In Guangdong, the Hakka people are really strong and really serve the Hakka people.

Guangdong is actually one of the Three Little Kingdoms, with Guangfu in the west, Chaoshan in the east, and sandwiched between Hakka in the middle. When I was a child, I heard from my mother that there were conflicts between the Hakkas and Chaoshan, but it ended later (the Hakkas and Guangfu were at war with each other later on, and it is unknown whether Chaoshan people caused trouble to the west). Later, Chaoshan continued to grow bigger and stronger. Doing business in the sea, overseas Chinese are all over the world, and Guangfu has official status, and the situation of the Hakkas is becoming more and more disadvantaged.

The characteristics of Hakka itself indicate that the dialect was formed no earlier than the Song Dynasty. The name Hakka and the area where they live also indicate that they arrived in the south relatively recently and have nothing to do with the Yongjia Rebellion. In terms of relationship, other southern dialects can still relate to the history before the Tang Dynasty, but Hakka really cannot. I think it mainly depends on the locale.

In the past, before cities developed and the language environment was relatively closed, it was not a big problem to use Hakka as the mainstream trade language. However, the diligent and frugal nature of the Hakkas destined the gathering places of the Hakkas to develop rapidly, and development means openness. When other languages ??are more common, the Hakka people's adaptability is reflected in not excluding foreign languages.

Ganzhou still has a long way to go, and wealth is definitely not yet on the cards. We Hakka people have never lacked the qualities of being hard-working, down-to-earth, and the courage to set sail. Hakka people have always been pioneers in difficult circumstances. As long as we Hakkas in southern Gansu can work hard for their own lives and care about their homeland no matter where they are, Ganzhou will naturally become prosperous and strong, and our hometown will become better and better and more beautiful.

Look more towards Guangfu in the south. We are still far behind. Not to mention the economy, culturally, the influence of Guangfu culture and Hakka culture is very different. Looking at Hakka culture alone, the Hakka cultural circle in Guangdong is prosperous and fruitful, while the Hakka culture in southern Gansu is unknown. Keep up the good work. Standing in the mountainous and watery southern Gansu, your eyes should be able to see farther.

I am a Hakka from northern Guangdong. I have been coming to Guangzhou almost every year since 2008. It seems that people who speak Cantonese here have a sense of superiority, while Hakka people feel that they are superior because they speak Hakka. Low self-esteem. Even when two Hakkas meet and know that the other person is a Hakka, they still speak Mandarin. This is such an inferiority complex for their own language!

That Qiulin was from our hometown in the same county. At that time, he came to the county to perform as the finale. However, before he finished singing a song, my classmate dragged me away. It was so vulgar and boring that almost half of the people present left. There are many people who have forgotten how to speak Hakka. Many people even hate Hakka and deliberately do not educate their next generation to speak Hakka. How sad! I see that Hakka is gradually declining, and as a Hakka, I feel deeply sad.

When talking about Puning City to others, the first thing they think of is that Chaoshan people all speak Chaoshan dialect, and then they correct themselves that they are Hakkas. Most people say they have never heard of Hakkas in Puning, so they have to explain. Once connected, Puning is divided into Hakka and Chaoshan people, mainly these two languages. After all, there are still hundreds of thousands of Hakkas in Puning. Sometimes I feel tired, as if I have been forgotten by society. Now when I go out, I only speak Hakka when I meet fellow villagers. Otherwise, I always speak Mandarin.