The Chuanqing people () are an East Asian ethnic group. According to popular
ethnogenesis
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The term ''ethnogenesis'' was originally a mid-19th-century neologism that was later introduce ...
, they are descended from
Han Chinese
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soldiers who were sent to
Guizhou
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area in the eighth and ninth centuries to quell
Miao rebellions.
The Chuanqings view themselves as a distinct
ethnic group
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.
Most of them live in the
Anshun area of Guizhou province. Other locals call the Chuanqings "Da Jiao Ban" (Big Foot) or "Da Xiuzi" (Big Sleeves). They have a unique spirituality involving worship of a god called
Wuxian ().
Names
Their name, Chuanqing, literally means ''wear-blacks'' because that is the color of their traditional clothing.
The ''Liupanshui City Ethnic Gazetteer'' (2003:178)
lists the following names for the Chuanqing people of Liupanshui prefecture.
*Turen (土人)
*Limin/Liminzi (里民/里民子) (里珉子) (some of whom call themselves ''Li'' 黎族)
The Chuanqing are also given various exonyms by the following ethnic groups.
*
Yi: Shaloumi (沙楼米)
*
Miao: Sagelou (撒格娄)
*
Buyei: Hayao (哈腰)
*
Gelao: Baosha (褒沙)
Distribution
The Chuanqing are believed to number about 700,000, mostly in mountain villages in and around
Zhijin.
The ''Liupanshui City Ethnic Gazetteer'' (2003:178)
lists populations for the following counties in
Liupanshui
Liupanshui ( zh, s=六盘水 , t=六盤水 , p=Liùpánshuǐ) is a city in western Guizhou province, People's Republic of China. The name Liupanshui combines the first character from the names of each of the city's three constituent counties: Liu ...
prefecture.
*Liupanshui City: 14,227 households, 71,457 persons
*Liuzhi Special District: 2,466 households, 12,330 persons
*Pan County: 811 households, 4,048 persons
*Shuicheng County: 10,950 households, 54,752 persons
Language
The Chuanqing speak a
Sinitic language. Their language typically has a subject-objective-verb word order.
See also
*
List of unrecognized ethnic groups of Guizhou
References
{{Han subgroups
Ethnic groups in China
Subgroups of the Han Chinese