| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Above 5,000,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Puxian Min, Standard Chinese, etc. | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Traditional Chinese religion or Atheism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Fuzhou people, Leizhou Min speakers, She people |
The Putian people (Chinese: 莆田人, pinyin: Pútiánrén; Puxian Min: 莆仙儂, Hinghwa Romanized: Pó-sing-náng) are people from Putian, east Fujian, China. They are also known as Xinghua, Henghua, Henghwa or Hinghua people (Hing-hua̍; simplified Chinese: 兴化; traditional Chinese: 興化; pinyin: Xīnghuà) after the historical name of the area.[1] Putian people speak Pu–Xian Min (Putianese), a branch of Min Chinese.
Today, there are Henghua diaspora communities at Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Indonesia.
- ^ Chinese Overseas: Comparative Cultural Issues. Hong Kong University Press. p. 92.