---
title: "Where Do Most People Live in China? The Hu Line in Easy Chinese (HSK 1) | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "An easy HSK 1 Chinese reading on the Hu Line: why more than 90 in every 100 people in China live east of one line on the map, and why the west has so few."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/where-do-most-people-live-in-china"
published: "2026-11-08"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

Original article · [HSK 1](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/hsk-1)

# 中国人住在哪儿？

Where do most people live in China?

中国很大，人也很多很多。中国人都住在哪儿呢？

一九三五年，中国有一个老师，叫胡焕庸。他在中国地图上画了一条线。现在，大家叫它“胡焕庸线”。

它的东边不太大。一百个中国人里，有九十多个住在这儿！这儿雨很多，水也很多。

西边呢？那儿很大，人很少。那儿天气很冷，雨也很少，水不多。你喜欢住在那儿吗？

现在呢？一百个中国人里，也有九十多个住在这儿。

晚上，西边的灯很少。你看，灯也喜欢住在东边！

你住在哪儿？那儿人多吗？

**168 characters** in this article

HSK 1**几岁可以结婚？**

[Next reading 几岁可以结婚？](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-is-the-legal-marriage-age-in-china)

## Words in this article

- [线xiànline](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%BA%BF)
- [地图dìtúmap](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%9C%B0%E5%9B%BE)
- [灯dēnglamp](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%81%AF)
- [画huàto draw](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%94%BB)
- [条tiáoclassifier for long thin things, rivers, roads, fish, messages, news and items](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9D%A1)
- [中国zhōngguóChina](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD)
- [很hěnvery](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%BE%88)
- [大dàbig](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%A7)
- [人rénperson](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BA%BA)
- [也yěalso](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B9%9F)
- [多duōmany](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%9A)
- [都dōuall](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%83%BD)
- [住zhùto live](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BD%8F)
- [在zàiat](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%9C%A8)
- [哪儿nǎrwhere](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%93%AA%E5%84%BF)
- [呢ne(particle) for questions about something just mentioned: and ...?](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%91%A2)