Hakka

Introduction to Hakka The Hakkas are a unique ethnic group of "Han" Chinese. They are thought to be the earliest "Han" settlers in China. One theory states that many of the early Hakkas were affiliated with the "royal bloods." After 17 century, the sailing skill was improved and developed, therefore, about in the early Qing dynasty, a lot of Minnan and Uedong people sailed across the sea to Taiwan. But Hakkas were much fewer than Minnan people. There were two reasons: the first is that during

The video <<客家釀涼瓜>> (Hakka Stuffed Bitter Melon) uses a traditional Hakka meal, Hakka Stuffed Bitter Melon, as an example to elaborate some of the concepts about food covered in Anthropology. The symbolism of food, inheritance of food among the community, correlation between food and identity, and the gender stereotypes in food preparation are to be included in the video and would be discussed in this commentary. Firstly, traditional food or eating practices are related to the building of self-identities

What was the design of the Hakka Houses? #1 - Brown • Built in round shape to fend off bandits, warlords, and unwanted guests • Inexpensive to build and maintain, and last long (some over 1000 years) -Upper floors have windows and massive wooden gates are sheathed in iron • Layout: First floor is for cooking, eating, socializing, and working. Second floor is for grains and grandparents. Third and fourth floor is for young people to live. Central Courtyards have a well, mill, threshing floor, and

located in a Hakka region * WANG Liu-mei (School of Foreign Languages, Jiaying University, Meizhou 514015, China) Abstract: Culture shock is unavoidable for foreign teachers in China. Using qualitative method, this paper reports a case study of culture shock—a foreign teacher’s teaching experience in a Chinese university located in an area with a unique local population. The city involved in this study is Meizhou, located in Guangdong Province, which is considered “the capital of Hakka”. The study

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Arden Chan 12/9/2014 Christianity in Hong Kong By the time Hong Kong became a British colony, the foundation stones for Christianity had been laid. Both Catholicism and Protestant Christianity had firmly taken root in Macau since the arrival of the Portuguese in the seventeenth century. Christianity was also part of the “bizarre and corrupted mixture of beliefs that made up the Taiping ideology” during the Taiping Revolution (Smith). When the British took control of Hong Kong, Christianity started

Indonesian and Hong Kong Chinese Cuisine: Similar yet Different Std. Name : Bernadino Std. ID : 20307789 Course : LANG1120 T08 ============================================================ As a Chinese-descendant Indonesian native (印尼华人), I have experienced and enjoyed a lot of Chinese Indonesian food (Tionghoa cai). Having been eating the cuisine for approximately my entire life, it is no wonder that I grow an ever-lasting attachment to it. Then suddenly, I was being cut off from this connection

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