Putian people

The Putian people (Chinese: 莆田人; pinyin: Pútiánrén, Puxian Min: 莆仙儂, Hinghwa Romanized: Pó-sing-náng) are a Min-speaking Han Chinese sub-ethnic group native to Putian, Fujian, China. They are also known as Xinghua, Henghua, Henghwa or Hinghua people (Hing-hua̍; simplified Chinese: 兴化; traditional Chinese: 興化; pinyin: Xīnghuà) after the historical name of the area. Putian people speak Pu–Xian Min, referred locally as Putianese or Hinghua, a branch of Min Chinese.

Today, there are Henghua diaspora communities at Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Indonesia.