Why are Filipino women proud of marrying China?

The descendants of the Yellow Emperor immigrated to Su Laoyin overseas, and their early rise can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties BC. Xu Fudong transited Qin and the Silk Road transited Han.

The legendary Xu Fudong crossed Japan.

In 124 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty started the communication between China and the West. After a long time, there were envoys and personnel exchanges between China and the West, ranging from hundreds to hundreds. The Han Dynasty also opened up maritime traffic in the direction of Southeast Asia and India. Although the trade volume is not large, a small number of descendants of the Yellow Emperor began to become early overseas immigrants from that period.

As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, Fujian was the main port area at that time, and merchants and landless peasants began to migrate to Southeast Asia. Of course, the real immigration to Southeast Asia began with Zheng He's voyage to the West in the Ming Dynasty. As we all know, Fujian has been a wasteland since ancient times. Speaking of Fujian, there is a folk proverb: "Eight mountains, one water and one field, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on one side", which is a general description of Fujian's landform.

The soil quality in Fujian is mainly acidic red soil, and many food crops are not suitable for planting here. Coupled with its hilly landform and scattered plots, this is why Fujian is described as "eight mountains, one water and one field". In the history of China, when the farming society was dominant, Fujian was always a poor place because of the scarcity and barrenness of cultivated land.

Geomorphological characteristics of eight mountains, one water and one field in Fujian

Due to the poor innate conditions for down-to-earth development of agriculture, with the development of civilization, Fujian people have explored a road suitable for survival the day after tomorrow, that is, they are proud of "doing business every day" and sometimes take risks in order to "win".

As early as hundreds of years ago, Fujian businessmen had a record of deviating from the "gray zone" of morality and law. From the mid-Ming Dynasty to the Jiajing period of the Qing Dynasty, the productivity of the Central Plains in China was always ahead of the surrounding "barbarian" areas. At that time, Fujian people began to "make a living" in China and Southeast Asia, and some people began to engage in "smuggling" business.

Because smuggling business is more profitable, Ming history records: "It is easy for natives to trade with China people, and the big ones will earn dozens of times of profits." Fujian people are good at using the austerity policy of the Ming Dynasty to engage in smuggling and obtain wool from the Ming Dynasty. After Qin Long announced the lifting of the ban, private overseas trade quickly reached a new peak.

Then in the 2nd/kloc-0th century, it is no exaggeration to say that China people "occupied" Southeast Asia, because almost all economic activities in Southeast Asia were dominated by Chinese groups, and Chinese families also had great influence in the political circles of some Southeast Asian countries. Such as Thailand and the Philippines.

Today, I will tell you about the influence and status of Chinese in the Philippines in this country.

The Philippines is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country, mainly believing in Catholicism and Islam. It consists of more than 7,000 islands with an area of 300,000 square kilometers. The population in 20 17 years is 1. 09 billion, while people of China origin may exceed100000, and pure Chinese are about150000, of which about 80% are from Fujian, China, and nine times out of ten are from Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Xiamen, Fujian.

The origin of Chinese in the Philippines can be divided into three stages and periods:

In the first period, from the Song Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, China people came to settle in the Philippines in the form of trade. In the Ming Dynasty, China even had specialized trade officials and officials in charge of the wounded. Because of its long history, the first phase of immigrants basically integrated. This group of people can only be called Chinese Filipinos, because they may have completely assimilated and believe in Catholicism, which is also the main religion in the Philippines.

In the second period, after Japan invaded China, some Chinese took refuge in Southeast Asia and later settled in the Philippines. Most of them are wealthy coastal businessmen and children of rich families, mostly from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Fujian, Shanghai and other places. Many of these China groups with "primitive accumulation" were the first to decline and die.

In the third period, the wave of new immigrants after the reform and opening up brought many new immigrants, some came to study abroad, and some settled down after doing business.

At present, the elite and backbone of Chinese in the Philippines are mainly descendants of the second period. Before and after World War II, they still maintained a relatively pure China lineage and culture, and their families all had memories and contacts from the mainland. They are also active in Philippine politics and control the economic lifeline here.

Political influence of Chinese in the Philippines

Does Duterte look like a Fujian person?

There have been many Chinese presidents in the history of the Philippines. The grandfather of the current President Duterte is a native of China, and his ancestral home is Fujian, China! Including former President Aquino III, whose ancestral home is also Zhangzhou, Fujian. Marcos, the old president of the last century, is said to have a China father. Arroyo behind Marcos is also a descendant of Chinese. In the Philippines, the president basically forms a political family, and several Chinese families take turns to sit in the village. Therefore, Chinese people have a high political status in the Philippines.

In fact, the total number of Chinese in the Philippines is about 6.5438+0.4 million, accounting for only 654.38+0.5% of the total population. About 4%, but almost all Chinese are in politics, which shows the elite status and social influence of the Chinese community in the Philippines!

The economic influence of Chinese in the Philippines

According to relevant statistics, the Chinese community controls about 70% of the economic activities in the Philippines. Among the richest Filipinos ranked by Forbes, almost all of the former 10 are from China, and the key sectors of the Philippine economy, such as banking, transportation, real estate and medical care, are dominated by China families. Now we all know the richest people in the Philippines, such as Shi Zhicheng and John. Wu Guowei, Wu Congman, Chen Yongzai and George S.K. Ty. From their names, we know that they are descendants of China people, and the historical achievements exist in the Philippines like "Ma Yun" in China.

Due to the high degree of integration of Chinese in the Philippines and its high political and economic status, the Philippines has now become the country with the least "exclusion from China" in Southeast Asia. Filipino women are even proud of marrying China!

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It can be said that the Philippines is the most "superior" country among Chinese in Southeast Asia.

Jose Risal Park and Monument

Jose Risal, the founding father of the Philippines, led the Filipino people in their struggle for independence and died heroically during the Spanish colonial period. His ancestral home is Shanggu Village, Luoshan Town, Jinjiang City, Fujian Province, and now it is called Guoshang Village.