Qanu in China

The Qanu have only been reported in China
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Introduction / History

Although they have been officially included as part of the Miao nationality in China, the Qanu possess their own distinct ethnic identity. The Qanu may also be known as the "Miao with Combs in Their Hair" to local people. There are many smaller Miao groups in China, such as the Qanu, who have not yet been thoroughly researched by Chinese linguists. In southern Guizhou, six different Miao "dialects" remain unclassified. One linguist states they are "presumably mutually unintelligible languages."

The lack of a written script has caused great anguish among the Miao for centuries. A Miao pastor, Wang Mingji, declared his feelings: "We Miao do not have writing. For thousands of years we have been like the blind, it has been very bitter. Everybody knows that there is nothing worse in the world than to be blind, however shimmering is the sun in the sky, however shining is the moon in the sky, however clear are the rivers and mountains on the earth, however beautiful are the flowers in the wilderness, the blind cannot see them anyway."


What Are Their Lives Like?

Most Qanu are farmers. Many families also raise livestock to supplement their meager incomes.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The majority of Qanu are animists. The spirit of the water is particularly held in great fear.

Many Protestant missionaries focused on the Gha-Mu and A-Hmao in northwest Guizhou and northern Yunnan prior to the advent of communism, but few worked in the region of southeast Guizhou where the Qanu are located. Former missionaries in China are generally remembered as self-sacrificing servants who labored with the love of God for the people they lived among. The communist authorities, however, have a very different view of history: "From the nineteenth century onwards the imperialists propagated Christianity in northwest Guizhou and in other Miao areas. They ... printed the 'Bible' in order to poison and deceive the masses in the area of question. Furthermore, they sowed dissension and discord, spied, exploited, pillaged etc."


What Are Their Needs?

The Qanu people need the opportunity to hear and respond to the true Jesus Christ.


Prayer Points

Pray that the written word of God can once again come to the Qanu as in the past through missionaries and Christians in their region.
Pray that the seeds that were planted in the past by missionaries will grow in the hearts of the Qanu.
Pray that they would see in nature the hand of God, who provides for their physical needs.
Pray for their eyes to be opened to the living God, who loves them and desires a relationship with them.


Scripture Prayers for the Qanu in China.


References

Operation China, Asia Harvest, Copyrighted © Used with permission.


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Qanu
People Name in Country Qanu
Pronunciation Ga-Noo
Alternate Names Kanao; Miao, Qa Nu; Qanu Miao
Population this Country 15,000
Population all Countries 15,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
PeopleID3 18658
ROP3 Code 114284
Country China
Region Asia, Northeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 19  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Approximately 11,500 members of a Miao subgroup who call themselves Qanu are primarily located in villages to the south of the city of Kaili, in Guizhou Province's Qiandongnan Prefecture. Kaili is the main center of the Northern Hmu language group.   Source:  Operation China, 2000
Country China
Region Asia, Northeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 19  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Approximately 11,500 members of a Miao subgroup who call themselves Qanu are primarily located in villages to the south of the city of Kaili, in Guizhou Province's Qiandongnan Prefecture. Kaili is the main center of the Northern Hmu language group..   Source:  Operation China, 2000
Map of Qanu in China Ethnolinguistic map or other map

Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.00 %
Ethnic Religions
95.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
5.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Miao, Northern Qiandong (15,000 speakers)
Language Code hea   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Miao, Northern Qiandong (15,000 speakers)
Language Code hea   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Miao, Northern Qiandong

Primary Language:  Miao, Northern Qiandong

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1928-1937)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (1934-2018)
Bible-Complete No
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Map Source People Group location: IMB. Map geography: ESRI / GMI. Map design: Joshua Project.  
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