Hakka

1. INTRODUCTION Taiwan is one of the beautiful islands located towards the Southeastern of china ( Stephen, 1999). It has a roughly population of more than 22 million people therefore, one of the most densely populated regions known in the world. Besides having the high population, its environment is considere to be natural and green, as from a distance several mountains are seen with lush forests. It has very beautiful scenic sites and high number of national parks. Initially, Taiwan

Canada and Russia. However, China is the world 's most populated country with the population of 1.357 billion. The official language spoken in Mainland China is Mandarin. However, there are seven main dialects in China including Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Wu, Min, Xiang, and Gan. The Chinese climate differs from region to region. China has four seasons; winter, spring, summer, and fall. Winters in China are cold; the monthly average temperatures are usually below 0 degree Celsius, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit

Culture Lingnan culture refers to the geographic culture originated from Lingnan areas, which covers the nowadays Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Northern part of Vietnam. It consists of three culture branches, Teochew Culture, Cantonese culture and Hakka culture. The study site city Guangzhou, along the Pearl River, is the central of Cantonese culture. For one thing, considering its appropriate geographic location (the Pear River Delta) and humidity subtropical climate, rice was cultivated as the

As the well known and revered Chinese-American historian remarked, "When the Chinese arrived in America, they brought their language along as cultural baggage as well as mores and customs that had evolved in one of the world's great civilizations" (Louie, 1). The history of the Cantonese, or Yue, language is more than 2,000 years old, making it older than Mandarin, the official language of China, which only has 700 to 800 years of history. Around the time of the Qin Dynasty, Cantonese became more

China is located in southeast Asia along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean. China is the world’s third largest country, after Russia and Canada, with an area of 9.6 million square kilometres and a coastline of 18,000 kilometres. China is boarded by 14 countries; Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia. Also marine side neighbours include eight countries; -- North Korea, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia

In spite of the harsh discrimination and mistreatment, Chinese immigrants established an everlasting signature in the development of Canada. During the early 19th century, war and rebellion in China forced many peasants and workers to seek their livelihoods elsewhere. Along with an increasing volume of job opportunities in Canada, there were many motivational factors which influenced thousands of Chinese people to immigrate to the new, developing nation of Canada. Nevertheless, alike other non-Caucasian

SINGAPORE — The Tok and Teo families are a model of traditional harmony, with three generations gathered under one roof, enjoying each other’s company over slices of fruit and cups of tea on a Saturday afternoon in Singapore. There is only one problem: The youngest and oldest generations can barely communicate with each other. Lavell, 7, speaks fluent English and a smattering of Mandarin Chinese, while her grandmother, Law Ngoh Kiaw, prefers the Hokkien dialect of her ancestors’ home in southeastern

Introduction Taiwan general information Taiwan locates at the East Asia, which is surrounded by water. Taiwan now has a population of approximate 23 million. Basically Taiwan doesn’t have any natural resource, however, it has a small amount of natural gas, coal and limestone. Also, because of the geography factor, Taiwan enjoys vast aquatic products and well developed fishing industry. Since Taiwan is located in the subtropical zone, the average temperature is higher than Seattle, which is twenty

The Taiping Rebellion burned, destroyed, brutally murdered and raped people . The Taiping overan cities and were violent to the local population, rioting even when the villagers didn't do anything to hurt them. Bandits robbed seemingly at will, the Hakka people fought constantly over farmland. Xiuquan who failed the imperial civil service exam four times was the founder of the Taiping Rebellion. After the 3rd attempt in 1837 of the exam, he became ill and had dreams of Heaven. His dreams included

“Mandarin dialects are spoken by 71.5 percent of the population, followed by Wu (8.5 percent), Yue (also called Cantonese, 5 percent), Xiang (4.8 percent), Min (4.1 percent), Hakka (3.7 percent) and Gan (2.4 percent)” (Lifescience). With that being said, Mandarin is the primary language of China. Although many Chinese speak Mandarin, it depends on the area of China a person lives in. Even though Chinese people primarily speak