Qi people
 A Qi Female wearing Traditional Xifu | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 153 million (2019) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Huajiang | 102,499,043[1] |
| File:Gua flag.png Guakok | 50,450,269[2] |
| Languages | |
| Standard Huajiangite Guavai | |
| Religion | |
| Tangdi | |
The Qi people[3][4][5] (Qi script: 齊人; Alphabetized Huajiangite: qírén[6]; Latin Guavai: tshihdëng) is a Serican ethnic group originating from the south of present-day Huajiang. They are the majority group in a number of Serican countries, including Huajiang and Guakok. Within Huajiang, they constitute 82.7% of the population[1], while in Guakok, they constitute about 79.4% of the total population.[2] The term Qi as well as the character (齊) are traced back to during the Qi Golden Era, as it is seen in the Yuwen (語文).[7]
The Qi people originates as a term for those who share a common ancestry correlating to any of the several tribes that inhabited the Bei Peninsula of Serica that eventually became a part of the Qi Confederation. It is debated whether or not that this is applied to those who lived along the rivers that stemmed into the peninsula. The Qi people have been extant within both Huajiang and Guakok since prehistory. In the late first millennium BCE during the Qi Confederation's lifespan, a group of Qi people migrated to modern-day Guakok into areas where Dai language was spoken. After the migration, the Qi Confederation split between factions and dynasties, as the Western Migration began to split people up along cultural-linguistic lines.
The Qi script, used to write the various Qi languages as well some other languages of the region, originates with the ancient Qi and is one of the world's oldest writing systems. Qi Script is said to have originated from the Bei Peninsula Bone Script, the earliest confirmed evidence of Qi Script, used mainly in mystical writing on animal bones.
Qi people share a genetic background, as before modernization, most Qi did not leave the continent of Serica. The Qi have, over time, mixed with their neighbours, such as the Dai peoples. This is also intertwined with cultural traditions and customs that are still observed in Guakok and western Huajiang.
Qi people normally do not have a single national connection, and are seen as widespread throughout Serica. Continued expansion in the north and the Western Migration outside of the Bei Peninsula has spread their culture and script throughout Serica, with the absorption of many native Serican groups as well as intertwining of languages. While most languages that are present in modern day Qi groups use Qi script, they are normally not mutually intelligible. [8]
The term when referring to Qi people overseas is Ji Ren (Qi script: 䶓人; Alphabetized Huajiangite: jìrén; Latin Guavai: Tsihdëng) and is used for those who identify and are ethnically of Qi heritage.
Qi culture is one of the most dominant and unique cultures in the world, with traditions rooting back during the time of the Qi Confederation and cultural customs stemming afterwards. Despite the multiple language barriers that exist within contemporary Qi culture, orthodox customs and traditions normally do not deviate.
Etymology
Distribution
Huajiang
Huajiang has the most amount of Qi people numbering at around 102 million people who can trace their ancestry to the Qi people, and constitute 82.7% of the population. Qi people have been historically dominant within Huajiang, while Huajiang is widely considered to be the birthplace of the Qi people through the Jiasha River Delta. However the Qi people have historically been at odds with the Daingǎ people which are considered non-Qi and are the largest minority group that is not considered apart of the Qi people tree.
In 2019 when the census returned, a reported .02% increase while Huajiang has started to struggle with a stagnant birthrate.[1] Researchers have predicted that the trend will stagnate only to fall in 2020 and to continue falling, and that a .01% population decrease will come around 2022 and will continue to worsen up to 1.2% decrease. This is mainly attributed to the lack of interest with interacting with other people, which is being seen in urban areas such Shangchan, Qichang and Gao'an
Guakok
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 花江国人2019年人口普查, 花江国人口普查委员会, retrieved July 7, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministry of Public Health and Demography, 吳御帝國個十年期人口普查、二千十五年。翻譯的省略, 2015
- ↑ 李友, 齊盟與北半島 (版二十八), Serican Historian Association, April 5 2019
- ↑ Wang Han (2001), Constructing the People of Serica: The Qi People, Shangchan Black Press, November 4 2001, Retrieved December 12 2018
- ↑ What are the Qi? (In Qi Script, Huajiangite Grammar), Kaiyang National University, August 15 2009, Retrieved April 29 2011
- ↑ Qiren Pronounciation. Huajiangite National Dictionary on Standard Huajiangite Alphabetization, Huajiangite National Language Commission, Updated August 5 2019.
- ↑ The History of Qi Script and a Contemporary look of the Yuwen, Han Kou, Gao'an Cultural Society, October 6 2002, Retrieved April 24 2013, Archived September 9 2017.
- ↑ Wang Zhang, Qi Script: The Phonetics of Many, 2009 (2e 2019)