Are the ancestors of the Chaoshan people from Henan? Where did the Chaoshan people come from in ancient times?

1. Most of the ancestors of the Chaoshan people fled from the ancient Central Plains to Putian, Fujian, and then migrated to the Chaoshan area.

2. The ancient Central Plains region refers to Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and other places. Before the Eastern Jin Dynasty, most people were from Henan. From the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty, most people were from Fujian. After the Southern Song Dynasty, the current Chaoshan people gradually emerged.

3. Most of the ancestors of the Chaozhou people fled from the ancient Central Plains (i.e., Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and other places) to Putian, Fujian (today’s Putian City), and then migrated to the Chaoshan area .

4. Before the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Yongjia Nandu), most people were from Henan. From the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty, most people were from Fujian. After the Southern Song Dynasty (Jianyan Nandu), the current Chaoshan people gradually emerged.

5. Chaoshan people (English: Teochew people) are what we called Chaozhou people in the past, that is, Chaozhou people and Chaoshan people. Chaozhou people now also refer to the citizens of Chaozhou City. They refer to the people who came south from the Central Plains in the past dynasties. The descendants of the early Han people from Fujian and then moved to eastern Guangdong. They originated from the Central Plains, multiplied in Chaoshan, and became famous overseas. They were once known as "where there is tide, there are tide people, and where there are tide people, there is tide music". Most contemporary Chaoshan people speak Chaozhou dialect (also known as "Chaoshan dialect", referred to as Chaozhou dialect, which is similar to ancient Chinese in the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin periods) as their mother tongue. They are now concentrated in nearly 100 countries and regions at home and abroad. The local population of Chaoshan is about 10 million, the population of other parts of the country is more than 10 million, and the population of overseas residents is more than 10 million. It is said that "there is Chaoshan at home and there is Chaoshan abroad". It is the most accomplished and influential city in the world. One of the Han ethnic groups.