Han Chinese, Gan April 8 Location: More than 35 million wife, Nugua, is speakers of Gan Chinese live in credited with having Jiangxi Province and the southeastern created humans from corner of Hubei Province, including clay. Fuxi taught men Dachi, Xianning, Jiayu, and Chongyang how to hunt, fish, and counties. The Gan account for farm. The first approximately 3% of all Chinese in emperor, Huang Di, is China. The greatest concentrations said to have invented live along the Fuhe River, the lower the calendar, boats, reaches of the Ganjiang River, and and pottery. After around Poyang Lake. Small numbers 500 years, the Xia of Gan speakers also live in eastern leaders “became and southwestern Hunan, southern corrupt and Anhui, and the northwestern part of were… overthrown by Fujian Province. the Shang.”1 Jiangxi, where most Gan live, Identity: The Gan Chinese are part of was incorporated into the great Han Chinese nationality — the Chinese empire the largest ethnic group in the world. at any early date but Gan, however, is a distinct language remained sparsely that differs from Mandarin and other populated until the Chinese varieties. eighth century. Language: The Gan language contains Customs: Jiangxi is nine dialects. It has only marginal famous for its intelligibility with Mandarin and Wu abundance of silver. Chinese. Almost all Gan are Extensive mining Paul Hattaway adequately bilingual in Mandarin caused the formation of a wealthy Christianity: In 1900 the diabolical Chinese, the national language which ruling class. Today, Jiangxi is one of Boxer Rebellion broke out across is used throughout China for the most densely populated provinces China. Thirty thousand Chinese education and in the media. in China. Catholics and 2,000 Protestants were massacred,2 as antiforeign and anti- History: The Xia Dynasty (2200–1700 Religion: Although the majority of Gan Christian feelings ran hot. The number BC): The Chinese claim 5,000 years of are nonreligious, there has been a of Christians in China more than continuous history, beginning with the revival of Buddhism and Daoism since doubled in the six years following the mythological Xia Dynasty. The very the relaxing of restrictions on religion massacres. In 1901 one missionary existence of the Xia is doubtful, as in recent years. Zhuangzi (369–286 in Jiangxi reported 20,000 converts.3 archaeological evidence has not been BC) was an early leader of Daoism. His There are an estimated 400,000 found to support the written accounts writings introduced the idea of the Christians among the Gan Chinese of the time. According to legend, the unity of opposites, ying and yang. This today.4 The Jesus film has recently Xia was preceded by three sovereigns. led to the notion of accepting life been translated into the Gan The first sovereign, Fuxi, was thought without struggle. language, although most Gan are to be half human and half dragon. His adequately bilingual in Mandarin. Language: Chinese, Gan Overview of the Status of Evangelization ANHUI Dialects (9): Changjing, Yiliu, HUBEI Gan Chinese Jicha, Fuguang, Yangyi, Datong, 77% JIANGSU HUNAN Countries: China Leizi, Dongsui, Huaiyue Pronunciation: “Gahn” FUJIAN Religion: No Religion, Daoism, Other Names: Gan, Kan Buddhism, Christianity GUANGXI GUANGDONG Christians: 400,000 21% HONG KONG Population Source: Scale 31,270,000 (1987 LAC); Scripture: Chinese Bible 2% 0 KM 400 Out of a total Han population of 1,042,482,187 (1990 census) Jesus film: Available Population in China: A B C Location: Jiangxi; SE Hubei; Gospel Recordings: None 31,270,000 (1987) Hunan; S Anhui; NW Fujian Christian Broadcasting: None A = Have never heard the gospel 36,554,000 (2000) B = Were evangelized but did not 41,306,000 (2010) Status: Officially included under ROPAL code: KNN00 become Christians Location: Jiangxi, Hubei, Han Chinese C = Are adherents to any form of Hunan, Anhui, Fujian Christianity Religion: No Religion Christians: 400,000 170 HAN CHINESE, GAN.