Hakka Introduction 客家英文介绍

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HAKKA CELEBRITIES
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HAKKA CELEBRITIES
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Wen Tianxiang(national hero) Hong Xiuquan(the leader of the Taiping Rebellion) Ding Richang(pioneer of Westernization Movement) Ye Ting(supreme commander) Liu Yalou(air force commander) Xie Jinyuan(antiJapanese hero)
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HAKKA ARCHITECTURE

Tulou——Fujian province and Jiangxi province
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HAKKA ARCHITECTURE

Weilongwu——meizhou, guangdong province
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HAKKA HILL SONGS
Third: the end of South Song Dynasty, around 1127 B.C. Forth: fight against Qing Dynasty and population explosion, around 1661 B.C. Fifth: Taiping Rebellion, around 1851 B.C.
In the past, they are said to have been used as a method of courting between young men and women. Hakka hill songs are also used as a form of communication at a distance. Since Hakka people mostly live in hilly areas, song is used as a better means of communication than spoken words. The melody of Hakka Hill Songs tend to have higher pitch so the sound can travel farther.
HAKKA ORIGIN
Hakka means “guest people” in Chinese. Hakka is a Subgroups of the Han ethnicity. Their ancestors were often said to have arrived from what is today's central China centuries ago. Estimated population: 65624290(1994.)
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SOME BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HAKKA
1.WHO ARE HAKKAS? 2.WHERE DO THEY LIVE? 3.WHAT LANGUAGE DO THEY SPEAK?
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4.WHAT AER THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HAKKA AND OTHER HAN CHINESE? 5.HOW TO DEFINE A HAKKA? 6.AER THERE ANY HAKKA CELEBRITIES?

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HAKKA CUISINE
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feature of Hakka cuisine is oily, salty and fresh shine. •Braised pork in soy sauce •Salt baked chicken •Yong tao foo(Meizhou Bean Curd) •Dried tofu •Fried rice noodles
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HAKKA MIGRATION HISTORY
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HAKKA DIALECT
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Meizhou dialect has been viewed as the prime example of the Hakka language. Hakka dialect is one of the Seven Major Dialect It is very similar with ancient Chinese beforeTang Dynasty---the living fossil of ancient Chinese


Distribution: the area on the map, the southeast of Guangxi, some part of Hunan and Sichuan It is said today there are about 90-100 million Hakka speakers around the world.

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Do you know how to determine whether a person is Hakka?
1. Speaking Hakka dialect 2. Hakka identity 3. Blood relationship If a person can satisfy at least two of the three factors, he/she is Hakka.

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Five migrations
Social unrest Continued invasion by foreign forces Flood Other reasons

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HAKKA MIGRATION HISTORY
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First: Struggle to fight Western Jin Dynasty, around 300 B.C. Second: TianBao Rebellion in Tang Dynasty, around 755 B.C.