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March 8, 2014
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Chinese clan

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A Chinese clan is a group of related Chinese people with a common Chinese surname|surname and sharing a apical ancestor|common ancestor and ancestral village (see clan).

Clan loyalties tend to be very strong, and to a large extent are reinforced by ties to the ancestral village and often a common spoken Chinese dialect which can be unintelligible to people outside the village. A consort clan was a Chinese clan with special status due to its connection with an Imperial consort.

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.

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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Chinese clan".


Last Modified:   2005-03-07


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