Editing Hakka people (section)

===Cultural identity===
[[File:客家 Xaque - Hakka Couple in the Philippines - Boxer Codex (1590).jpg|thumb|Hakka peasants wearing [[Hanfu]] during [[Ming dynasty]], as depicted in the [[Boxer Codex]] (1590)]]

The Hakka identify as Han Chinese and genetic studies show they are principally of Han ancestry,<ref name=":0" /> despite a recorded history of intermarriage with minority groups such as the [[Yao people|Yao]] and the [[She people|She]]. Furthermore, the Hakka language belongs to the [[Sinitic languages|Sinitic group of languages]], being linguistically proximate to the [[Gan Chinese|Gan dialect]] of Jiangxi. The Hakka also exhibit traditional Confucian values, such as a respect for family, ancestor veneration, and a commitment to both learning and the ideals of a Confucian gentleman. Finally, they carry Han Chinese surnames and use Han Chinese naming conventions. [[Lingnan]] Hakka place names indicate a long history of the Hakka being culturally Han Chinese.<ref>{{cite book |author=Herold Jacob Wiens |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001257219 |title=China's march toward the tropics: a discussion of the southward penetration of China's culture, peoples, and political control in relation to the non-Han-Chinese peoples of south China and in the perspective of historical and cultural geography |publisher=Shoe String Press |year=1954 |page=270 |chapter=Chapter VIII: Ethnic Distribution |lccn=54013401 |oclc=576470153 |quote=taste which alone are sufficient to demonstrate that the ancestors of the Hakka had long been in the ranks of the Han-Chinese civilization. In the Hakka region, more than elsewhere in Ling-nan, are such excellent old names as Fu-yung-chang (Hibiscus Range), Chin-p'ing Shan (Brocade-screen Mountains), Sung-yuan-ch'i (Pine-springs)}}</ref> Like the Cantonese, they fiercely insisted on their Han identities and were principal movers of the [[Anti-Qing sentiment| Anti-Qing]] movement.

However, the Hakka differed in their lifestyles and their preferred mode of habitation - living in large communal fortress-like buildings (known as [[Fujian tulou|''tulou'']]) instead of residing in courtyard houses (or ''[[siheyuan]]''). They also settled in marginal or hardscrabble hill land avoided by other Han Chinese subgroups, and in this regard, were considered similar to non-Han aborigines. They also exhibited gender egalitarianism to a greater degree than other southern Chinese.[[File:Hakka in China.png|thumb|Hakka language distribution in mainland China and Taiwan{{image citation needed|date=February 2024}}]]Unlike other Han Chinese groups, the Hakkas are not named after a geographical region, e.g. a province, county or city. The Hakka people have a distinct identity from the [[Cantonese people]]. As 60% of the Hakkas in China reside in Guangdong province, and 95% of overseas Hakkas ancestral homes are in Guangdong. Hakkas from [[Chaoshan]], Guangzhou, and [[Fujian]] may identify only as Chaoshanese, Cantonese, and Hokkien.