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Which province is the main distribution of the Korean people

The Korean ethnic group is mainly distributed in the northeastern provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning.

According to the China Statistical Yearbook-2021, the population of ethnic Koreans within China is 1,702,479. The Korean people are mainly concentrated in the valleys of the Tumen, Yalu, Mudan and Songhua rivers and the Liao and Hun rivers. Among them, the Korean population in Jilin Province is 1,145,000, in Heilongjiang Province is 388,000, and in Liaoning Province is 241,000.

In addition, there are more than 148,000 ethnic Koreans living in Beijing, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and Tianjin. After the reform and opening up, with the rapid development of China's economy, more and more ethnic Koreans have moved from their traditional places of residence in the three northeastern provinces to Beijing and Tianjin, the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the lower reaches of the Pearl River, and other coastal economic open areas.

Korean customs:

The traditional clothing of the Koreans matches their way of life. The Korean people live in the center of the kang, usually men sit cross-legged, while women sit generally on both knees on the ground of the crispy style, so the clothing is mostly loose style. The Korean people generally like to wear white clothes, showing a love of pure and simple characteristics, so there is a "white national" called.

The most distinctive features of the costumes are still favorite women's clothes. Korean women's clothing is divided into the upper and lower, upper "then Lambli" more bright colors, patterns, beautiful satin or yarn sewing, lapels are very short, only up to the chest, cuffs are slightly thin, without buttons, to the front lapel of the two colorful long belt tied into a butterfly.