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Chinese family of painters. Based in Guangzhou (Canton) in the late 18th century and the 19th, they are best known for their production of Western-style paintings created for the export market. (1) Guan Zuolin, known by his Western name, Spoilum, was the first identifiable artist of the Cantonese export school (see also CHINA,

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Guans are not the stuff of epics. There is no Guan with the Wind, at least in English. But bird watchers come from far away to add the colorful Central American birds to their list. And they can add a lot, because there are more than fifty different species of guan. There is the Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens), noted for the little crest on its head, along with its red throat and the purple around its eyes. There is the Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor), in your basic black, which is also the color of the Crested Guan's body. And then there are, among others, the Red-faced Guan, Rusty-margined Guan, Band-tailed Guan, Bearded Guan, Blue-throated Piping-Guan, White-winged Guan, Dusky-legged Guan, Wattled Guan, Sickle-winged Guan, Horned Guan, Andean Guan, Highland Guan--you get the picture.

All guans are turkey-like creatures who have been a useful link in the food chain of the human residents of Central America. They were noted in the English language as early as 1743, by George Edwards in his Natural History of Uncommon Birds: "The Quan or Guan, so called in the West Indies, ... is a little bigger than a common Hen."

The Indians that named them were the Kuna of Panama and Colombia. There are about seven hundred speakers of Kuna in each country. Kuna apparently belongs to the Chibchan family of two dozen languages in Central America. In Panama, the Kuna have been granted an autonomous reserve, the San Blas Islands, where they can follow their traditional way of life and display it for tourists. The men fish, the women sew, and you can spend the night on Dolphin Island "in traditional Kuna-style huts with cozy beds and shared baths" and visit the Kuna Museum on the neighboring island of Ailigandi the next day. The main stronghold of the Kuna language, however, is on the mainland to the south in the villages of Paya and Pucuro. No other words of Kuna have migrated to English.

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Guan may refer to either of three Chinese family names (both rendered in Cantonese as Kwoan, or also in English as Kuan, Kwan, Quan, or Quon). The three names are as follows:

Guan (管)

Guan (Chinese: 管; pinyin: guǎn; Wade–Giles: kuan3; literally "pipe/tube/duct; a woodwind instrument; to manage/control"), The corresponding Vietnamese version is Quản, and the anglicized variation is Quan.

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origin;

• from Guan Shu (管叔), ruler of the State of Guan and uncle of Zhou Dynasty ruler King Wu of Zhou
• from King Mu of Zhou of the Zhou Dynasty
  • Guan Zhong(管仲, ? – 645 BCE) of the State of Qi
• from Xibe people, or Guwalgiya(瓜尔佳) clan
• from Dai people(傣)

people;

• Guan Pinghu, (管平湖, 1897–1967), Chinese guqin musician

Guan (官)

Guan (官) is a Chinese family name

origin:

• from Ji(姬) clan of Jin State in Zhou Dynasty
• from Guan Ming(官職, office name) of Zhou Dynasty
• from Shang Guan(上官) clan of Chu (state)
• from Guan People(官族)
• from Kum Man(今滿) people
• from Guan(關, 关, Kwan) clan
• from Mongol(蒙古) people
• from Zang (藏, cang) people
• from Mulao(仫佬) people
• some Guan(官) clan change to surname Tian(田)

Guan (關)

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Guan (Chinese: 關/关; pinyin: guān; Wade–Giles: kuan1; literally "shut; close; barrier") is pronounced and transliterated in a variety of ways. In Mandarin Chinese it is Hanyu Pinyin: Guan Wade-Giles: Kuan. In Cantonese it is Kwan. The corresponding Vietnamese version is Quan.

See also: Kwan (surname) and Quan

origin;

• from surname Dong(董), Dong Fu (董父) from Liaoning
• from surname Yin(尹), Yin Xi(尹喜, Yun Hi) in Zhou Dynasty
• from Dong Guan Bi Wu (東關嬖五) clan of Jin State (晉國), Zhou Dynasty
• from Guan Yu (關羽), he no had surname or had Gao(高)
• from Guaerjia (瓜爾佳) clan of Jurchen
• from Kum Man (今滿) people

historical figures;

• Guan Yu (關羽, d. 219 CE), general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era
• Guan Ping (關平), Guan Yu's son, also a general of Shu Han
• Guan Xing (關興), son of Guan Yu and younger brother of Guan Ping, also a general of Shu Han.
• Guan Hanqing (關漢卿, c. 1241–1320), playwright

notable people;

• Nancy Kwan (關家蒨, b. 1939), Chinese-American actress
• Jade Kwan (關心妍, b. 1979), Cantopop singer
• Michelle Kwan (關穎珊, b. 1980), Chinese-American competitive figure skater
• Kwan Chi Lam (關之琳), Chinese actress
• Stanley Kwan (關錦鵬, b. 1957), Hong Kong director and producer
• Kelvin Kwan (關楚耀, b. 1983), Cantopop singer
• Kwan Tak-hing (關德興 1905-1996), Hong Kong actor famous for playing the role of Wong Fei-hung in numerous films
• Julia Kwan, director of Eve and the Fire Horse

Quan people;

• Jean Quan (關), an American politician
• Jonathan Ke Quan (關), an American actor and stunt coordinator

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