Hakka people

Hakka
客家 Hak-kâ
客家漢族[1]
Hakka dancers performing traditional Qilin dance in Malaysia
Total population
80 million[2]
Regions with significant populations
China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Europe, Americas
Languages
Religion
Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Taoism, Mahayana Buddhism, Christianity, Islam
Hakka people
Chinese name
Chinese客家
Literal meaningguest families
Vietnamese name
Vietnamesengười Khách Gia, người Hẹ

The Hakka (Chinese: 客家), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han,[1][3] or Hakka Chinese,[4] or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province. They are differentiated from other southern Han Chinese by their dispersed nature and tendency to occupy marginal lands and remote hilly areas. The Chinese characters for Hakka () literally mean "guest families".[5]

The Hakka have settled in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Hainan, and Guizhou in China, as well as in Taoyuan City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, Pingtung County, and Kaohsiung City in Taiwan). Their presence is especially prominent in the Lingnan or Liangguang area, comprising the Cantonese-speaking provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. Despite being partly assimilated to the Cantonese-speaking population, they retain a significant presence in there.

Like the other southern Han Chinese subgroups, Hakka mainly comprise Central Plains Chinese refugees fleeing social unrest, upheaval, and invasions. However, the Hakka were different in being late arrivals, moving from Central China into Southern China when the earlier groups of Han Chinese settlers in the south already developed distinctive local identities and languages[6][7]. Their migration path was also different, and they entered Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian via Jiangxi province, instead of traversing Hunan or moving along the Fujian cost.

Today, substantial numbers of Hakka Chinese have migrated overseas to various countries throughout the world.[8][2]

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  4. ^ Yen, Ching-hwang (21 July 2008). The Chinese In Southeast Asia and Beyond: Socioeconomic and Political Dimensions. World Scientific. p. 379. ISBN 978-981-4471-99-2.
  5. ^ LaCroix, Frederick E. (2009). The sky rained heroes: A journey from war to remembrance. Austin: Synergy Books. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-9821601-3-8.
  6. ^ Li, Hui; Pan, Wu-Yun; Wen, Bo; Yang, Ning-Ning; Jin, Jian-Zhong; Jin, Li; Lu, Da-Ru (September 2003). "Origin of Hakka and Hakkanese: a genetics analysis". Acta Genetica Sinica. 30 (9): 873–880. PMID 14577381.
  7. ^ "The Hakka: The Jews of Asia". Edu.ocac.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Welcome to Longyan Municipal People's Government, PRC". English.longyan.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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