Hakka is an important part of local residents in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Taiwan Province and other provinces in China. As one of the Han immigrants in the ancient history of China, Hakka is one of the most widely distributed and far-reaching Han people in the world.
The history of Hakka ancestors began in the period of the integration of Lingnan and Baiyue in Qin Zheng. After Yongjia Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, Five Wildflowers in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Huang Chao Rebellion in the Late Tang Dynasty, the Han nationality in the Central Plains moved southward on a large scale and moved into the southern provinces one after another. After thousands of years of evolution, a Han nationality with unique dialects, customs and cultural patterns gradually formed in the Southern Song Dynasty at the latest.
Hakka culture not only inherits the ancient orthodox Han culture, but also integrates the local culture of South China (such as Lingnan), and is known as the living fossil of ancient culture in China. Hakka dialect is a living fossil of ancient Chinese. Farming and reading are the characteristics of Hakka culture. Longwu system is the peak representative of ancient farming culture. Hakka studies is a prominent school in the world today.
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The word "Hakka" originated in Siyi area of Guangdong Province, which is the name of Siyi ethnic group to the ethnic group who moved from eastern Guangdong at that time (Qing Dynasty) (also known as resurgence Lai Min).
In the old days, the elders in the southern Hakka areas all claimed to be Fu Guang people, Lingdong people or Zhou Xun people, Jiaying people, Tingzhou people, Shaozhou people and Ganzhou people, or they were directly named after local counties.
The word "Hakka" is widely known because of Luo Xianglin's Hakka theory, and has gradually become the name of ethnic groups. Many people began to embrace it and call themselves Hakka, but there are still many areas that are still unclear about this title.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Hakka