The Sichuanese people[a] are a Han Chinese subgroup comprising most of the population of China's Sichuan province and the Chongqing municipality.

[3] The now-extinct Ba–Shu language was derived from Qin-era settlers and represents the earliest documented division from Middle Chinese.

Large numbers of foreign merchant families from Sogdia, Persia and other Central Asian countries immigrated to Sichuan.

[6][7][8] Many migrant workers from rural Sichuan have migrated to other parts of the country, where they often face discrimination in employment, housing etc.

The cult for supernatural forces and entities is a long-established tradition among the Sichuanese people, tracing its roots back to the ancient Ba–Shu era.