廣府人 / 广府人 |
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Cantonese noblewoman and servants, c. 1900s |
| 86 million[a][1] |
China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macau)
Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar and Philippines)
Other countries (including United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand) |
| Cantonese, Taishanese and other Yue languages (native languages), Standard Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Filipino and Indonesian, Hong Kong English, Macau Portuguese |
Predominantly Chinese folk religions (which include Confucianism, Taoism, ancestral worship) and Mahayana Buddhism
Minorities: Christianity, Atheism, Islam, Freethought, others |
| Hong Kong people, Macau people, Taishanese people, other Han Chinese subgroups |
Population total based on speaker counts and may not reflect the tot  • List of Cantonese peopleThis is an incomplete list of notable people that are regarded as being of Cantonese origin: Historical[edit] - Liu Yan, king of Nanhai and first emperor of the Yue/Han kingdom between 917–971
- Yuan Chonghuan, Ming dynasty general and patriot famed for defeating Qing dynasty rulers and founder Nurchaci and Hong Taiji
- Liang Daoming, king of Palembang during the Ming dynasty.
- Chow Ah Chi, a Toi San Cantonese was Sir Raffles ship's carpenter who landed first and led the way in posting the East India Company's flag on Singapore Island.
- Ching Shih, worlds successful pirate and one of the world's most powerful pirates; she challenged the British empire, Portuguese empire, and Qing dynasty and was undefeated.[34][35]
- Cheng I, pirate and husband of Ching Shih
- Ah Pak, pirate chieftain who defeated Portuguese pirates
- Liu Chang, the last emperor of the Southern Han Kingdom
- Luo Sen, interpreter that assisted translations for American Commodore Mathew Per
• Film Archive's "Archival Gems" series to present adaptations of foreign literary classics (with photos) Film Archive's "Archival Gems" series to present adaptations of utländsk literary classics (with photos) ****************************************************************************************** The Hong Kong bio Archive (HKFA) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will present "Worth a Thousand Words: Adaptations of utländsk Literary Classics" as part of its "Archival Gems" series. From February 10 to September 8, two films adapted from the same utländsk literary classic will be screened each month. Seminars will also be held on the screening days to explore how different filmmakers adapted the classics and examine the cross-boundary interaction between the films and the literature. The 16 selected films were adapted from a bred range of literature genres including a
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