Sixth grade Chinese Book 2 Unit 2 Oral communication (writing Meizhou drops)

Hakka is a special ethnic group of Han nationality. For more than 2,000 years, the Han nationality in the Central Plains moved southward in large numbers due to war, famine, forced relocation or other factors, settled in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi and other places, and then spread to Sichuan, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan Province, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Compared with the aborigines in those areas, they are foreign guests and are called "Hakkas".

During the migration of Hakkas, Meizhou in Guangdong is the most important distribution center for Hakkas (there are also Hakkas living in Longyan in Fujian and Ganzhou in Jiangxi). Due to the failure of Yuan Dynasty's anti-Yuan uprising, a large number of She aborigines in Meizhou fled. By the Ming Dynasty, there was no "She official" in Meizhou, and the local residents were basically Hakkas. Meizhou also became the main settlement of Hakkas (only a small number of She people now live in Tai Po). Judging from the distribution center and main settlements, Meizhou has become a representative area of Hakka culture. The World Hakka Congress and the World Hakka Friendship Association have been held here, which is known as the Hakka Capital of the world and has a strong Hakka style.

Hakka people inherit the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, and have the excellent qualities of diligence, hospitality, respect for teachers and education, and patriotism and love for their hometown. In the early days, Hakkas lived in sparsely populated mountainous areas, so their sense of unity and mutual assistance was particularly strong. Although life is hard, they have developed a cultural tradition of hospitality. The ancestors of Hakkas moved from the Central Plains, and most of them came from the "scholarly family". They have long continued the tradition of "farming and reading". There are many celebrities in history, so Meizhou is known as the "hometown of culture".