Gan Chinese-speaking people
A group of Christians from Jiangxi, 1898. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 48 million (2004) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| People's Republic of China | Jiangxi eastern Hunan parts of Shaanxi parts of Fujian parts of Anhui Northern Guangdong |
| Republic of China (on Taiwan) | As part of Waishengren 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.