Dongxiang

plural Dongxiangs · alternative Tung-hsiang

1. A member of an ethnic group of Gansu Province in China.

   The Dongxiangs are Islamic and share much in common with the Hui nationality people in their customs.

   In Search of China's Minorities

   1993, 曾庆南 [Zeng Qingnan], 张纬雯 [Zhang Weiwen], editors, 中国少数民族风情录 [In Search of China's Minorities], Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60

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   'In Chinese society, Muslims have a low social status and do low-status jobs,' says Chen Mingjie, a middle-school teacher in Guangzhou. 'Few are in high positions in business or the government; their religion and its rules are seen as a handicap. They run restaurants and small businesses. The Public Security Bureau has Hui [Chinese Muslims not included in other ethnic groups such as the Uygur and Dongxiang] police to look after them. There is very little inter-marriage.'

   2009 December 13, Mark O'Neill, “Faith in the present”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2023

alternative Tung-hsiang

1. An autonomous county of Linxia prefecture, Gansu, China.

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   The most recent census found 513,000 Dongxiang people in China, and an overwhelming majority live in and around Dongxiang County. Of the 25 townships in the county, 19 do not have a single Chinese person. Most people do not speak Chinese, and some, like Mr. Tie, have only a vague notion of China, despite living in the middle of it.

   2006 March 19, Jim Yardley, “Deep in China, a Poor and Pious Muslim Enclave”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2018

2. The Mongolic language traditionally spoken by these people.

   Synonyms: Santa

alternative Tung-hsiang

1. A township in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
2. An island of Dongxiang, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.