Ningbonese people

Ningbonese
寧波人
Total population
Approximately 6-8 million
Regions with significant populations
China Ningbo, Zhejiang 5,681,000
Hong Kong Hong Kong As part of Mainlander population
Taiwan Republic of China (on Taiwan) As part of Chinese population
United States United States As part of Chinese American population
Australia Australia As part of Chinese Australian population
Languages
Ningbo dialect (in Ningbo)

Traditionally Ningbo dialect; Now Shanghai dialect and Mandarin Chinese (those of Ningbo descent in Shanghai)
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religion

Small Christian minorities.
Related ethnic groups
Jiangnanese, Shanghainese people, other Han Chinese
Ningbonese
Traditional Chinese 寧波人
Simplified Chinese 宁波人
'Mingzhounese'
Chinese 明州人

The Ningbonese or Ningbo people are the people of Ningbo, China, whether resident or abroad. The Ningbonese are a subgroup of the Wu Han ethnicity. Many famous Chinese people have come from Ningbo and many more have Ningbo as their ancestral home.

Because Ningbo was formerly the capital of Ming Prefecture, its people are sometimes also known in Chinese as the Mingzhou. People from Zhoushan are also considered to be Ningbonese, since Zhoushan was formerly part of Mingzhou as well.

Scientists, mathematicians and engineers

Philosophers, historians, writers, and scholars

Industrialists, entrepreneurs, and traders

Mainland China

Hong Kong

Taiwan

USA

Artists and musicians

Musicians

Painters

Calligraphers

Opera

Film stars and directors

Politicians

Ancient time

Modern time

Mainland China

Hong Kong & Macau

USA

Taiwan

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