Tanka people

E185260

The Tanka people are a traditionally boat-dwelling ethnic subgroup in southern China, especially in the coastal and river regions of Guangdong and nearby areas, known for their distinct maritime culture and customs.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tanka people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
subethnic group of Han Chinese ⓘ
associatedWith South China Sea ⓘ
classifiedAs Han Chinese subgroup in official Chinese classification ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalHeritage oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
sea-related folk songs ⓘ
traditional wooden boat-building ⓘ
culture maritime culture ⓘ
custom distinct boat festivals ⓘ
endogamous marriage patterns ⓘ
living on boats instead of on land ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Guangdong ⓘ
linked to: Guangdong Province

Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Macau ⓘ
southern China ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Mazu worship ⓘ
dragon boat rituals ⓘ
sea worship ⓘ
historicallyDiscriminatedBy land-dwelling Han communities ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ming dynasty ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
Song dynasty ⓘ
historicalStatus boat people ⓘ
socially marginalized group ⓘ
language Cantonese ⓘ
Tanka dialects of Yue Chinese ⓘ
migration some communities settled on land in the 20th century ⓘ
notOfficiallyRecognizedAs separate ethnic minority in China ⓘ
populationTrend declining number of people living permanently on boats ⓘ
region Fujian ⓘ
Guangxi ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province

Hainan ⓘ
Pearl River Delta ⓘ
coastal Guangdong ⓘ
relatedGroup Cantonese people ⓘ
Dan people ⓘ
Hoklo people ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
subjectOf ethnographic studies on Chinese boat people ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle boat-dwelling ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
traditionalOccupation boat transporters ⓘ
fishermen ⓘ
salt producers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lingnan → ethnicGroup → Tanka people ⓘ
Tai O → hasEthnicCommunity → Tanka people ⓘ