Why can't most people in Chaoshan speak Cantonese? They are also from Guangdong …

Most people in Chaoshan area can't speak Cantonese because Chaozhou dialect is the mother tongue of Chaoshan area. -Qiu Ao; English: Chaozhou dialect dialogue), the international code is sound-sensitive, which is an ancient language with a high penetration rate. CCTV's documentary on great country humanities said: "Chaoshan dialect is the remains of ancient Chinese in China and the oldest official language in China".

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The ancestors of Chaoshan people moved to Chaoshan from the Central Plains through the eastern provinces in three important periods: the Five Rebellions, the Anshi Rebellion and the Jingkang Rebellion. They thought they could settle down at the end of the province, but wars and natural disasters continued.

In addition to resisting pirates and Japanese invaders, it also suffered two massacres by the Yuan army and the Qing army. Two dynasties in history were ruled by ethnic minorities, the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. They all came in from the north, and the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Nanming regime had to retreat all the time to the south, all of which made a final struggle in Chaoshan at the end of the province.

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