What is the historical origin of Chaoshan in Guangdong and Minnan in Fujian?

"I am."

"Can you speak Cantonese?"

"No, I speak Minnan dialect."

"ah! You can speak Minnan dialect. Aren't you from Fujian? "

"... I am from Chaoshan. And we Cantonese don't eat Fujian people! "

People who have been to Chaoshan and Minnan will find it strange that the customs and dialects in these two areas are almost the same. The business atmosphere in the two regions is also particularly strong, and many famous business leaders have emerged.

Chaoshan and Minnan are the source-stream relations. Judging from the source of population, most residents in Chaoshan area are descendants of Fujian immigrants. According to historical records, almost all Chaoshan immigrants came from the Central Plains, claiming to be Heluo people, just like Minnan people. However, they did not rush to move directly to Chaoshan in the Central Plains, but first entered Fujian with the eight surnames at that time and then moved to Chaoshan.

Henan people who entered Fujian were called "Heluo people" by local people. These people live with the local people, gradually forming a modern sense of Fujian people, but also brought advanced central plains production technology to Fujian. Fujian moved into Chaoshan area three times in history, namely Jin Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties and the last years of Southern Song Dynasty. The main reasons for moving are that Fujian is vast and sparsely populated, (Fujian is mainly a mountainous area, when there were relatively few residents gathering places) and moving away from the war.

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Mr. Li Ka-shing, the richest Chinese whose ancestral home is Chaozhou, once said: "Our ancestors have lived and lived in Putian, Fujian for generations. I can say that I am half Fujian." His ancestors fled because of the war in the late Southern Song Dynasty, and moved to Shantou, Chaozhou with hundreds of thousands of Fujian Putian people.

Accompanied by immigrants, there were some cultural traditions and customs in Fujian at that time. Therefore, the language, beliefs, customs and habits in southern Fujian are basically the same as those in Chaoshan, so there is a saying that although there are differences between Fujian and Guangdong, there is no difference in customs. Chaoshan dialect is a sub-dialect in Minnan dialect, one of the eight major dialects in China. Chaoshan dialect should be said that the dialects of Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Xiamen in Fujian belong to Minnan language family.

Chaoshan area and Minnan area are connected by mountains and rivers, and many cultural forms are very similar, but they all belong to their own unique development state. Chaoshan drama, music and religion all have their own systems. No Chaoshan people will think that their culture is subordinate to Minnan culture. When Minnan people talk about their own culture, they will not include Chaoshan culture. In fact, this is also a wonderful place, because these two cultures have a particularly strong sense of locality, and there will always be involuntary xenophobia.

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A Chaoshan man, when he lost money in business and owed a lot of debts, probably only Ye Qitian's song "Love Will Win" can shout out his determination never to admit defeat.

"Three points are doomed, seven points depend on hard work, love to fight ~ will win!" But these songs are not Chaoshan dialect songs, but Minnan dialect songs; People in these two places also sang this song and walked out of the local area, spreading their footsteps all over the world. There is a saying that where there are people, there are people from China, and where there are people from China, there are people from Fujian.

Written in the last words:

It can be said that Chaoshan and Minnan are in the same cultural circle, and their closeness can be said to be family inheritance. There is not much difference. The only difference is that Minnan belongs to Fujian and Chaoshan belongs to Guangdong. Chaoshan is not a small Fujian, but they all have similar shadows. More importantly, they are all from China. ? ?