A Chinese clan (Chinese: 宗族; pinyin: zōngzú) is a patrilineal and patrilocal group of related Chinese people with a common surname sharing a common ancestor and, in many cases, an ancestral home (see clan). Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world. Chinese family name is one of the hundreds or thousands of Family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic The Ancestral Home ( Dom Ojczysty) is a Political party in Poland, founded after the elections A clan is a group of People united by Kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor
Clan loyalties tend to be strong in southern China, reinforced by ties to an ancestral village, common property, and often a common spoken Chinese dialect unintelligible to people outside the village. Spoken Chinese ( comprises many regional variants the largest of which are Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, and Min. Clan structures tend to be weaker in northern China, with clan members that do not usually reside in the same village nor share property.
In Imperial times, a consort clan was a clan with special status due to its connection with an Emperor. The consort clan ( is the Family, Clan of or group related to an Empress dowager or a spouse of a Chinese dynastic ruler or a Warlord Throughout Chinese history consort clans have exercised great power at various times. There have been several usurptions of power by consort clans, the most notable being the Han Dynasty's Empress Dowager Lü (Chinese: 呂太后; pinyin: Lǚ Tàihòu), the Tang Dynasty's Empress Wu (simplified Chinese: 武则天; traditional Chinese: 武則天; pinyin: Wǔ Zétiān), and the Qing Dynasty's Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese: 慈禧太后; pinyin: Cíxǐ tàihòu). The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. Empress Lü Zhi (呂雉 (died 180 BC commonly known as Empress Dowager Lü (呂太后 Pinyin: Lǚ Tàihòu or formally as Empress Gao (高皇后 Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by Wu Zetian ( (625 – December 16, 705 In 705 she was overthrown in a coup and Emperor Zhongzong was returned to the throne Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China Empress Dowager Cixi 1 ( ( November 29 1835 – November 15 1908) popularly known in China as the Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use The Han Dynasty usurper Wang Mang was a relative of the Grand Empress Dowager Wang. Wang Mang ( (45 BC&ndashOctober 6 23 Courtesy name Jujun (巨君 was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family Empress Wang Zhengjun ( Traditional Chinese: 王政君 (71 BC - 13 official imperial title Empress Xiaoyuan (孝元皇后 later and more commonly known as
During the Qing dynasty, the Imperial government encouraged Chinese clans to take up some quasi-governmental functions such as those involved social welfare and primary education. Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China
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The Tang Clan ( is one of the Great Five Clans (五大族 of Hong Kong. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a NationalDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic