Editing Sinicization (section)

====Tang dynasty====
During the eighth and ninth centuries in the [[Tang dynasty]], Chinese male soldiers moved into [[Guizhou]] ([[Chinese postal romanization|formerly romanized as]] Kweichow) and married native non-Chinese women, their descendants being known as ''Lao-han-jen'' (original Chinese), in contrast to new Chinese people who colonized Guizhou at later times. They still spoke an archaic dialect as of 1929.<ref>{{in lang|en}} {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eG8cAAAAMAAJ|title=Scottish geographical magazine, Volumes 45–46|author=Scottish Geographical Society|year=1929|publisher=Royal Scottish Geographical Society.|page=70|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517122808/https://books.google.com/books?id=eG8cAAAAMAAJ&q|archive-date=2018-05-17|url-status=live}}</ref> Many immigrants to Guizhou were descended from these soldiers in garrisons who married non-Chinese women.<ref>{{in lang|en}} {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqcSAAAAIAAJ|title=The Cowrie Shell Miao of Kweichow, Volume 32, Issue 1|author=Margaret Portia Mickey|year=1947|publisher=The Museum|page=6|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-date=2023-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927034613/https://books.google.com/books?id=vqcSAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>