湘民系|p=Huxiang minxi}}; [[Xiang Chinese]]: 湘語人 Shiāen'ỳ nin) are a [[Xiang Chinese|Xiang-speaking]] [[Han Chinese|Han]] [[Subgroups of the Han nationality|ethnic subgroup]] originating from [[Hunan]] province in Southern China,<ref>Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Dec 21, 2006 {{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of modern Asia, Volume 6|volume=|author=David Levinson, Karen Christensen|editor=David Levinson, Karen Christensen|edition=illustrated|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|year=2002|location=|page=174|pages=|isbn=0-684-31247-6|quote=XIANG The term "Xiang" refers to the people and the local sublanguage used in Hunan, a province in southeast-central China; Xiang is derived from the older literary name of Hunan. It is estimated that more than 25 million Chinese (most of them living in Hunan|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=SKlNT63UIq_H0AGSxPDWAg&id=6lIYAAAAIAAJ&dq=XIANG+The+term+%22Xiang%22+refers+to+the+people+and+the+local+sublanguage+used+in+Hunan%2C+a+province+in+southeast-central+China%3B+Xiang+is+derived+from+the+older+literary+name+of+Hunan.+It+is+estimated+that+more+than+25+million+Chinese+%28most&q=xiang+people+sublanguage+southeast+literary|accessdate=February 29, 2012}}</ref> but Xiang-speaking people are also found in the adjacent provinces of [[Guangxi]] and [[Guizhou]].
+==Culture==
+Hunanese people are associated with political revolutions.<ref>{{cite book|title=Provincial Patriots: The Hunanese and Modern China|first=	Stephen R.|last= Platt|Publisher=Harvard University Press|year= 2007}}</ref>
+[[Xiang Chinese|Xiang]] is a subdivision of [[Chinese spoken language|spoken Chinese]] that originates from Hunan, [[Mao Zedong]] is well known for being a native speaker of that language.
+[[Hunan cuisine]] is very famous of its use of [[chili pepper]]s.
+[[Huaguxi]] is a local form of [[Chinese opera]] that is very popular in Hunan province.
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+{{Han subgroups}}
+{{Sichuan topics}}
+[[Category:Subgroups of the Han Chinese]]
+[[Category:People from Hunan]]
+{{China-stub}}