The Putian people or Xinghua people, ( Chinese: 莆田人,

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: ''Pútiánrén'';

Puxian Min Puxian (Hinghwa Romanized: ''Pó-sing-gṳ̂''; ), also known as Pu-Xian Chinese, Puxian Min, Xinghua, Henghwa or Hinghwa (''Hing-hua̍-gṳ̂''; ), is a Sinitic language that forms a branch of Min Chinese. Puxian is a transitional variety of ...

: 莆仙儂,

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: ) are people from

Putian Putian or Putien (, Putian dialect: ''Pó-chéng''), also known as Puyang (莆阳) and Puxian (莆仙), historically known as Xinghua or Hing Hwa (), is a prefecture-level city in eastern Fujian province, China. It borders Fuzhou City to the no ...

, east

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. They are also known as Xinghua or Henghua people ( zh, s=兴化, t=興化, p=Xīnghuà) after the historical name of the area. They speak Min Chinese called

. They may also be referred to as ''Xinghua''. Hing Hua district was one former name of Putian. Henghuas are speakers of Putianese and trace their ancestry to Putian. Today, there are Henghua

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communities at Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Indonesia.

Culture

Putian people eat

Putian cuisine Putian cuisine, also known as Henghwa cuisine or Henghua cuisine, is a style of Chinese cuisine originating from the Putian people of Putian, Fujian Province. It is a style of Fujian cuisine. Since Putian is a coastal area, ingredients such a ...

, a style of

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known for its emphasis on fresh seafood.

Notable people

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: also known as Mazu (), Chinese Goddess of Sea * Cai Xiang (; 1012–1067): Chinese

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, scholar and official *

Chen Wenlong Chen Wenlong (, 9 March 1232 – 17 January 1277) was a scholar-general in the last years of the Southern Song dynasty and early Yuan dynasty. He became the City God of Fuzhou and Putian. Biography Chen was born on 9 March 1232 (the 16th ...

(; 1232–1277): Scholarly General during the final years of the

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, was later deified as

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of Fuzhou and Putian during the Ming Dynasty * Jianqing Fan (; 1962-):

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, financial econometrician, Professor of Finance, a Professor of Statistics, a Chairman of Department of Operations Research and Finance *

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: Singaporean real estate tycoon *

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or Ang Tjoen Ming: Founder and CEO,

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, Indonesia *

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: Founder, Lippo Group, Indonesia *

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: Founder, Raja Garuda Mas International (now

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), Indonesia *

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: Son of

; Deputy chairman, Lippo Group, Indonesia *

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, Singapore comedian and actor * Liem Swie King (, born 28 February 1956 in Kudus) a former Indonesian badminton player, once one of the top players in the world *

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, Minister of Defence (Singapore). * Che Yin Wong (, 1959−): Businessman and philanthropist,

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; Founder and chairman of Kong Fung International Group. *

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(1984-): Hong Kong singer and actress. * Fong Chi Chung: founder of Singapore-based restaurant chain Putien. * Ou Sai Pue: reporter that covered the ethnic hatred in Sri Lanka between racial groups. *

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{{Han subgroups Ethnic groups in China Ethnic groups in Fujian Ethnic groups in Malaysia Putian

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