San Diu people
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The Sán Dìu is an ethnic group
in northern Vietnam
. They are believed to have migrated from Guangdong
around 1600 CE.
The group's estimated population as of 2000 is 117,500 and raise to 146,821 in 2009. They speak an archaic variant of Cantonese, and it is alleged that some still speak Iu Mien
. The major religion is Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism
, with elements of animism
and ancestor-worship. About 400 are Roman Catholics; a few are evangelical
Protestant
s. The major concentration is in Quang Ninh province.
The Sán Dìu in Chinese should be written "山瑶", meaning the Yao in the Mountains. The Yao are an ethnic group living in southern China.
Ethnic group
An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...
in northern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. They are believed to have migrated from Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
around 1600 CE.
The group's estimated population as of 2000 is 117,500 and raise to 146,821 in 2009. They speak an archaic variant of Cantonese, and it is alleged that some still speak Iu Mien
Iu Mien language
The Iu Mien language is one of the main languages spoken by the Yao people in China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and more recently the United States, in diaspora. There are about 2,172,000 speakers in total, according to census data in 2000 from China, Vietnam, Thai, Laos, United States of America,...
. The major religion is Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism
Taoism
Taoism refers to a philosophical or religious tradition in which the basic concept is to establish harmony with the Tao , which is the mechanism of everything that exists...
, with elements of animism
Animism
Animism refers to the belief that non-human entities are spiritual beings, or at least embody some kind of life-principle....
and ancestor-worship. About 400 are Roman Catholics; a few are evangelical
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Protestant
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
s. The major concentration is in Quang Ninh province.
The Sán Dìu in Chinese should be written "山瑶", meaning the Yao in the Mountains. The Yao are an ethnic group living in southern China.