![]() A group of Christians from Jiangxi, 1898. | |
Total population | |
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48 million (2004) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | Jiangxi eastern Hunan parts of Shaanxi parts of Fujian parts of Anhui Northern Guangdong |
![]() | As part of Mainlander population |
Languages | |
Gan, Hakka, Jianghuai Mandarin Chinese, Hui, Chuqu Wu dialects, Xiang | |
Religion | |
Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
other Han Chinese, Chuanqing people |
The Gan-speaking Chinese or Jiangxi people or Jiangyou people or Kiang-Si people (old romanized spelling) are a subgroup of Han Chinese people. The origin of Gan-speaking people in China are from Jiangxi province in China. Gan-speaking populations are also found in Fujian, southern Anhui and Hubei provinces, and linguistic enclaves are found on Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and non-Gan speaking southern and western Jiangxi.