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Sinicization, Sinicisation or Sinification, (in Mandarin: ä¸å›½åŒ– ZhÅngguóhuà or 汉化 Hà nhuà ) is the cultural assimilation of terms of the language and culture
In more general contexts, Sinicization refers to the process of "becoming Chinese" or "becoming Han"; the opposite process is becoming "not Chinese" (desinicization). The term has been used in social science primarily to describe the assimilation of non-Han Chinese peoples (such as the Manchus) into the Chinese identity.
More broadly, "Sinicization" also refers to the phenomenon whereby neighbouring cultures to China have been influenced by Chinese culture and language without being assimilated. This is reflected in the histories of Korea, Vietnam and Japan in Sinosphere, for example, as adopting of Chinese writing system.
Integration
The integration policy is aimed at strengthening of the Chinese identity among population, to develop shared values, pride in being the country's citizen, respect and acceptance towards cultural differences among citizens of China.
[edit]Historical Examples of Sinicization
[edit]Turkic Peoples
Main article: Taoyuan County, Hunan#Taoyuan Uyghurs
Descendants of Uyghurs who migrated to Taoyuan County, Hunan have largely assimilated into the Han Chinese and Hui population and practice Chinese customs, speaking Chinese as their language.
[edit]Tang dynasty
During the 8th and 9th centuries in the Tang dynasty, Chinese soldiers moved into Guizhou (Kweichow) and married native women, their descendants are known as Lao-han-jen (original Chinese), in contrast to new Chinese who colonized Guizhou at later times. They still speak an archaic dialect.[1] Many immigrants to Guizhou were descended from these soldiers in garrisons who married non-Chinese women.[2]
[edit]Ming Dynasty
Main articles: Ming conquest of Yunnan and Miao Rebellions (Ming Dynasty)
Massive military campaigns were launched by the Ming dynasty during the Miao Rebellions (Ming Dynasty) against the southern aboriginal Miao, Yao, and other tribes, settled thousands of Han and Hui in their land after crushing and killing the aboriginals.
During the Ming conquest of Yunnan Chinese military soldiers were settled in Yunnan, and many married the native women.
[edit]Qing dynasty
The Manchu people started sinicizing during the Qing dynasty. They originally had their own separate style of naming from the Han Chinese, but eventually adopted Han Chinese naming practices.
Manchu names consisted of more than the two or one syllable Chinese names, and when phonetically translited into Chinese, they made no sense at all.[3] The meaning of the names that Manchus used were also very different from the meanings of Chinese names.[4] The Manchus also gave numbers as personal names.[5]
They gave their children Chinese names which were separate from the Manchu names, and even adopted the Chinese practice of generation names, although its usage was inconsistent and error ridden, eventually they stopped using Manchu names.[6]
The Niohuru family of the Manchu changed their family name to Lang, which sounded like "wolf" in Chinese, since wolf in Manchu was Niohuru.[7]
Although the Manchus replaced their Manchu names with Chinese personal names, the Manchu bannermen followed their traditional practice in typically used their first/personal name to address themselves and not their last name, while Han Chinese bannermen used their last name and first in normal Chinese style[8][9]
Usage of surnames was not traditional to the Manchu while it was to the Han Chinese.[10]
[edit]Modern Examples of Sinicization
[edit]Xinjiang
The Chinese Muslim 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army) governed southern Xinjiang in 1934–1937. The administration which was set up was colonial in nature, the Chinese Muslims started putting up street signs and names in Chinese, which used to be in only Uighur language. They wanted to live as much of a life like Chinese, importing Chinese cooks and baths.[11] The Chinese Muslims also switched carpet patterns from Uyghur to Chinese in state owned carpet factories.[12]
[edit]Taiwan
After the Republic of China took control of Taiwan in 1945 and relocated its capital to Taipei in 1949, the intention of Chiang Kai-shek was to eventually go back to mainland China and retake control of it. Chiang believed that to retake mainland China, it would be necessary to sinicize Taiwan's inhabitants. Examples of this policy included the renaming of streets, use of Mandarin Chinese in schools and punishments for using other languages, and teaching students to revere Confucian ethics, develop Han Chinese nationalism, and believe Taiwan is part of China.[13][14] Other reasons for the policy were to combat the Japanese influences on the culture that had occurred in the previous 50 years, and to help unite the recent immigrants from mainland China that had come to Taiwan with the KMT and among whom there was a tendency to be more loyal to one's city, country or province than to China as a nation.[15]
[edit]Tibet
Main article: Sinicization of Tibet
The sinicization of Tibet is the change of Tibetan society to Han Chinese standards, by means of cultural assimilation, immigration, and political reform.[16][17]
[edit]In popular culture
In some forms of fiction, due to China's communist statehood, Soviet-themed characters are de-Sovietized and switched over to become Chinese to fit modern (post-Cold War) times. The original cut of Red Dawn depicted a Chinese invasion before having said information leaked to the Global Times, sparking controversy in China and threatening its airing in the country. In 2006, Chinese versions of the Crimson Dynamo and the Abomination were created and made members of the Liberators in Marvel Comics.
Sinicization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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94% or so are Han Chinese as per the Chinese Govt,
Now this is the original Han area
Yan Huang (Chinese language: t 炎黃, s 炎黄, p Yán Huáng) was the name of an ethnic group of ancient China who i
nhabited the Yellow River basin area. They claimed their descent from the two tribes led by the Yan and Yellow Emperors. vTheir main achievement was to join together and strengthen the basis of the two tribes and their civilized community. They were the source of the Chinese people and the initiators of Chinese culture.
In the original sense, Huaxia refers to a confederation of tribes—
living along the Yellow River—who were the ancestors of what later became the Han ethnic group in China.
Are they the 94% Hans and the rest of China is vacant land?
