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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Xiaodongese<br>晓东人
|image = 
{{image array|perrow=4|width=75|height=90
| image1 = DaodeTianzun.jpg | caption1 = [[Laojun]]
| image2 = 明太宗.jpg | caption2 = [[Jixiangzhi King]]
| image3 = Xiyong Emperor.jpg | caption3 = [[Xiyong Emperor]]
| image4 = Sunyatsen1.jpg | caption4 = [[Lu Keqian]]
| image5 = Bruce Lee as Kato 1967.jpg | caption5 = [[Li Changzhen]]
| image6 = XuBeihong.jpg | caption6 = [[Ma Jingtao]]
| image7 = Li Zhou Xiaodong.jpg | caption7 = [[Li Zhou]]
| image8 = Wu Jinglian 1930.jpg | caption8 = [[Wang Datong]]
| image9 = David Ho portrait (cropped).JPG | caption9 = [[Lin Yuhong]]
| image10 = Prime Minister Abe (cropped).jpg | caption10 = [[Yuan Xiannian]]
| image11 = Gong Li Cannes 2011.jpg | caption11 = [[Qian Meimei]]
| image12 = Li Jiangguo.png | caption12 = [[Li Jiangguo]]
}} 
|caption = 
|population = '''~75 million'''
|region1 = {{flag|Xiaodong}} 
|pop1 = 66,839,040
|region2 = {{flagcountry|Min}}
|pop2 = 3,259,920
|region3 = {{flagcountry|Tuthina}}
|pop3 = 1,045,674
|region4 = {{flagcountry|Tinza}}
|pop4 = tba
|region5 = {{flagcountry|Luziyca}}
|pop5 = 956,945 
|region6 = {{flagcountry|Senria}}
|pop6 = 685,692
|region7 = {{flagcountry|Pavonistade}}
|pop7 = 649,893 
|region8 = {{flagcountry|Aucuria}}
|pop8 = 8,000
|region9 = {{flagcountry|Phaonam}}
|pop9 = 5,000
|langs = {{wp|Mandarin Chinese|Xiaodongese}}
|rels = Predominantly [[Taojiao]] with {{Wp|Mahayana|Mahayna Buddhist}}, {{wp|Christianity|Christian}}, {{wp|Taoism|Taoist}} and {{wp|Chinese salvationist religions|salvationist sects}}  minorities  
|related = [[Monic peoples]]
}}
'''Xiaodongese people''' (''{{Wp|Mandarin Chinese|Xiaodongese}}'': '''晓东人'''; ''Xiǎodōngrén'') are a [[Monic peoples|Monic]] {{wp|ethnic group}} predominantly located in [[Borea (Esquarium)|Eastern Borea]] and native to [[Xiaodong]]. There are over 75 million the majority of whom are located in Xiaodong itself making up 86.4% of the Xiaodongese population. Minorities of Xiaodongese people live in former areas of the [[Heavenly Xiaodongese Empire]] as well as a large diaspora living in former memberstates of the [[Esquarian Union]]. 

Xiaodongese people came to the territory of modern day Xiaodong during the [[Great Monic Migration]] where they displaced the previous native people of the region and saw the development of the {{Wp|Mandarin Chinese|Xiaodongese language}} which is also spoken in [[Tinzhan]] and the northern areas of [[Min]]. The first Xiaodongese state, the Kingdom of Great Xiang (大向王国; Dà Xiàng Wángguó) was created in 300BCE. Since then the Xiaodongese people have spread over Eastern Borea. 
==Etymology and ethnic identity==
Prior to the 1700's, there was no term for Xiaodongese people as a whole. From the creation of the Xiang dynasty the people ruled in the modern day territory of Xiaodong were identified with the dynasty that ruled over them - under the Xiang this would be "the people of Xiang" (向人; ''Xiàng Rén'') with the same system being applied under the Tao and Jiao dynasties. However, these terms were applied for all the subjects under the empire and so often encompassed a broad range of ethnic groups. 

The term "Xiaodong" itself was only used near the end of the Tao dynasty in the 1400's, but there was no term for the Xaodongese ethnic group until the rise of the ethnically [[Senria|Senrian]] [[Toki Sougunate]]. The Toki nominally maintained the traditional system of naming their subjects after their dynasty name (which would have been 土岐人; ''Tǔqí Rén'') but ''de facto'' separated the ruling ethnically Senrian (千龍人; ''Qiānlóng Rén'') and the native Xiaodongese people whom they called "mainland people" (大陆人; {{wp|Japanese language|Senrian}}: ''Hondo no hitobito''; Xiaodongese: ''Dàlù rén''). 

The term "''Xiaodong''" was adopted by [[Xiaodongese nationalism|Xiaodongese nationalists]], most prominently Zhao Zhiguo in his 1758 text "''The Blossom of Harmony''" which named the native people of Xiaodong as "''Xiǎodōngrén''". Following the [[Baiqiao Revolution]] the Xiaodongese state defined anyone who spoke the Xiaodongese language and had "''Xiaodongese heritage''" as part of the Xiaodongese people.

==History==
==Culture==
===Cuisine===
[[File:Peking Duck 3.jpg|thumb|200px|{{wp|Peking duck|Stuffed duck}}, one of Xiaodong's most famous dishes]]

===Dress===
===Family and marriage===
[[File:Hanfu Mariage01.jpg|thumb|200px|A traditional Xiaodongese marriage]]Xiaodongese families traditionally has been influenced by {{Wp|filial piety}}, which stresses how children should be good to, respectful of and obedient to their parents. Xiaodongese philosophy has often placed great importance on patriarchal attitudes with the oldest male figure being seen as the head of the family and family inheritance being only available to men, although the latter of this was legally changed in 1940. 

Traditional Xiaodongese marriages were {{Wp|arranged marriage|arranged}} with matchmakers finding suitable brides for men with the groom expected to pay a {{Wp|bride price}} and the bride a {{wp|dowry}}. The spouse of the higher social rank within the marriage was traditionally expected to take another spouse - if the groom was of higher rank they would participate in {{Wp|polygyny}} and if the women was they would in {{wp|polyandry}}. {{Wp|Child marriage}} and {{wp|concubinage}} up until the early 1940's was common in Xiaodong. 

A series of legal changes under the 1937 and 1952 Marriage laws have seen marriages changed in Xiaodong. Child marriage, forced marriage and concubinage is now illegal in Xiaodong and arranged marriages much harder to perform leading to their decline. Dowries and bride prices, whilst still often seen as an integral part of marriage are now set by the government of Xiaodong rather than the families of the bride and groom. However polygamous marriages are in some parts of Xiaodong still common with both polygyny and polyandry remaining legal.

===Language===
Xiaodongese people speak the {{wp|Sinitic languages|Monic}} {{Wp|Mandarin Chinese|Xiaodongese}} language (晓东语; ''Xiǎodōngyǔ''). Xiaodongese is a {{Wp|Tone (linguistics)|tonal language}} with four tones overall as well as possessing {{Wp|retroflex consonant}}s. Dialects of the language spoken by Xiaodongese people include the {{Wp|Beijing dialect|Rongzhuo dialect}} and {{Wp|Jiaoliao Mandarin|Qiaoguo dialect}}. 

The Xiaodongese language uses the {{wp|Simplified Chinese|Xiaodongese script}}, a variant of [[Syodongmun]] being developed in the 1200's. Xiaodongese script is notably much simpler to write and contains far fewer characters than Syodongmun. In 1938, the Xiaodongese Ministry of Education announced a romanisation system of the Xiaodongese script, ''{{wp|Hanyu Pinyin|fuhao}}'', would be used to transliterate words from Xiaodongese to the {{Wp|Latin alphabet}}.

===Literature===
===Music===
===Names===
===Religion===
[[File:Harbin Confucius Temple.jpg|thumb|200px|A Taojiao Temple]]Xiaodongese people practice a wide range of religions and spiritual movements. Traditional Xiaodongese culture is strongly {{wp|Religious pluralism|pluralist}} in regards to religion, with most Xiaodongese people being {{Wp|Syncretism|syncretic}} in their beliefs. The largest belief amongst Xiaodongese people is [[Taojiao]], which was promoted by the [[Tao dynasty]]. Taojiao is a mix of ancestor worship, shamanism and {{wp|Neo-Confucianism}} with a strong basis in {{wp|Chinese mythology|Xiaodongese mythology}}. Modern Taojiao was synthesised into a more uniform belief system under the Heavenly Empire but essentially remains a rather diverse set of beliefs. 

Some Xiaodongese follow various forms of {{Wp|Buddhism}}, of which the largest is {{Wp|Mahayana}}. Buddhism has long been rooted in western Xiaodong, but in the east is less common. {{wp|Taoism}} has also been popular amongst ethnic Xiaodongese and is integral to most Xiaodongese folk religions and {{wp|Chinese salvationist religions|salvationist sects}}. Folk religions not associated with Taojiao are also prominent. Since the 1980's {{wp|Christianity}} has become more prominent amongst Xiaodongese people, primarily that of a {{wp|evangelicalism|evangelist}} kind. 
==Diaspora==
Xiaodongese people have immigrated to various countries, especially since the 1980's. Xiaodongese emigration to [[Tuthina]] was prevalent following the [[Senrian-Xiaodongese War]] and to the wider world following Xiaodongese entry into the [[Esquarian Union]], leading to a large Xiaodongese diaspora population who often congregate in "''Little Rongzhuo''" or "''Xiaotowns''". 

Substantial diaspora populations exist in [[Tuthina]], [[Min]], [[Luziyca]] and [[Pavonistade]]. The largest is in Tuthina, which was traditionally the main place Xiaodongese people would emigrate to during the 20<sup>th</sup> century , either as refugees or for economic opportunities. Following the [[Great Republican Uprising]] Xiaodong imported workers' from Xiaodong to Tuthina to provide cheap labour for the latter.  
===Luziyca===
{{main|Xiaodongese Luziycans}}
According to the Luziycan census in 2015, 956,945 people identify as ethnically Xiaodongese. Xiaodong's entry into the [[Esquarian Union]] in 2003 saw a large amount of Xiaodongese emigrate to Luziyca to pursue careers, although political dissidents had come to Luziyca for decades beforehand. The majority of Xiaodongese Luziycans congregate in the city of [[Semprihevosk]] although a notable majority live in [[Nantai]] due to its Monic heritage. Almost all speak Luziycan as a first or second language. 

The majority of Xiaodongese Luziycans are reasonably well integrated into Luziycan society but celebrate cultural traditions such as Xiaodongese New Year and eat Xiaodongese food with the food chain [[Panda Noodle Company]] being the largest Xiaodongese food chain in Luziyca. The dish {{wp|chop suey}} originates amongst the Xiaodongese Luziycan community. Some follow traditional Xiaodongese religions whilst others convert to [[Lutheran Catholicism]]. Xiaodongese Luziycans predominantly support the [[Liberal Party (Luziyca)|Liberal Party]] and their candidates in Luziycan elections.

===Min===
{{main|Tinzi people|Xiaodongese Min}}

One of the most prominent of the Xiaodongese diaspora in Min was the [[Tinzi people|Tinzi]]...

===Pavonistade===
{{main|Xiaodongese Pavons}}
[[File:Chinatown manhattan 2009.JPG|thumb|250px|A Xiaotown in [[Oktosis]]]]Around 649,893 Xiaodongese people live in [[Pavonistade]] according to the last census in 2013. The majority of Xiaodongese Pavons emigrated to the country following Xiaodong's entry in the [[Esquarian Union]] in 2003 and predominantly as economic migrants. Most Xiaodongese Pavons speak [[Pavon language|Pavon]] as a second language. 

Most Xiaodongese Pavons maintain strong cultural traditions from Xiaodong like many ethnic enclaves, although some have converted to Christianity and others are entirely irreligious. Xiaodongese Pavons predominantly have set up small, family run business such as Xiaodongese food restaurants and supermarkets, and typically have larger families than ethnic Pavons. Xiaodongese Pavons are often centred in the cities such as [[Vadopol]] and [[Oktosis]]. Politically Xiaodongese Pavons predominantly support the {{wp|centre-right}} [[Democratic Party (Pavonistade)|Democratic Party]].  
===Tinza===
===Tuthina===
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