Are you a Chinese or a Tibetan?
Your earlier avatar was Tara as is portrayed by Tibetans.
Hans have always been historically arrogant.
Han CulturismHan Chinese culturalism arose to distinguish between the culture of the Han, or inner people (nei ren) and the ‘barbarians’, the outer people (wei ren).......
The Chinese distinguished between ‘raw barbarians’ (shengfan) or the unassimilated people and the ‘cooked barbarians’ (shufan) or assimilated taxpayers who enjoyed the fruits of Chinese culture. For example, Han Chinese officials separated the ‘cooked’ Li of the coast of Hainan, who enjoyed the benefits of Chinese civilisation, from the wild ‘uncooked’ Li of the central forests, far from the influences of Han culture.......
Barbarians were given generic names in the Chinese classics and histories: the Yi barbarians to the east, the Man to the South, the Rong to the west and Di to the north (when westerners arrived by sea, they were officially designated until the late 19th century as Yi). Until the 1930s, the names of outgroups (wai ren) were commonly written with an animal radical: the Di, the northern tribe, were linked to the Dog; the Man and the Min of the south were characterised with reptiles; the Qiang was written with a sheep radical. This reflected the Han Chinese conviction that civilisation and culture were linked with humanity; alien groups living outside the pale of Chinese society were regarded as inhuman savages. To be labelled a barbarian was a cultural rather than racial distinction.......
And therefore, is it a surprise that China claims that it has 92% of its population as Hans?
Most of the so called Hans are assimilated people by coercion, humiliation, inter marriage and so on that occurred when the people of the Middle Kingdom (zhong guo), which began by ruling the Central Plain (zhongyang) invaded the South, West and so on and converted them as Hanhua.
Last edited by Ray; 06-14-2011 at 09:12 AM.
My ethnic background is Hakka Chinese and Anglo-Australian. Both are known throughout the world for their superlative humility. As a so-called 'half-breed', my personal humility is of the most profound order.
My experience with the Han people suggests that what may be construed as arrogance is perhaps a woefully misinterpreted joie de vivre.
My use of the avatar function may be charitably described as loosely contextual.
Thanks for asking.
Last edited by Backwards Observer; 06-14-2011 at 09:21 AM. Reason: add words
Hakka means 'guest'!
But great cuisine!
Not half breed, since that is not polite. Mixed parentage would be appropriate.
Actually, the people of mixed parentage (like the Anglo Indians and there are many in Australia) are tougher and go getters. And have no hang ups.
Good chaps actually.
My school days were with these chaps and I miss them.
Last edited by Ray; 06-14-2011 at 09:45 AM.
So you've met Hakka people before, I see. I want half! Also must give free gift! (Anecdote): I was at the hawker stalls with a relative and the noodle-seller lady started talking Hakka to us (which I don't speak). I asked my relative if the lady would give us a discount because we were all Hakka. He said, "You kidding? She'll charge us extra!" Maybe this is just Hakka humour, I don't know. Nee tung ai kong sen!
Last edited by Backwards Observer; 06-16-2011 at 08:17 AM. Reason: add smiley just in case
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