Chaoshan people were also called Chaozhou people in the past. When Han Yu was appointed governor of Chaozhou, the entire Chaoshan area was under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou.
Chaoshan people and Hokkien people share the same ancestor.
They were all brought by the Han people from the Central Plains during the time of Qin Shihuang. They first moved to Fujian, and later some moved to Chaoshan.
Therefore, Chaoshan dialect is very similar to Hokkien and Taiwanese.
"Chao" means water, and "Shantou" means a ridge of sand.
As can be seen from the name, the Chaoshan area faces the sea with its back to the mountains.
Shantou is the head of the ridge, and Shanwei is the tail of the ridge. Regionally, Chaoshan refers to the four cities of Shantou, Shanwei, Chaozhou, and Jieyang on the Chaoshan Plain.
It also includes several county-level cities such as Chaoyang (belonging to Shantou) and Puning (belonging to Jieyang).
Chaoyang used to be the largest county in China, but now it is no longer popular. It is divided into Chaoyang District and Chaonan District, which are under the jurisdiction of Shantou.
However, Chaoyang has produced many strong men. The richest man in the country, Huang Guangyu, and his brother are from Chaoyang, and the head of Asia Television, Lin Baixin, is also from Chaoyang.
Seven of the top ten richest people in Guangdong are from Chaoshan, four of whom are from Chaoyang District.
From here we can see that Chaoshan people work hard and are unwilling to be left behind by others and strive for self-improvement.
Chaoshan people are famous for their business, and they were known as "Oriental Jews" before Wenzhou people.
Chao Gang, Jin Gang and Hui Gang are the three major business gangs in China.
Li Ka-shing, the richest Chinese in the world, is from Chaoshan, Huang Guangyu, the richest man in the country, is from Chaoshan, and Zhu Mengyi, the richest man in Guangdong, is from Chaoshan.
In addition, the richest men in Thailand and Singapore are Chaoshan people, and the richest Chinese in Europe, Canada, and Australia are also Chaoshan people.
In 2006, two of the top three richest people in China were from Chaoshan, 74 of the top 500 were from Guangdong, and among the 74 in Guangdong, 7 of the top ten were from Chaoshan.
There are so many rich people in such a small Chaoshan area, and you can't find another one anywhere in the country.
There is a certain reason why Chaoshan people are so rich.
A book was recently published called "The Richest Are Trendy Businessmen". You can read it when you have time.
I believe you can find some reason.
Let’s talk about this later… First let’s talk about what Chaoshan people are.
The Chaoshan people are called the 57th ethnic minority in China because they have preserved their regional culture very well.
It has its own language - Chaoshan dialect.
Its own drama - Teochew opera, its own music - Teochew music, its own food - Teochew cuisine, its own celebrities - Chaoshan rich... Chaozhou is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural cities in the country.
Xiangzi Bridge is one of the four famous bridges in ancient China. Chaoshan folk houses are commonly known as "Four Points of Gold" and "Xiashan Tiger". They are praised by folk experts as a more artistic and practical Chinese residential model than Beijing courtyard houses. Chaozhou cuisine is popular all over the world.
Internally and externally, Chaoshan's unique "Gongfu Tea" inherits and promotes Chinese tea culture. Chaozhou embroidery is one of the most important embroideries in China. Chaozhou ceramics have become popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties. At present, the ceramic industry in Chaoshan is still the largest.
One of the pillar industries of Chaozhou music, Chaozhou music maintained and developed the imperial music system of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and is the best choice for people to study ancient music. Chaozhou opera is called Chaozhou opera, which is one of the important local operas in China. Overseas Chinese in Chaoshan have developed in the Chinese nation.
It has made outstanding achievements in history: Chaoshan people attach great importance to tradition.
The return of fallen leaves to their roots and local sentiments are of extraordinary significance to all Chaoshan overseas Chinese living abroad.
Chaozhou opera, Chaozhou merchants, Chaozhou embroidery, Chaozhou cuisine, Kungfu tea, English singing and dancing, Chaoshan rich people, hard work, unity, loyalty, longing for hometown, traditional nostalgia, all these make people look at Chaoshan people with admiration.
I have classmates in Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Heilongjiang, and Henan... Wherever I go, the first impression I get is, ah, this is a Chaoshan person.
[Reposted from Iron Blood Community /] One side of the land and water nourishes one side of the people. Since the Chaoshan area is close to the sea, the culture of Chaoshan is the culture of the "sea".
Chaoshan people are born with a yearning for the sea and the distance.
People from Chaoshan like to travel across the ocean and explore the world, so their footprints are spread all over the world.
People often say that there is a Chaoshan in "Tangshan" (China), and there is a Chaoshan overseas, to describe the large number of tourists living overseas in the Chaoshan area.
Among them, the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong and Macau are the most concentrated, followed by Southeast Asia, and then the United States and Western Europe.