The Hakka people refer to the Han people from the Central Plains who are originally from the Henan area.

The Hakka people refer to the Central Plains Han people originally from Henan. During the war in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, they moved south and began to become a group of residents with a "special identity". In the subsequent migrations, they gradually formed what they are today. Hakka ethnic group with unique features.

Hakka is an important branch of the Han nation. The Hakka ancestors were originally the Han people in the Yellow River and Huaihe River Basin, the cradle of Chinese civilization. Starting from the Tang and Song Dynasties, a large number of them moved south due to natural disasters, wars and other reasons. They first took root in the vast mountainous areas at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi, and later spread to the southern provinces and overseas.

There are now tens of millions of Hakkas living in more than 70 countries and regions around the world. People often say: "Wherever there is the sun, there are Chinese, and wherever there are Chinese, there are Hakkas." The Hakkas have become one of the most widespread and far-reaching ethnic groups in the world today.

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The Hakka people, also known as the Hakka ethnic group, are a Chinese-Han ethnic group with distinctive characteristics. They are also the Han ethnic group with the widest distribution and greatest influence in the world. One of the most profound ethnic traditions.

The primary language used by Hakka people to communicate is Hakka. Hakka is a living fossil of ancient Chinese and can correspond to the pronunciation recorded in ancient rhyme books. Hakka culture has a long history and is also known as the living fossil of the ancient culture of the Central Plains. A treasure of China that has passed through the ages.

Some people in the academic community have defined "Hakka": Anyone with any two of the three elements of Hakka ancestry, Hakka cultural quality and Hakka identity is a Hakka. "Hakka ancestry" means that the ancestors are Hakkas; "Hakka cultural quality" mainly means being able to speak Hakka dialect, including Hakka production and life; "Hakka identity awareness" means recognizing that one is a Hakka.

Due to historical reasons, the unique and stable Hakka ethnic group of the Han nation is formed. They have the same interests and have independent and stable Hakka language, culture, folk customs and emotional mentality (i.e. Hakka spirit) . People who meet the above stable characteristics are called Hakkas.