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Section sizes

Section size for Han Chinese (56 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	18,635	18,635	224	224
Identity	4,371	4,371	194	194
Designation	17	8,617	0	569
"Han people"	3,641	3,641	158	158
Huaren and Huayi	1,172	1,172	119	119
Tangren	1,697	1,697	181	181
Zhonghua minzu	2,090	2,090	111	111
Han Chinese subgroups	10,381	28,739	270	1,359
Military garrisons and agricultural colonies	1,146	1,146	154	154
Historical southward migrations	6,076	17,212	396	935
First wave: Jin dynasty	4,507	4,507	206	206
Tang dynasty and An Lushan rebellion	1,916	1,916	170	170
Jin–Song wars and Mongol invasion	4,713	4,713	163	163
Distribution	18	18,852	0	701
China	7,636	9,888	324	360
Hong Kong and Macau	2,252	2,252	36	36
Taiwan	2,004	2,004	169	169
Southeast Asia	2,369	2,369	102	102
Others	4,573	4,573	70	70
History	3,459	36,489	157	2,583
Prehistory	8,336	8,336	379	379
Early history	716	7,216	85	614
Xia dynasty	3,178	3,178	190	190
Shang dynasty	1,668	1,668	172	172
Zhou dynasty	1,654	1,654	167	167
Imperial history	25	11,586	0	1,181
Qin dynasty	1,423	1,423	177	177
Han dynasty	1,745	1,745	189	189
Three Kingdoms to Jin	673	673	74	74
Non-Han rule	1,454	1,454	190	190
Sui and Tang	1,811	1,811	172	172
Song to Qing	4,455	4,455	379	379
Republican history	5,892	5,892	252	252
Culture and society	8,412	59,242	591	3,791
Language	3,381	3,381	304	304
Names	495	495	17	17
Fashion	5,498	5,498	247	247
Family	4,080	4,080	486	486
Food	2,037	2,037	121	121
Literature	4,225	4,225	279	279
Science and technology	24,078	24,078	1,055	1,055
Religion	7,036	7,036	691	691
Genetics	86	50,041	0	1,570
Internal genetic structure	14,081	14,081	383	383
Demic diffusion and north–south differences	14,631	30,868	408	868
Patrilineal DNA	14,761	14,761	295	295
Matrilineal DNA	1,476	1,476	165	165
Genetic continuity between ancient and modern Han Chinese	3,683	3,683	257	257
Closely related East Asian groups	1,323	1,323	62	62
Commentary on the term	30	4,691	0	406
Taxonomic qualification	3,026	3,026	222	222
Nationalism	1,635	1,635	184	184
Notes	214	214	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Further reading	806	806	0	0
External links	307	307	0	0
Total	231,034	231,034	11,397	11,397

Infobox image

Latest comment: 9 months ago2 comments1 person in discussion

The current infobox image is pretty terrible. It is a low-quality, watermarked photo of a worn painting of unknown provenance (the Commons source link goes to...a WeChat group?). Most ethnic group infoboxes have a photograph of an actual person. This page should be no exception. Toadspike [Talk] 14:46, 29 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

@ChenDaoIsHere recently tried changing it to the collage used on zhwiki, which was admittedly excessive and contains far too many apocryphal paintings of ancient figures, but that was kinda the right idea. Toadspike [Talk] 14:48, 29 December 2025 (UTC)Reply