Introduction to Leizhou people

Leizhou people, also known as Leizhou people, are one of the four major ethnic groups in Guangdong. The Leizhou people refer to the early Han descendants who moved from the Central Plains area through the Fujian area (most of them transited in ancient Putian) and then moved to the Leizhou Peninsula. According to relevant historical records, the earliest Putian ancestors who moved to the Leizhou Peninsula were in the early Western Han Dynasty (202 BC). Year). Leizhou people speak Leizhou dialect as their mother tongue and now live in more than 30 countries and regions at home and abroad. The local population of Leizhou Peninsula is more than 6 million, the population of permanent residents in other parts of the country is about 2 million, and the population that has moved overseas is about 1.5 million. Leizhou people have their own unique and long-standing Leizhou culture, and they are a representative branch of the southern Fujian ethnic group. The Leizhou ethnic group is closely related to the Chaoshan ethnic group, Quanzhang ethnic group, Fujian-Taiwan ethnic group, and Hainan ethnic group. However, over a long period of time, the Leizhou people have developed a Leizhou culture that is different from the ancient southern Fujian culture based on the local geographical environment.