Does Chaoshan cuisine belong to Minnan cuisine?

Putian cuisine belongs to Fujian cuisine and Xinghua Puxian School.

Minnan cuisine belongs to Fujian cuisine.

Chaozhou Minnan people all immigrated from Putian, which turned out to be Putian cuisine in Minnan cuisine. After emigrating to Guangdong, the Minnan cuisine in Putian absorbed the essence of Cantonese cuisine, and the business immigrants in Southeast Asia also absorbed the characteristics of Southeast Asia.

Although the cooking methods of Chaozhou cuisine belong to Fujian cuisine and Cantonese cuisine, they are relatively exclusive. Chaozhou people looked down on Minnan in Fujian and was unwilling to admit that Chaozhou cuisine should be his own.

If you have eaten Chaozhou cuisine, you should know that Chaozhou cuisine is very different from Guangdong. You should know the traditional snacks of Chaozhou, Fujian, Minnan and Taiwan Province, such as kway teow and clams.

If the Minnan cuisine you are talking about is a concept of ethnic groups, Chaozhou cuisine also belongs to Minnan cuisine. If the Minnan cuisine you are talking about is cooking method, ingredients and structural cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine is also Minnan cuisine. Minnan cuisine is full of pot-stewed flavor. Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces also like to eat braised dishes.

However, if it is geographical, only the dishes located in southern Fujian are Minnan dishes, while the Minnan dishes and Chaozhou dishes in northern Fujian are not Minnan dishes. Because they are no longer in southern Fujian.

Thai food has also absorbed the practice of Chinese food. Because there are many overseas Chinese, you can eat them at roadside stalls in Thailand. Is it not Thai food?

Cantonese cuisine in Hong Kong and Guangzhou has absorbed many things such as western food and desserts, but no amount of absorption can change its main body or Cantonese cuisine. Similarly, Chaozhou-Shantou cuisine and Fujian-Chaozhou cuisine have absorbed more essence of Cantonese cuisine and are still Minnan cuisine. Chaoshan cuisine originated from Putian cuisine.

Chaozhou-Shantou cuisine belongs to Fujian cuisine, which belongs to Fujian cuisine in terms of overall cooking methods.

Minnan cuisine Putian cuisine absorbs the essence of Cantonese cuisine, Hakka cuisine, Southeast Asian cuisine and Nyonya cuisine.

Chaoshan cuisine, Leizhou cuisine and Fulao cuisine in Hailufeng all belong to Minnan cuisine.

Chaoshan dialect is a kind of Minnan dialect. Many of them came from Putian for hundreds of years. They're all called clams. The folk customs are similar.

The Leizhou dialect and Chaoshan dialect in Guangdong, the old saying of He in Hai Lufeng and Minnan dialect in southern Zhejiang all belong to Minnan dialect.

Putian hometown Chaoshan area has many words such as Yingchuan hometown and Putian hometown.

In Chaoshan area, Guangdong Province, many old houses (known as CuO by Chaozhou people) have written on their doors: Putian hometown, which originally meant that ancestors migrated from Putian (mainly fleeing).

Therefore, the descendants of refugees who migrated from Putian (now chaozhou people) wrote: Putian's hometown in memory of their ancestral home.

"Pu" in Chaoshan Place Names and Putian

There used to be a lot of "Pu" in the ancient place names of Chaozhou, especially in the former Haiyang County (now Chao 'an), including Dongpudu, Shangpudu and Waipudu. According to Fu Zhi's records, Dongpu was in charge of Xie San, Shaxi, Shandou and Shanhou in the early Qing Dynasty. Shangpu is in charge of five villages: Shanpu, Henglong, Caitang, Lengtou and Xiaweishen. There is also the capital city of Waipu, which was included in Chenghai when it was established in Chenghai County during Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. It is divided into three capitals: Shangwaipu, Chinese and foreign Pupu and Xiawaipu. Shangwaipu governs the southern border, Lindong and Henglong. Chinese and foreign jurisdictions include Dragon, Washington, Guanhu and Xishan. Xiawaibu governs Wangbi, Guanlong, Longtian, Shangjiao and Xiajiao. In addition, Sandu is now Shang Hua Town in Chenghai and Chengcheng three streets. There are also six townships, including Hampdu in Chengxiang County (now Meixian County) and Pingtan in Tongtai.

Many place names with the word "Pu" are obviously related to the history of Chaoshan immigrants. Pu is a kind of grass by the sea. Most of the ancestors of Chaoshan moved south from the Central Plains and concentrated in the coastal area of Putian, Fujian, becoming "Fulao people"; Then they moved to eastern Guangdong one after another and became hipsters. Lin Daqin, the top scholar in the Ming Dynasty, was called "Mr. Dongpu". His ancestors moved from Putian to Xiandu Village, Dongpudu (Jinshi), Haiyang County. Most hipsters' ancestors came along this long and tortuous road. After settling on the beach, the word "Pu" is still used to name new villages, reflecting their attachment to their homes and nostalgia for the former villagers. By the Lianjiang River in Chaoyang, there is a "Meizhou Village" (Guiyu), which was also taken by our ancestors from the place name of Putian.

Putian, located in the eastern coast of Fujian, was a county in the Southern Dynasties, with a history of 1400 years. That is to say, Putian people had heard of yushu backyard flower. Her history is longer than that of most counties in Chaozhou. Although the area is not very large (today, she and Xianyou are collectively called Pu Xian City, with a much larger area).

Nowadays, many place names with the word "Pu" have disappeared, but many ancestral halls in Chaoshan still like to write the word "Putian Fu" on door couplets or plaques, for fear that future generations will forget this. In addition, the worship of Mazu by Chaoshan people is related to the historical origin of Chaoshan people besides their beliefs.

Chaoshan Putian Yuanyuan

"The ancestors moved from Putian." At present, there are a large number of surname settlements in Chaoshan, extending to Huiyang, Zhanjiang, Leizhou, Maoming and other places. Most of their ancestors moved in from Putian, especially from Putian.