14-992: [REDACTED] Look up hua , 華 , 滑 , or huá in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hua or HUA may refer to: China [ edit ] Hua, as in Huaxia and Zhonghua, a name of China Hoa people , Chinese people in Vietnam Hua (state) , a state in ancient China, destroyed by Qin Hua (surname) , a Chinese surname Hua County , in Anyang, Henan, China Hua County, Guangdong , now Huadu District, in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Hua County, Shaanxi , now Huazhou District, in Weinan, Shaanxi, China Mount Hua ,
28-571: A U.S. Army battle cry Redstone Army Airfield in Alabama, U.S. Turbonilla hua , a species of sea snail in the family Pyramidellidae Hua (gastropod) See also [ edit ] An hua , in Chinese ceramics, a term meaning "secret decoration" Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hua . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
42-461: A U.S. Army battle cry Redstone Army Airfield in Alabama, U.S. Turbonilla hua , a species of sea snail in the family Pyramidellidae Hua (gastropod) See also [ edit ] An hua , in Chinese ceramics, a term meaning "secret decoration" Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hua . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
56-687: A civilized society that was distinct and stood in contrast to what was perceived as the barbaric peoples around them. The Huaxia identity arose in the Eastern Zhou period as a reaction to the increased conflict with the Rong and Di peoples who migrated into the Zhou lands and extinguished some Zhou states. Although still used in conjunction, the Chinese characters for hua and xia are also used separately as autonyms. The official Chinese names of both
70-536: A mountain in Shaanxi, China Other uses [ edit ] Hua Islet , Wangan Township, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan (Republic of China) Hua language (disambiguation) , a name used for several unrelated languages Hua's lemma , in analytic number theory Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA), a Pakistan-based Islamic paramilitary organization Heard Understood Acknowledged , possible origin of hooah ,
84-422: A mountain in Shaanxi, China Other uses [ edit ] Hua Islet , Wangan Township, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan (Republic of China) Hua language (disambiguation) , a name used for several unrelated languages Hua's lemma , in analytic number theory Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA), a Pakistan-based Islamic paramilitary organization Heard Understood Acknowledged , possible origin of hooah ,
98-533: A state, whereas Zhonghua mainly concerns culture. The latter is being used as part of the nationalist term Zhōnghuá Mínzú which is an all Chinese nationality in the sense of a multi-ethnic national identity . The term Huaren ( 華人 ) for a Chinese person is an abbreviation of Huaxia with ren ( 人 , person). Huaren in general is used for people of Chinese ethnicity, in contrast to Zhongguoren ( 中國人 ) which usually (but not always) refers to citizens of China. Although some may use Zhongguoren to refer to
112-630: The People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) use the term Huaxia in combination with the term Zhongguo ( 中國, 中国 , translated as "Middle Kingdom" or "Middle State"), that is, as Zhonghua ( 中華, 中华 ). The PRC's official Chinese name is Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo ( 中华人民共和国 ), while that of the ROC is Zhonghua Minguo ( 中華民國 ). The term Zhongguo is confined by its association to
126-484: The Confucian Kong Yingda , xià ( 夏 'grand') signified the 'greatness' ( 大 ) in the ceremonial etiquettes of the central states , while huá ( 華 'flower', 'blossom') was used in reference to the beauty ( 美 ) in the hanfu clothing that the denizens from those states wore. The Han-era historian Sima Qian asserts that "Xia" was the name of the state enfeoffed to legendary king Yu
140-727: The Great , and Yu used its name as his surname . In modern historiography, Huaxia refers to a confederation of tribes living along the Yellow River who were the ancestors of what later became the Han ethnic group in China. During the Warring States (475–221 BCE), the self-awareness of the Huaxia identity developed and took hold in ancient China. Initially, Huaxia defined mainly
154-492: The free dictionary. Hua or HUA may refer to: China [ edit ] Hua, as in Huaxia and Zhonghua, a name of China Hoa people , Chinese people in Vietnam Hua (state) , a state in ancient China, destroyed by Qin Hua (surname) , a Chinese surname Hua County , in Anyang, Henan, China Hua County, Guangdong , now Huadu District, in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Hua County, Shaanxi , now Huazhou District, in Weinan, Shaanxi, China Mount Hua ,
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182-433: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hua&oldid=1148902374 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Huaxia Huaxia is a historical concept representing the Chinese nation , and came from
196-616: The self-awareness of a common cultural ancestry by the various confederations of pre-Qin ethnic ancestors of Han people. The earliest extant authentic attestation of the Huaxia concept is in the Zuo Zhuan , a historical narrative and commentary authored before 300 BCE. In Zuo zhuan, Huaxia refers to the central states (中國 zhōngguó ) in the Yellow River valley, dwelt by the Huaxia people, ethnically equivalent to Han Chinese in pre-imperial discourses. According to
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