What is Chaoshan culture?

Known as Chaozhou culture in ancient times, it is the root of hipsters at home and abroad. It is located in Chaoshan area of Guangdong (with Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang in Guangdong as the center). Chaozhou people, who lives in this area, is a branch of the Han nationality and has a unique cultural outlook. We call the culture created by Chaoshan people "Chaoshan culture", which is defined as follows:

First of all, Chaoshan culture is a regional subculture of Chinese culture, which was gradually formed in the long historical development process under the influence of natural environmental conditions in Chaoshan area.

Chaoshan is located in the southeast corner of Chinese mainland, the easternmost part of Guangdong Province and adjacent to Fujian Province, with a total area of 65,438+00,346 square kilometers. Generally speaking, the terrain is high in the northwest, low in the southeast, mountainous and hilly in the northeast and northwest, and vast in the southeast, forming a small area with relatively closed inland and long coastline. This landform has played a considerable role in the formation of Chaoshan culture.

Secondly, Chaoshan culture contains many cultural characteristics, which constitutes a system different from the She culture, Hakka culture and other surrounding regional cultures in the same region. Among these cultural characteristics, language is the most distinctive. Therefore, we understand Chaoshan culture as a cultural identity created by people who speak Chaoshan dialect.

Thirdly, Chaoshan culture is a dynamic and open system. Its formation process is a process in which local indigenous culture and immigrant culture have influenced each other, absorbed each other and gradually merged. Since its establishment, Chaoshan culture has spread overseas due to the migration of Chaoshan people, while absorbing other cultural factors and developing continuously.

Chaoshan area is small and densely populated, and there are great contradictions among population, resources and environment. The fierce competitive environment has cultivated the creative, pioneering and adventurous spirit of Chaoshan people. Many people go abroad to make a living, forming a social atmosphere, intensive farming, elaborate handicrafts, and even careful planning in business. They are well-known at home and abroad and are known as "Jews in China". In the mid-Qing Dynasty, the famous Guangbang merchants were mainly composed of Guangzhou Gang and Chaozhou Gang. Chaozhou merchants have done a lot of business in the southeast coast of China and Jiangxi, and they are also influential in Thailand and Singapore. A strong sense of commodity is an advantageous cultural potential of Chaoshan people, which enables them to travel all over urban and rural areas and penetrate all walks of life, especially during the period of reform and opening up. ? After Qin and Han Dynasties, China culture expanded to Lingdong. During the Jin and Tang Dynasties, the influence of the mainstream culture in the Central Plains gradually expanded. Chen Yuanguang pacified the spring tide and created chaos, and Han Yu became the secretariat of Chaozhou Prefecture, which was an important event in this period. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, a large number of immigrants poured in and Fujian culture moved northward, which fully developed the Chaoshan area and was an important link in the formation of Chaoshan culture. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chaoshan folk culture with distinctive features was finally formed. Due to the rapid economic development in Chaoshan area since the Song Dynasty, cultural and educational undertakings have also developed accordingly, and a large number of talents have emerged.