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The Hakka people |
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The Hakka language |
- One of the ancient dialects of China
- It resembles Mandarin or "PuTongHua" in many ways
- Listen to
Hakka dialect
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The Hakka life |
- Though not considered nomadic, the Hakka people are constantly on the move & reside on the mountains
- Lifestyle must suit this nature
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The meaning of being Hakka |
- Through years of migration & inter-marriages with various ethnic groups, the meaning of being Hakka is as murky as one of being a global citizen
Insight into meaning
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The Hakka homelands |
- After the periods of major migration, Hakka people have relatively settled down
Hakka homelands
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What's special about Hakka? |
- According to G.W. Skinner, Hakka people are special in the following ways:
- No river that serves them
- Hakka people have always been regarded as low class people
- Hakka people are superior nomads & migrants inside & outside China
- Typical residence areas of Hakka people are on the mountains, boundary regions or vacant lands neglected by other tribes - "無山不客, 無客不山"
- Due to low social status, the Hakka people face discrimination from the Chinese & non-Chinese
- As such, the Hakka people adapt & learn survival skills while they band together for self-defence
- Overseas Hakka men contracted fellows to select wives for them in their homelands -
隔山娶妻
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Concentration of Hakka people |
- Mainland China: at the boundary lands between the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian & Jiangxi, especially
梅縣 - (嘉應州)
- Taiwan: northern mountainous regions
- Overseas: scattered in South-East Asia, South Africa, etc.
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Hakka events |
- 1630-1700:
鄭成功以反清復明保台灣
- 1750-1800:
羅芳伯 - 蘭芳公司 (Borneo)
- 1850-1864: Taiping Rebellion
太平天國
- 1900-1911: Xinhai Rebellion
辛亥革命
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Hakka proverbs
客家諺語 |
- 食得肥來
走得瘦
- 田螺只知食
不知背生柳苔
- 有錢十里香
何必新衣裳
- 先敬衣裳后敬人
- 茅寮出狀元
- 人平不語
水平不流
- 大人用講
細人用槍
- 講大話
出少錢
- 欠嘴不欠債
- 有錢人錢尋錢
窮苦人人尋錢
- 輸錢皆因賸錢起
- 人求我三月春風雅
我求人六月雪
- 久病無孝子
- 七分病
三分藥
- 心病無醫藥
- 除死無大病
- 能者自豏
- 豏者成功
誇者必敗
- 病由口入
禍從口出
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The Chinese |
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