Encyclopedia - Chinese Clan: Encyclopedia - Chinese Clan
A Chinese clan (会馆, pinyin: Huìgǔan) is a patrilineal and patrilocal group of related Chinese people with a common surname and shar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname
A Chinese surname, family name (Chinese: 姓; Hanyu Pinyin: xìng or clan name 氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Origin Of Surnames
Prior to the Warring States Period (5th century BCE), only the royal family and the aristocratic elite could generally take surnames. His...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Chinese People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Chinese People - Artists And Perfomers
List of Chinese people - Painters and calligraphers. Dong Yuan Fu Baoshi Jiang Tingxi Leung Long Chau Liang Kai Qi Baishi Wang Xizhi, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clan: Encyclopedia - Clan
A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor. Even if actual l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Chinese People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Chinese People - Philosophers And Writers
See also. List of Chinese authors List of Chinese language poets List of Confucianists ... See also:List of Chinese people, List of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Surnames At Present
Of the thousands of surnames which have been identified from historical texts prior to the Han Dynasty, most have either been lost or sim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Chinese People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Chinese People - Business Tycoons
Taiwan: Tsai Wan Lin Wang Yung-ching Terry Gou Koo Chen-fu John Tu and David Sun, cofounders of Kingston Technologies Hong Kong: Li fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Usage
In writing Chinese names, Chinese family names are placed before the given name, e.g. Cheung Kwok Wing. Hence the Western concept of firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - The Sociological Use Of Surnames
Throughout most of Chinese history, surnames have served sociological functions. Because of their association with the aristocratic elite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Distribution Of Surnames
Surnames are not evenly distributed throughout China's geography. In northern China, Wang (王) is the most popular surname, being shared...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clan: Encyclopedia Ii - Clan - China
Clan - Hong Kong. The five main Han Chinese Punti clans in Hong Kong are: Tang clan, arrived in Hong Kong in 1069 Hau clan, arrived in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secret Societies In Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Secret Societies In Singapore - History
Secret societies in Singapore - Early origins. The concept of Secret societies came to Singapore with the arrival of the Chinese during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secret Societies In Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Secret Societies In Singapore - Policing Secret Societies
Despite their founding principles of mutual assistance and bonding, secret societies have, over time, come to conjure up impressions of v...   » Read the article