Chaozhou culture has distinctive regional characteristics

The characteristics of Chaozhou culture are as follows:

1. Chaozhou dialect "telling the ancients"

The Chaozhou dialect "telling the ancients" is telling stories in the Chaoshan dialect, in a form similar to that of the north Storytelling is basically the same. It is a mass cultural and entertainment activity. It can be told by the masses spontaneously gathered together, or by folk artists who specialize in telling stories about ancient times. In the past, Chaoshan did not have special storytelling venues like those in the north, so ancient storytelling artists used palaces, parks, squares and other crowded public places to give lectures.

2. Chaoshan wood carvings

Chaoshan wood carvings began to take shape in the Tang and Song Dynasties. They were perfected by the Ming and Qing Dynasties and still maintain strong vitality today. In the long-term development process, Chaoshan wood carving has formed a distinctive style. Its forms include round carving, sunken carving, relief carving, and multi-level hollow carving. In terms of appearance and color, it can be divided into three categories: black lacquer and gold, five-color gold and original plain carving.

In terms of application, it can be roughly divided into four categories: architectural decoration, home decoration, artifact decoration and desk furnishings. In the Chaoshan area, people can see the art of wood carving everywhere, whether they live in temples or in humble dwellings.

3. Chaoshan architecture

Chaoshan folk houses use the traditional three-sided courtyard and four-sided courtyard as the basic layout. The most basic forms are called "Xiashan Tiger" and "Four Points of Gold". Residential houses in smaller towns have long and narrow "bamboo pole houses". Large-scale residential buildings are expanded horizontally or vertically based on the Four Points of Gold, and are called "Three Halls", "Eight Halls Facing each other", "Four Horses Trailer", and "Hundred Phoenixes Chaoyang". Their external outlines retain a very regular square or rectangular shape. .

4. Chaoshan Food

Chaozhou cuisine has a history of thousands of years. After the prosperous Tang Dynasty, influenced by the cooking skills of the Central Plains, it developed rapidly. By the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Chaozhou cuisine entered its heyday. There were many famous shops in Chaozhou City, famous teachers emerged in large numbers, and famous dishes were presented. In modern times, due to the exchanges of overseas Chinese from Chaozhou, Chaozhou cuisine has absorbed the essence of famous foods at home and abroad, and the dishes have become more colorful. Today, Chaozhou cuisine has developed into one of my country's famous dishes with unique Lingdong cultural characteristics and is well-known at home and abroad.

5. Chaoshan Opera

Chaoshan Opera, also known as Chaoshan Opera, Chaoyin Opera, Chaodiao Opera, and Baizi Opera, is mainly popular in Chaoshan dialect areas and is an existing genre sung in Chaoshan dialect. An ancient local opera with a history of more than 430 years. It is a branch of Southern Opera in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. It gradually evolved from the Southern Opera in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. It absorbed the specialties of Yiyang, Kun Opera, Pihuang and Bangzi Opera, combined with local folk arts, such as Chaoshan music, etc., and finally formed its own unique art form and style.

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The unique historical reasons for Chaozhou culture:

The superior geographical location provides Chaozhou people with the conditions to "beg for the sea". From the mid-Ming Dynasty to the mid-to-late eighteenth century, Chaozhou immigration to Southeast Asia reached a climax, and the mercantile atmosphere continued to strengthen.

Trendy people have their own distinctive characteristics in terms of mentality, concepts, behavior, language, customs, etc. After Shantou opened as a port, traditional culture underwent a process of reforming the old and adapting to the new under the direct impact of Western culture. The new wave of immigrants to Southeast Asia has led to the formation of overseas hipster societies.