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Village>1,000-Year-Old Hakka Customs |
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It
is said that these earthen hakka buildings were once
mistaken by U.S. reconnaissance satellites as a launching
base for rockets.
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There were three noticeable social upheavals
in China's history, namely the rebellion of the eight princes
in the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316), Huang Chao's uprising
at the end of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the invasion of
the Jin troops at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).
During these periods, the shadow of death born of war, natural
disasters and pestilence caused a mass exodus of people
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The
puppet shows of the Hakka in Yongding closely resemble
traditional puppet shows from Pucheng in Shaanxi Province.
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who left the Yellow River plains and sought
refuge in the south. Some of these people, after crossing the
Yangtse River, traversing what is now Jiangxi Province and tramping
over the Wuyi Mountain Range, finally reached western Fujian
Province.
They immediately fell in love with the region's green mountains,
fertile lands and pleasant climate. Their protracted
journey at an end, they settled down
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The
unique Meilin Opera in Taining.
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and built their new homes in this hilly
virgin land. These people
began to be called the "Hakka", which means "guest families",
thus distinguishing them from the native
people there. In the next thousand or so years,
the Hakka spread out to all parts of the world. A considerable
number emigrated to Southeast Asia as well as to Hong Kong,
Macau and Taiwan. When asked of their ancestry, they all say
that their ancestral home is in western Fujian. |
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