Why is Ganzhou called "the cradle of Hakka"? What are its characteristics?

Why is Ganzhou called "the cradle of Hakka"? What are its characteristics?

This is a Hakka ancestral land flowing with pure Chinese culture, a magical land that gave birth to Neo-Confucianism, and a red holy land that bears the fate of China's modern history. This is the land of Ganzhou, the "giant of Gannan" and the "cradle of Hakka". With her unique spiritual geography, she appeared again and again in the cultural time and space of China history, showing the vicissitudes of time.

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Gannan Hakka culture is rich in content, diverse in forms and unique in style. At present, there are national intangible cultural heritages 108, provincial intangible cultural heritages 108, and municipal intangible cultural heritages108, such as Gannan tea-picking opera, xingguo folk song, Du Yu suona, Shicheng Lantern Festival, Gupi "lion sitting" and "ploughing". There are many well-preserved surnames and genealogies in the vast urban and rural areas, as well as unique food culture and clothing culture, which provide a basis for the study of Hakka. Hakka ancestors created excellent Hakka culture and unique folk customs, such as tea-picking opera, Donghe opera and folk songs. From ancient times to modern times. In recent years, Gannan Tea-picking Song and Dance Troupe has created Hakka cultural repertoires such as Love of Folk Songs, Red Long Rope, Women Surrounding Houses and Hakka Opera, which have been performed in Beijing, and won the "Five One Project Award" in Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, the "Wenhua Award" in the Ministry of Culture and dozens of individual awards.

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Blue brick bonfire horse head wall, cornice carved window lintel. Gannan folk houses are the concentrated expression of Hakka culture (Gannan) in architectural style, and also the most important material carrier of Hakka culture. The enclosed houses are mainly distributed in Longnan, Quannan, Dingnan, Xinfeng, Anyuan, Xunwu and other counties in southern Jiangxi, mostly in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The enclosed houses are mostly square, ranging from several hundred square meters to more than ten thousand square meters. Its outer wall is mostly concrete, with a thickness of up to two meters, which is tough and strong; It is three or four stories high, and there are watchtowers at the four corners, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are direct descendants of the same surname and family living in the enclosed house, which integrates family, fortress and shrine. It has an important defensive function and distinctive clan living characteristics, which typically reflects the characteristics of Hakka people living in compact communities, and has become a great miracle of China folk houses.

The waterwheel is leisurely, singing folk songs; The surrounding houses are heavy, and Hakka customs are interpreted. Several generations of valet families have cultivated in this hot land of Ganzhou, creating dazzling Hakka culture, making Hakka cultural tourism a unique tourist card in Ganzhou.

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