Hoklo Taiwanese
Ke-Tse opera is a representative Hoklo Taiwanese traditional art | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 16–18 million Approximately 70 to 77% of Taiwan population[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Taiwan, Penghu | |
| Languages | |
| Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Mandarin | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Buddhism; Han folk religion; Confucianism; Taoism; Animism Minorities: Chinese Salvationist; Christianity; Islam; Baháʼísm; Shintoism[3] Other: Irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hoklo people, Han Taiwanese, Plains Aborigines, Minyue |
Hoklo Taiwanese or Holo people (Chinese: 河洛人/鶴老人/福佬人; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ho̍h-ló-lâng)[4] are a major ethnic group in Taiwan whose ancestry is wholly or partially Hoklo, with Hokkien as their native language. Being Taiwanese of Han origin, their mother tongue is Taiwanese (Tâi-oân-ōe or Tâi-gí), also known as Taiwanese Hokkien. After World War II and the Retrocession of Taiwan, most Hoklo Taiwanese also became fluent in Taiwanese Mandarin as a result of the Republic of China (ROC) national language policy.
The majority trace their roots to the Hoklo communities of modern Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in Southern Fujian, China, whose ancestors migrated to Taiwan from the 17th century beginning with early movements encouraged under Dutch colonial rule. In common usage, a Hoklo Taiwanese identity refers to those whose families settled on the island before the mid twentieth century, a group also described as benshengren when considered together with other early Chinese settlers. Even so, most Hoklo Taiwanese simply identify themselves as Taiwanese.
See also
- Hoklo people
- Hoklo Americans
- Taiwanese people
- Taiwanese Americans
- Hakka Taiwanese
- Han Taiwanese
- Hoklo chauvinism
References
- ^ "台灣人口". 中華消費者安保協會. Archived from the original on May 21, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "臺灣當前族群認同狀況比較分析" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "台灣帥哥嚮往日本神道教，成屏東高士神社首位台籍神官！他能入行是因為有這個「爸爸」". 風傳媒. 中央社. May 7, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ Exec. Yuan (2014), p. 36.
External links
- The Republic of China Yearbook 2014 (PDF). Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2014. ISBN 9789860423020. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- The Republic of China Yearbook 2015. Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2015. ISBN 9789860460131.