She people

Today, over 400,000 She people of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi provinces speak She Chinese (), an unclassified Chinese variety that has been heavily influenced by Hakka Chinese. There are approximately 1,200 She people in Guangdong province who speak a Hmong–Mien language called She (), which is also called Ho Ne meaning "mountain people" (). Some say they are descendants of the Dongyi, Nanman, or Yue peoples. She Chinese should not be confused with She (Ho Ne). She Chinese () and Ho Ne () speakers have separate histories and identities, although both are officially classified by the Chinese government as She people. The Dongjia of Majiang County, Guizhou are also officially classified as She people, but speak a Western Hmongic language closely related to Chong'anjiang Miao (). == History ==

Some scholars believe that the birthplace of the She ethnic group may be Phoenix Mountain () in the north of Chao'an District, Chaozhou. The She people are some of the earliest known settlers of Guangdong; they are thought to have originally settled along the shallow shore for easier fishing access during the Neolithic era. Eventually, after an influx of Yue people moved south during the Warring States period, serious competition between the two peoples for resources developed. From the time of the Qin dynasty on, waves of migrants from northern China have had a serious impact on the She people. Because they possessed superior tools and technology, these migrants were able to displace the She and occupy the better land for farming. As a result of this, some of the She were forced to relocate into the hilly areas of the Jiangxi and Fujian provinces. Following this relocation, the She people became hillside farmers. Their methods of farming included burning grasses on the slope, casting rice seeds on those embers and then harvesting the produce following the growth season. Some of the She people also participated in the production and trade of salt, obtained from the evaporation of local pools of salt water. Many conflicts took place between the Han Chinese and She peoples. For example, in one incident, She salt producers on Lantau Island in Hong Kong attacked the city of Canton in a revolt during the Song dynasty. During the Ming-Qing dynasties they moved into and settled Zhejiang's southern region and mountain districts in the Lower Yangtze region, after they left their homeland in Northern Fujian. It is theorized that the She were pushed out of their land by the Hakka, which caused them to move into Zhejiang. == Autonomous counties and ethnic townships in China ==

Zhejiang ==== Hangzhou ==== • Eshan She Ethnic Township () in Tonglu County ==== Quzhou ==== • Muchen She Ethnic Township () in Longyou County ==== Jinhua ==== • Shuiting She Ethnic Township () in Lanxi City • Liucheng She Ethnic Town () in Wuyi County ==== Wenzhou ==== • Qingjie She Ethnic Township () in Pingyang County • Xikeng She Ethnic Town () in Wencheng County • Zhoushan She Ethnic Township () in Wencheng County • Fengyang She Ethnic Township () in Cangnan County • Dailing She Ethnic Township () in Cangnan County • Siqian She Ethnic Town () in Taishun County • Zhuli She Ethnic Township () in Taishun County ==== Lishui ==== • Jingning She Autonomous County () • Laozhu She Ethnic Town () in Liandu District • Lixin She Ethnic Township () in Liandu District • Wuxi She Ethnic Township () in Yunhe County • Anxi She Ethnic Township () in Yunhe County • Zhuyang She Ethnic Township () in Longquan City • Sanren She Ethnic Township () in Suichang County • Banqiao She Ethnic Township () in Songyang County Anhui ==== Xuancheng ==== • Yunti She Ethnic Township () in Ningguo City Fujian ==== Fuzhou ==== • Xiaocang She Ethnic Township () in Lianjiang County • Huoko She Ethnic Township () in Luoyuan County ==== Ningde ==== • Muyun She Ethnic Township () in Fu'an City • Kangcuo She Ethnic Township () in Fu'an City • Banzhong She Ethnic Township () in Fu'an City • Xiamen She Ethnic Township () in Fuding City • Yantian She Ethnic Township () in Xiapu County • Shuimen She Ethnic Township () in Xiapu County • Chongru She Ethnic Township () in Xiapu County ==== Zhangzhou ==== • Longjiao She Ethnic Township () in Longhai City • Huxi She Ethnic Township () in Zhangpu County • Chiling She Ethnic Township () in Zhangpu County ==== Longyan ==== • Gongzhuang She Ethnic Township () in Shanghang County • Lufeng She Ethnic Township () in Shanghang County Jiangxi ==== Shangrao ==== • Taiyuan She Ethnic Township () in Yanshan County • Huangbi She Ethnic Township () in Yanshan County ==== Yingtan ==== • Zhangping She Ethnic Township () in Guixi City ==== Fuzhou ==== • Jinzhu She Ethnic Township () in Le'an County ==== Ganzhou ==== • Chitu She Ethnic Township () in Nankang City ==== Ji'an ==== • Donggu She Ethnic Township () in Qingyuan District • Longgang She Ethnic Township () in Yongfeng County • Jinping Ethnic Township () in Xiajiang County Guangdong ==== Heyuan ==== • Zhangxi She Ethnic Township () in Dongyuan County == Distribution of She people in China ==

() (right) and She people (left) depicted on a mural in Niu Jie (Cow Street) of Beijing. The roughly 45,000 She living in Guizhou province form a separate subgroup, the Dongjia (), who differ notably in culture from the She in other areas. Provincial level In a 2000 census, 709,592 She have been counted in China. ;Distribution of She people in China District level ;Distribution of She people by district (as of 2000) Only values of 0.5% and greater have been considered. == Notes and references ==

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