When did chaozhou people start to immigrate to Southeast Asia?

The large-scale overseas expansion of Chaoshan people began in Jiajing Wanli period. At that time, several Chaozhou Haikou merchant groups headed by Wu Ping, Lin Daogan left Southeast Asia under the pressure of the Ming government and settled in the Philippines and Siam, becoming early Chaozhou immigrants. Although these Haikou businessmen stayed overseas out of helplessness, their exploration in Southeast Asia laid the foundation for Chaoshan immigrants after the Qing Dynasty.

During the Qianlong Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, the first wave of immigrants from this region to Southeast Asia appeared. /kloc-The international rice trade in the 0/8th century made the traffic between Chaozhou and Southeast Asia (especially Siam) develop on a large scale, so many chaozhou people settled in Southeast Asia. 15 (1767-1782) years, chaozhou people Zheng Xin was in power during the reign of King Wu Li of Siam, which further contributed to the climax of Chaozhou immigrants.

From the opening of Shantou port in 1860 to 1949, the population pressure, local turmoil and other factors caused the Chaoshan people to migrate to Southeast Asia for the second time. This immigration tide lasted for a long time and was only affected by the global economic crisis in the early 1930s, but it was interrupted by the outbreak of the Pacific War in the first half of the 1940s. In the past 80 years, the number of people who immigrated to Southeast Asia through Shantou Port was about 6,543.8+0.4 million, most of whom were Chaoshan people.

The two waves of immigrants since the Qing Dynasty, especially the second wave of immigrants in modern times, led to the formation of the influx society in Southeast Asia and promoted the new development of Chaoshan culture.

The expansion of Chaoshan people in Southeast Asian countries has caused the exchange of Chaoshan culture and Southeast Asian national culture. This kind of communication is manifested in language, literature and art, life customs and even ideas. Because most Chaoshan expatriates did not settle in Southeast Asia before 1949, their return between their hometown and overseas residence left traces of Southeast Asian national culture for Chaoshan culture.