Brief introduction of Han nationality

The Han nationality is the main ethnic group in China and the descendant of the Chinese nation.

Residents in the Central Plains of China are called the Han nationality, which is the main ethnic group in China, accounting for the vast majority of our population in past dynasties and playing a leading role in all aspects of development. The Han nationality has experienced contact, migration and integration with all ethnic groups, and its number has become the largest.

Han people advocate benevolence as the center and attach importance to ethical education. Confucianism, which is composed of Confucius and Mencius, has a far-reaching influence on the Han people. Mainly agriculture, it is a typical natural economy in which men plow and women weave. Agricultural production has always been developed, especially for irrigation and intensive cultivation, and handicrafts have also developed at a fairly high level.

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1. Agriculture: Since ancient times, the Han nationality and their ancestors have always attached importance to farming time, soil improvement, farmland rotation, fertilization, soil and water conservation, seed selection, cultivation of new varieties and improvement of farm tools. At the same time, they constantly absorb new varieties of crops from various ethnic groups and learn farming techniques. It created a high output in ancient times.

2. Handicraft industry: The invention of papermaking and printing in ancient science and technology, gunpowder used in battle, compass used in navigation, sericulture, silk weaving, porcelain making, tea making and other technologies have made outstanding contributions to the development of world culture and technology.

3. Commerce: The development of commerce is beneficial to the development of agriculture and handicrafts. By the middle and late Ming dynasty, the seeds of capitalism had appeared, especially the handicraft workshops and businesses in some towns in the south of the Yangtze River had developed to some extent. China's modern industries are mainly distributed in coastal areas and areas where Han people live in large and medium-sized cities in the mainland with relatively developed transportation.

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