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- Their origins remain obscure, but the people who became the Hakka are thought to have lived originally in Henan and Shanxi provinces in the Huang He (Yellow River) valley.
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Apr 22, 2024 · Originally, the Hakka were North Chinese, but they migrated to South China (especially Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangxi provinces) during the fall of the Nan (Southern) Song dynasty in the 1270s. Worldwide they are thought to number about 80 million today, although the number of Hakka speakers is considerably lower.
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Modern day Hakka are generally identified by both full Hakka and by different degrees of Hakka ancestry and usually speak Hakka Chinese . The Hakkas are thought to have originated from the central plains. [6] Genetic studies have shown that the Hakka people are largely descended from North Han Chinese. [7]
For nearly four centuries, stretching into the Song dynasty, the Hakka lived in relative isolation, allowing their culture to mature. During 1000-1200 AD, the designation "Hakka" became more than a label applied to them as outsiders and grew to become a term of self-identification.
Hakka culture stemmed from the culture of Ancient Han Chinese, who migrated from China's central plain to what is modern day's Southern China during the 6th to 13th century, and intermixed with local non-Han Hmong–Mien speaking ethnic groups such as the Yao people, the She people, and the Miao people.
Jul 7, 2021 · According to legend, we migrated from the Central Plains to the south in five, epic waves, eventually settling in an area straddling modern-day Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi provinces.
Where do Hakka people come from? Answer: The Yellow River Basin. Specifically, they are mainly from Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi and other provinces located in the Yellow River basin. Historically, the Hakka people firstly moved to Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, and then continue to migrate to Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.
Jun 14, 2018 · The first stage began in the Dong Jin period (317 to 420 ce), when the Hakka moved southward from today’s Henan and Shanxi. The second and third stages began in late Tang dynasty and ended in the Bei S ong dynasty, when the migration moved southward to southern Jiangxi.
