The primitive inhabitants of Guangdong people

The ancestor of Cantonese people is Gu Baiyue. According to archaeological findings, the human history of Guangdong can be traced back to 10 million years ago.

During the Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty, Guangdong ancestors had economic and cultural exchanges with the Shang and Zhou Dynasties in the Central Plains.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Lingnan and Wu Yuechu had close relations and frequent contacts.

The legends of Chuting and Nanwucheng in history reflect the relationship between Lingnan and Chuyue in this period.

There is also a record of "writing a letter" in Guoyu Chu Yu Shang, which shows that there was a military and political relationship between Lingnan and Chu at that time.

1958 The skull fossil of "Maba Man" found in Lion Cave, Maba Township, Qujiang County, Shaoguan, northern Guangdong Province, is the earliest human fossil found in Guangdong.

The discovery of "Maba Man Fossil" reveals the history of human beings in Paleolithic Guangdong.

There are hundreds of sites in the middle and late Neolithic period all over the country, including Shi Xia in Qujiang, Nianhu Brick and Zoumagang Site in Shaoguan. A large number of beautifully made stone books, axes, chisels, knives, shovels and other stone tools, as well as fish net pendants, pottery spinning wheels, various stone and bone ornaments, artificially cultivated rice grains and other relics have been unearthed, which outlines a picture of Chang 'e IV. It shows the ancient civilization of northern Guangdong opened by Maba people.

Shaoguan in northern Guangdong is known as Shaozhou in history.

According to legend, Shun Di visited "Shaole" among the stone peaks 30 kilometers north of the city. The 36 stones here were later collectively called Shao Shi.

Four or five thousand years ago, all ethnic groups in southern China were generally called "Yue" and were called Baiyue in ancient times. After historical baptism, regime change and population migration, Baiyue aborigines have assimilated with the Han nationality.

The ancestors of Cantonese people were Baiyue in ancient times. In ancient times, the Han people in the Central Plains moved south to Lingnan because of relegation or regime change, and also brought the Central Plains Chinese language (that is, the Central Plains elegant language) to Lingnan.

Cantonese is a dialect that spread elegant language from the Central Plains to Guangdong and Guangxi during the Qin and Han Dynasties, and merged with ancient South Vietnam.

Cantonese people can be divided into three ethnic groups: Guangfu, Hakka and Chaoshan.

The formation of the three ethnic groups is the result of the long-term integration of the Han nationality in the Central Plains and the Lingnan aborigines.

This kind of integration has a long history, and large-scale integration began in Lingnan, Qin Zheng. After three migrations in Jin, Song and Ming dynasties (from the Central Plains, including Chu, wuyue and northern Fujian), three ethnic groups gradually formed.

Guangfu clan is mainly composed of early immigrants and Guyue nationality.

The cultural characteristics of Guangfu ethnic group are the most prominent in the Pearl River Delta, which is not only inherited from ancient South Vietnam, but also influenced by Chinese culture in the Central Plains. Influenced by western culture and colonial economic factors, Guangfu ethnic group has multiple levels and components.

The Xijiang River, Beijiang River Basin and Pearl River Delta, where Guangfu people live, are the earliest areas where feudal culture developed in Guangdong.