Editing Han Chinese (section)

=== Family ===
[[Chinese kinship|Han Chinese families]] throughout China have had certain traditionally prescribed roles, such as the family head ({{lang|zh-Hant|家長}}, ''jiāzhǎng''), who represents the family to the outside world and the family manager ({{lang|zh-Hant|當家}}, ''dāngjiā''), who is in charge of the revenues. Because farmland was commonly bought, sold or [[mortgage]]d, families were run like enterprises, with set rules for the allocation ({{lang|zh|分家}}, ''fēnjiā'') of pooled earnings and assets.<ref name="Cohen" />

Han Chinese houses differ from place to place. In Beijing, the whole family traditionally lived together in a large rectangle-shaped house called a ''[[siheyuan]]''. Such houses had four rooms at the front – guest room, [[kitchen]], [[Toilet (room)|lavatory]] and [[servants' quarters]]. Across large double doors was a wing for the elderly in the family. This wing consisted of three rooms: a central room where the four tablets – heaven, earth, ancestor and teacher – were worshipped and two rooms attached to the left and right, which were [[bedrooms]] for the grandparents. The east wing of the house was inhabited by the eldest son and his family, while the west wing sheltered the second son and his family. Each wing had a [[veranda]]; some had a "sunroom" made with surrounding fabric and supported by a wooden or [[bamboo]] frame. Every wing was also built around a central courtyard that was used for study, exercise or nature viewing.<ref>{{cite conference|author = Montgomery County Public Schools Foreign Language Department|title = Si-he-yuan|pages = 1–8|publisher = Montgomery County Public Schools|date = August 2006|url = http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/|conference = |access-date = 15 April 2007|archive-date = 22 March 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070322214622/http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/|url-status = live}}</ref>

Ancestry and lineage are an important part of Han Chinese cultural practice and self-identity, and there have been strict naming conventions since the time of the Song dynasty that have been preserved until this day. Elaborate and detailed genealogies and family registers are maintained, and most lineage branches of all surname groups will maintain a hall containing the memorial tablets (also known as spirit tablets) of deceased family members in clan halls. Extended family groupings have been very important to the Han Chinese, and there are strict conventions as how one may refer to aunts, uncles, and cousins and the spouses of the same, depending on their birth order as well as whether these blood relatives share the same surname.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}<gallery mode="packed" widths="200">
File:Genealogy of Ma Family WDL4661.jpg|<small>Ma (马) family genealogy</small>
File:Spirit tablets in Tainan Confucius Temple 03.jpg|<small>Name tablets or spirit tablets in Tainan, Taiwan</small>
File:Khoo Kongsi Penang Dec 2006 012.jpg|<small>Memorial tablets of the Khoo (許) family in Penang</small>
File:Genealogy and Portraits of the Li Family.jpg|<small>Painting of the ancestors of the Li (李) family</small>
File:Chinese painting Ancestors gallery 19th century.jpg|<small>Painting of ancestors</small>
</gallery>Ancestral halls and academies, as well as tombs were of great import to the Chinese. Ancestral halls were used for the veneration or commemoration of ancestors and other large family events. Family members preferred to be buried near one another. Academies were also set up to benefit those of the same surname.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} <gallery mode="nolines" widths="200">
File:Ancestral Shrine at the Imperial Ancestral Temple.JPG|<small>Imperial Ancestral Hall</small>
File:Ming Xiaoling (Emperor Hongwu Tomb) (10150982304).jpg|<small>Ming tombs in Nanjing</small>
File:Chen Clan Academy 3.jpg|<small>Chen (陳) clan academy</small>
File:Zhou Clan Ancestral Hall, Xinzhuang Village, 2017-12-31 05.jpg|<small>Zhou (周) clan ancestral hall, Xinzhuang village</small>
</gallery>