Hakka Essays

Historical of the Ethnic 　　The Hakkas are a unique ethnic group of "Han" Chinese people who from around Henan and Shanxi in northern China over 2,700 years ago. Originally, the Hakka were North Chinese, but they migrated to South China (especially in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangxi provinces) during the fall of the Nan (Southern) Song dynasty in the 1270s. They are thought to be one of the earliest "Han" settlers in China. One theory has it that many of the early Hakkas were affiliated with the

Introduction The Hakkas are Han Chinese people with origins related to Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Hainan and Guizhou. The Hakkas originated from the lands bordering the Yellow River (today, the Chinese provinces of Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei). During the years of the Northern Song dynasty and the following Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), the attacks by Jin people forced many people to move to the south. They mostly moved to

Guangdong province as examples, as well as explain the global warming has serious threatened the ecosystem. 2. Three specific cases regarding the overlap of human geography and physical geography. 2.1 Hakka hill song Hakka hill song is a very important part of Hakka culture. Hakka people sing it in Hakka dialect. The theme varies from

There are five languages—Taiwanese, Hakka, Japanese, Mandarin, and English—involved in this masterpiece. Therefore, some compromises must be made in the translating process. Howard Goldblatt, a translator who lived in Taiwan, tried his best to translate this novel. He dealt with Taiwanese proverbs, idioms, and slangs, Mandarin and Hakka wordplays as well as English-style Mandarin with techniques like literal translation, generalization

Mandarin are spoken by 71.5 percent of the population followed by Wu which is 8.5 percent, then Yue which is 5 percent (Yue is more referred as Cantonese.) Hakka is spoken by 3.7 percent of the population. Min is spoken by 4.1 percent of the population. Then, followed by Xiang which makes up 4.8 percent of the spoken population. Gan then makes up 2.4 percent of the population. Food determines their culture

Hong Xiuquan was a Guangdong Hakka credited with the founding and leadership of the Taiping movement which eventually led to a Christian rebellion. He lived a relatively short life from 1814-1864 in his home country of China. In 1852-1853 Hong composed the “The Ten Commandments” and “The Ode for Youth,” which took ideologies from Zhou Li, other Confucian classics, foreign Christian Scripture, and Buddhist and Daoist ideas. The “Ten Commandments” and the “Ode to Youth” was created simply the roles

Jesus’ Brother and the Chinese Periphery: Robert Weller traces Hong Xiuquan’s rise to power referencing the economic, cultural, and political background of Guangxi and China as a whole. The guiding figure of the world’s deadliest pre-WWI conflict, this self-proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ directed his millenarian Christian-derived cult to seize vast expanses of territory before his defeat, setting the precedent for the Qing’s eventual downfall. Furthermore, Weller argues the Xiuquan’s radical

Physical geography and Human geography We have two types of geography. Physical geography and human geography. Physical geography is about Earth’s land areas, bodies of water, plant life, and other physical features. Physical geographers help people make decisions about managing different types of resources such as water, forests, land, and even the wind. Human geography is about people’s religions, languages, and ways of life. Human geographers help plan cities and aid in international business

In the current multi-cultural society, cultural diversity is apparent that in any culture there is a majority and many minorities. Canada and China are two very large countries that have cultures that are well known throughout the world. They can be compared to each other. Both Canada and China are examples of multicultural countries share many similarities. The similarities between China and Canada can be demonstrated through immigration, the ethnic minorities, folk customs, languages and religious

of religious belief.’” (cfr.org) China only recognizes the above five religions and the article defines them as the only normal religions. The official language of the country is Mandarin. There are seven dialects including Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Wu, Min, Xiang, and Gan. China is ranked as the fourth largest country and has a landmass of 3,691,502 square miles.

potatoes to get as much as they could from it. It had quickly become an essential part to peoples’ diets. Chili peppers were used more often in their diet. There was an increase of people in China due to new American foods that arrived in the area. Hakka refugees came to China, mainly planted potatoes in their hills and then had them with almost everything. As China was affected by the American food that they had received, Europe had changed the food in the

recognized by PRC, so I would like to promote this special feature by using the sentence” This is China, this is home.” in different dialects at the end of this video. China has 7 major regional dialects and numerous sub-dialects including, Northern(北方話), Hakka(客家話), Wu (吳語), Min (閩語), Yue(粵語), Xiang(湘語) and Gan(贛語). Although this huge population not really share same dialects or language, but in general we could still have a harmonious relationship between different ethnic groups. Doubtless, Han is the

How does Culture influence behavior? INTRODUCTION What is culture? Culture is the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time. Each country have their own culture and beliefs, for example Malaysian have the culture of informing one another before going to one another house and it’s a form of respect too. Next, American culture is that Americans always like to keep themselves busy, like they would take away their lunch and eat it while

understand each other's speech, they would be able to realizeeach other's writing. Standard spoken Chinese is based on the Beijing Dialect. Other dialects include Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, and other minority languages. Han has been the one and only official written language in China since Qin Dynasty. Some of the

EXPORT BUSINESS PLAN OUTLINE: WISCONSIN PURE GINSENG, INC. Christine Conley LeTourneau University BUSI3613, Section A February 8, 2018 Professor Lois Hammond, Ph.D Abstract For thousands of years, the Chinese culture has been using ginseng root for well-being. Panax Ginseng was discovered in China's Manchuria region thousands of years ago, but the popular panacea eventually fell victim to overharvest. However, in the 1700s, Jesuit missionaries followed the thread from Asia to North

This report will show that a market cultural analysis of China. I am choosing this country-China is because of my husband was born there and i will live there in the future. Introduction Chinese is known as a very large country, and the customs and traditions of the people of different regions and races. China is one of the Four Ancient Civilizations (alongside Babylon, India and Egypt), according to Chinese scholar Liang Qichao (1900). It has a huge geographical expanse 3600 written history

Reckoning With Research Draft 4 “Goodbye, See you tomorrow!” These common phrases can now be heard across the world. Advances in communication technologies allow people to talk and see each other from opposite sides of the world. Free chat services, such as Skype, allow families to contact their loved ones, and CEOs can now contact their firms in other countries. The increase in global communication allows businesses to expand their reach. With the world more connected than ever before, Professor

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction Definition and backgrounds of theories and concepts connected to this study are provided in this chapter. Reviews of previous studies on code-switching, bilingualism and computer mediated communication which are homogenous to this study are provided. 2.1. Bilingualism 2.1.1. Definition of bilingualism The notion of bilingualism is frequently connected to the idea of code-switching since a person should

\ This user-friendly handbook will come in handy in your foreign assessment. This handbook covers the general fact of the country and some useful business advices to guide you through your assessment due to the culture differences. Historical Background China has a long and rich history of 5000 years. The 11 dynasties in China are Xia, Shang, Qin, Han, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing. With Qing being the last imperial dynasty of China as it was overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution