Are there still aborigines in Hong Kong?

The original residents of Hong Kong refer to those who settled in various villages before the British leased the New Territories (i.e. the area north of Boundary Street and south of Shenzhen River) and the 235 adjacent islands in 1898, as well as their descendants. Legally speaking, in Hong Kong there are indigenous residents only in the New Territories. The farmers and fishermen living in the original 13 villages in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island cannot be regarded as indigenous residents. The fishermen who fished in Hong Kong waters before the British came to Hong Kong cannot be regarded as indigenous residents because they do not have land. The original residents of the New Territories are sometimes also called the original residents of Hong Kong.

There were also residents before 1898 and before the original New Territories area south of Lion Rock was incorporated into New Kowloon in 1937 (examples include Pok Fu Lam Village, Stanley Village, Hong Kong Village and Kowloon Yamen on Hong Kong Island) Tse Wai Estate, etc.), but they and their descendants have no special status or rights; the current term "original residents of Hong Kong" usually mainly refers to the original residents of the New Territories.

Three ethnic groups

The Waitou Village (Waitou) of Hong Kong began to settle in the New Territories of Hong Kong as early as the Tang and Song Dynasties. They are the original residents of the New Territories.

The Hakkas immigrated to South China in the 11th century and moved to the New Territories from the mountainous areas of Guangdong in the 17th century.

The Shujia (water people/fishermen) are estimated to be the descendants of the Yue people of the ancient Baiyue people. They have assimilated with the Han people in the Pearl River Delta. They have already lived, settled and fished in and outside Hong Kong waters. They are Hong Kong's The earliest aboriginal residents, the English "Hong Kong" is translated from the Yujia dialect.

Each ethnic group has its own language. For example, the Weitou people speak Weitou dialect; the Shuishui people speak Yujia dialect; and the Hakka people speak Hakka dialect. Among them, Waitou dialect and Yujia dialect are both branches of Cantonese. They are both Cantonese and basically connected with Cantonese, the main language in Hong Kong today.

The surnames Deng, Wen, Hou, and Liao in the New Territories are all aborigines