The story of Guangfu culture

Guangfu is a clan below the Han nationality. It is generally believed that the ancestors of Guangfu people were mainly ancient Zhou people, and the descendants of immigrants in Qin and Han dynasties were Guangfu people, which were divided into narrow sense and broad sense. In a narrow sense, Guangfu people refer to "Guangfu people" in spoken language, who are distributed in the Pearl River Delta and its surrounding areas with Guangzhou as the center, have their own unique cultural customs, speak ancient Chinese and have distinctive architectural styles. Guangfu ethnic group in a broad sense includes Cantonese ethnic groups in Guangdong and even all regions (Cantonese-speaking ethnic groups from generation to generation). Population: about 54150000 in the world [1]? Distribution: Guangdong, Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, Oceania, North America and other places (more distributed) Ethnic group: Yellow race ethnic group: Han nationality: Guangfu ethnic group language: Cantonese (narrow sense).

The narrow sense of Guangfu family

Guangfu people in a narrow sense refers to the "Guangfu people" in daily spoken language, also known as the Cantonese family, formerly known as Panyu old man. As the name implies, Guangfu clan refers to a clan with the following characteristics: Guangfu people are a clan under the Han nationality. It is generally believed that the ancestors of Guangfu people are mainly ancient Zhou people. That is, 500,000 Qin Jun who opened up territory in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty, 500,000 women who moved to the Central Plains and tens of thousands of direct descendants of local aborigines. Moreover, in the past dynasties, Wang immigrants from the Central Plains moved in, and Zhuji Lane was the successor of the cultural roots. Guangfu dialect (Yayu) is the mother tongue of Guangfu people, which belongs to the continuation of the same language of all ethnic groups in ancient Central Plains. The folk identity of Guangfu folk takes the Han nationality in the Central Plains as the folk identity. Customs Guangfu people have a strong psychological identity with their own nation, and the people are generally proud of the prosperous Lingnan elegant language culture. Guangfu people live in South China with the Pearl River Delta as the center, including Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Foshan, Nanning and other large and medium-sized cities. Guangfu culture is a kind of marine culture and commercial culture. As early as the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it crossed the ocean to carry out trade, became a place for cultural exchanges and business exchanges between China and the West, and opened up the western line of the Maritime Silk Road. Buddhism and Islam were introduced from Lingnan with diverse cultural characteristics. In the history of19th century, there was a fierce battle between aborigines and tourists.

Generalized Guangfu family

Definition In recent years, some linguists and anthropologists often refer to Cantonese speakers (sometimes even all Cantonese speakers) as Guangfu people (different from Cantonese speakers who speak Hakka and Min) when studying and comparing the natives of Guangdong and Guangxi. Defining a generalized Guangfu ethnic group is beneficial to the comparative study of different local ethnic groups in Guangdong and Guangxi. However, whether all Guangdong ethnic groups should be called Guangfu ethnic groups (Guangfu people) is controversial. The widely distributed Guangfu ethnic groups mainly live in Hong Kong, Macao and other parts of the world. Most overseas overseas Chinese in Guangfu come from Guangdong and Hong Kong, so most of them only agree with "Cantonese" and "Cantonese". The strong recognition of the existence of Guangfu is widespread in Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, because the origin and ancestral home of Guangfu ethnic group in Southeast Asia are from Guangdong and Guangxi. Broadly speaking, overseas retrocessed relatives are widely distributed in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia. Throughout Southeast Asia, the appellation of Guangfu clan in a broad sense is different. In Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand, Guangfu clan is the majority among Chinese, and there are also many Guangfu clans in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. Guangdong is mainly distributed in Guangzhou, Panyu, Huadu, Conghua, Zengcheng, Foshan, Nanhai, Sanshui, Shunde, Zhaoqing, Gaoyao, Sihui, Fengkai, Huaiji, Guangning, Yunfu, Dongguan, Taishan, Xinhui, Kaiping, Maoming, Zhanjiang, Heshan, Zhongshan and Lianzhou. Guangxi is mainly distributed in Qinzhou, Beihai, Nanning, Fangcheng, Dongxing, Hengxian, Guigang, Yulin, Wuzhou and Hezhou.

Guangfu dwellings

Guangfu folk houses usually refer to the buildings in the Greater Pearl River Delta region and western Guangdong, which are quite different from Hakka buildings and Chaoshan buildings in eastern Guangdong. Lingnan has a hot climate and frequent storms. Generally speaking, residential buildings are the plane form of Xiaotian, with large wells and compact layout. Guangfu-style ancient houses are generally inhabited by a few to dozens of people. The life scene in the old movie Seventy-two Tenants is a typical Guangfu residence-xiguan big house. However, the newly remake of the color version of "Seventy-two Tenants" can't find a suitable xiguan big house as the shooting venue.

Characteristics of Guangfu folk houses

Guangfu folk houses usually meet the requirements of ventilation and shading, which are the same characteristics of Lingnan architecture, followed by the characteristics of moisture-proof and sun protection according to natural conditions, including geographical conditions and climate characteristics; There is also a large number of absorption of the essence of western architecture, reflecting the inclusive style. In addition, the typical Guangfu residence also has a great "bell" character, which is named after building two bell-like wind-proof walls on both sides of the house. Yongerfu is a unique building in western Guangdong. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, as long as there was money to make a fortune, bell houses would be built to show wealth and generosity.