Chuanqing people


The Chuanqing people are an East Asian ethnic group. According to popular ethnogenesis, they are descended from Han Chinese soldiers who were sent to Guizhou area in the eighth and ninth centuries to quell Miao rebellions. The Chuanqings, however, view themselves as a distinct people group. Most of them live in Anshun area of Guizhou province. Other locals call the Chuanqings "Da Jiao Ban" or "Da Xiuzi". Uniquely, they worship a god called Wuxian.

Names

Their name, Chuanqing, literally means wear-blues because that is the colour of their traditional clothing.
The Liupanshui City Ethnic Gazetteer lists the following names for the Chuanqing people of Liupanshui prefecture.
The Chuanqing are also given various exonyms by the following ethnic groups.
The Chuanqing are believed to number about 700,000, mostly in mountain villages in and around Zhijin.
The Liupanshui City Ethnic Gazetteer lists populations for the following counties in Liupanshui prefecture.
The Chuanqing speak a Sinitic language. There is frequent SOV word order.