Ningbo people

Ningbonese people
寧波人 [ɲiŋ bɔ ɲiŋ]
寧波漢人/明州人

Wang Yangming, Tung Chee Hwa
Chiang Kai-shek, Morris Chang
Total population
Approximately 6-8 million
Regions with significant populations
Total population
Ningbo, Zhejiang 5,681,000
Hong Kong As part of Mainlander population
Republic of China (on Taiwan) As part of Mainlander population
United States As part of Chinese American population
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

Irreligion

Small Christian minorities.

Related ethnic groups

Jiangnanese, Shanghainese people, other Han Chinese

The Ningbo people (simplified Chinese: 宁波人; traditional Chinese: 寧波人; pinyin: Níngbō rén; Ningbo dialect: [ɲiŋ.bɔ.ɲiŋ]) or alternatively Mingzhou people (Chinese: 明州人; pinyin: Míngzhōu rén) is the general name for two groups of Chinese people: those who live(d) in Ningbo, and those whose ancestors were from Ningbo. Many famous Chinese come from Ningbo, and many more have Ningbo as their ancestral home. Ningbo people are a subgroup of Wuyue Han Chinese. People from Zhoushan or with ancestry from there are also considered themselves to be Ningbo people. (Since Zhoushan in earlier times was part of Mingzhou or Ming Prefecture, an old name for Ningbo.)

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Culture

Cuisine

Ningbo cuisine focuses on seafood, with emphasis on freshness and salty dishes. Ningbo is also known for its Tangyuan, which are small balls of glutinous rice flour and water filled with ground sesame paste with sugar.

Language

Ningbo people speak a Taihu Wu Chinese dialect, called Ningbo dialect. It is barely mutually intelligible with Shanghai dialect, as Shanghai dialect speakers find Ningbo speech to be slightly unintelligible, but Ningbo dialect speakers have little difficulty understanding Shanghainese. Shanghainese people of Ningbonese descent speak primarily Shanghai dialect and Mandarin Chinese.

List of people from Ningbo

Scientists and engineers

Many scientists and engineers come from Ningbo.

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

Reference

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