Fuzhou Tanka
Fuzhou Tanka people on their boats in Min River, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, 1910. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| The lower course of Min River and the coast of Fuzhou, Fujian Province in China | |
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| Fuzhounese and Standard Chinese (second language) | |
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| Roman Catholic and Taoism | |
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| Tanka people |
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| Chinese | 曲蹄 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 福州疍民 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 江妹仔 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 曲蹄婆 | ||||||||||
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Fuzhou Tanka (Fuzhou dialect: 曲蹄; ⓘ), or Boat People, are from Fujian, China. A branch of the Boat Dweller people, derogatorily known as Tankas, they traditionally lived on sampans in the lower course of Min River and the coast of Fuzhou in Fujian Province most of their lives and have been officially recognized as Han Chinese since 1955.