She
people
Alternative Titles:Ho Ne, Huonie, She Min
She, any member of a people distributed in the mountainous areas of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Guangdong provinces of South China. Their language (which is classified as either Hmong-Mien [Miao-Yao] or Sino-Tibetan) appears to be related to that of the Yao, though most She are now thoroughly Sinicized and speak Chinese even among themselves. Most She are farmers engaged in wet-rice cultivation, and they are also well known as tea producers. Their bamboo handicrafts are highly esteemed in the region. Their religion contains elements of both animism and ancestor worship. In the early 21st century the She numbered more than 700,000.
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Guangdong: Population compositionAnother group, the She, live in the northeast and in the north around Shaoguan, notably in an autonomous county west of the city. The Jing were transferred to Guangxi in 1965, when the multinational Dongxing (now Fangcheng) autonomous county in extreme southwestern Guangdong changed its provincial jurisdiction. The… -
Fujian: Population composition…ethnic minority group consists of She tribespeople (also known as Ho Ne, or Huonie). Those who live in Fujian are located in the hilly hinterland of the northern coast. Most of them are distributed in the area of Ningde, including Fu’an, Xiapu, and Fuding; most are engaged in farming.… -
Zhejiang: Population composition…ethnic minorities consist chiefly of She tribal people living in the mountainous area of southern Zhejiang, principally within the Wenzhou and Lishui municipalities along the Fujian border. In addition, centred on Jingning in southern Zhejiang, is an autonomous county established for the She, the only such entity in the country.…
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