May I ask the character of the Teochew people? ~

To understand the character traits of Teochew people, we must first know their geographical location and cultural background. As Han Yu said, the geography of Chaozhou, with the sea to the south and the mountains to the north, has more or less fostered the three characteristics of hard work, refinement and superstition. After all, the natural disasters constantly, the land is small and the people are many, you do not struggle not fine farming, there is no food to eat. Therefore, the Chaoshan people have "planting like embroidery", which is also the cause of the post-liberation scramble to learn farming methods from the old farmers in Chaoshan. This refinement also extends to their cultural character, for example, the beef meatballs that we all know actually come from Hakka, but among the Chaoshan people, who are good at eating and know how to eat, they make them into their own snacks by virtue of their exquisite craftsmanship. As for the moment of life and death, the moment of little hope, the countrymen who have lost their faith can only ask for the blessing of all kinds of gods and goddesses. And this has been one of the reasons for some local intellectuals to explain that what they consider to be superstition in the land of the lost faith, in the eyes of outsiders, is simply a folk belief folklore here. These folk beliefs and folklore, on the one hand, like religion, play a role in educating people to be good, the most obvious is the various kinds of Teochew Goodwill Halls in this area; on the other hand, it also inherits a lot of Teochew culture. For example, while local theater is dying out, Teochew opera is still thriving because of the needs of folk beliefs and customs. Of course, they are also aware of some of the wastefulness and are trying to change. In addition, the fact that Guangfu's "Piao Se" could be publicized, while Chaoshan's "Ying Laoshi" was suppressed by publicity, made them feel that they should seek change. After all, the intellectuals of Chaoshan always felt that there was a lack of packaging and a lack of stage color when comparing foreign folklore, such as the Japanese mikoshi (portable shrine). And under the cultivation of patriarchal system, under the money-oriented atmosphere, perhaps I can say irresponsibly that they are more like an anarchist community, they are also a group of realists who adapt to the realism of small farmers, and they believe in self-governance. For example, the most characteristic Chaoshan Goodwill Hall is their autonomous charity organization with the color of folk belief. Under this social background, they even try to develop education and hospitals with the model of the Goodwill Hall, and they have also brought these models to foreign countries, such as Thailand and Singapore, which have achieved great success. In addition, they even tried to control the environmental pollution in the countryside from the perspective of feng shui. It is only in the current domestic context that all these ideas are limited. Anarchism is manifested in the people's distrust of the government, which is why they have rarely engaged in political activities in the past, and this is one of the important symbols that distinguishes them from other merchant groups, such as the Huizhou merchants and the Zheshang merchants. However, as long as the threat to their survival, they will rise up against it. For example, the Ming and Qing dynasties closed the country in the severe sea ban, so that by the sea trade of the Chaozhou people can not make a living, the Chaoshan big pirates came into being, but the local intellectuals in the greater Chaozhou area more often choose to use the "Chaoshan armed merchants group" to describe. Most of the mass incidents caused by rural land issues in China are now occurring in the former Chaozhou area in Guangdong Province. The government needs to think carefully about how to properly handle these internal conflicts in the context of the local situation, rather than labeling them as simple and brutal. Anarchism for the literati, they are more inclined to self-indulgence, in a small garden of their own, into the pile of the old paper, happy, sometimes behave more like a hermit. They are not like other literati, such as the Hakka Guangfu literati as happy to like from the service random comments. In addition to the unity of conservative struggle fine superstition these **** the same character, in fact, the Chaozhou people also Rongjiang River as the boundary between the north and south, divided into two different character of the crowd. Rongjiang north of the Chaozhou people, such as Chaoan (now Xiangqiao District, Chaoan District), Rao Ping e68a84e79fa5e98193313333613030, Chenghai (now Chenghai District, Jinping District, Longhu District), Nan'ao, Jieyang (now Rongcheng District, Jie East), Fengshun and other cultivated soil culture, the impact of the remarkable, and their language is also relatively delicate and tactful, gentle character, but on the relative Their language is also relatively delicate and gentle, and their character is gentle and elegant, but they are relatively conservative and sometimes appear to be insufficiently atmospheric. However, relatively speaking, there are many literati and scholars here, such as Rao Zongyi, a master of national science, a contemporary scholar, Chen Pingyuan, a famous poet, Xu Dishan, a famous writer, a famous educator, a famous philosopher, a famous historian, Du Guoziang, a famous scholar, Hong Zicheng, a famous scholar, Luo Zongqiang, a famous scholar, a famous scholar, the Lingnan word, Zhan Antai, the only true philosopher in modern China, Zhao Tingyang, a great writer, Qin Mu, a demon, a philosopher, Zhang Jingsheng, a famous contemporary scholar, and a famous scholar, Zhang Jingsheng. The philosopher Zhang Jingsheng, the famous contemporary playwright Guo Qihong, the uninhibited genius Cai Lan, the famous economist Xu Tesin, the famous contemporary scholar Rao Pengzi, the contemporary historian Chen Chunsheng, the contemporary linguist Lin Lunlun, and so on and so forth are too numerous to mention. There are also many other scholars and literati who have been quietly cultivating and conserving Teochew culture in the local community, such as Sun Shuyan, a scholar in the field of Chaoology, and Lin Shunjun, a scholar in the field of Teochew Opera, to name a few. And Rongjiang south of the Chaozhou people, such as Chaoyang (today's Chaoyang District, Chaonan District, Haojiang District), Puning, Huilai and other marine culture is relatively significant some of the influence, so the language is relatively heavy, and with the character of rugged, righteousness. Rugged and heroic Yingge Square Dance is cultivated in such a land. This rugged and heroic character is more often manifested as a fear of power, dare to fight, and believe in people do not offend me, I do not offend the creed. This kind of vigor easily creates many sad heroes, such as the famous anti-Japanese general Weng Zhaoguan and the angling hero Chen Yuxiang. They are also the prototypes of what outsiders call "Teochew macho", but this macho is more often expressed in the family's responsibility to the dictatorship and bring sadness. The popular Singapore TV series "Teochew Family" is a good reflection of the love-hate relationship between big men and small men, big women and small women. And this relatively speaking, there are many big businessmen, such as Lin Baixin, Zhuang Shiping, Zheng Wulou, Zhong Tingsen, Lian Yingzhou, Huang Guangyu, Ma Huateng, Zhou Zerong and so on. As well as scientific giants, such as only one county and city of Chaoyang, there are Wu Guoxiong, Chen Yuntai, Lin Zunqi, Zheng Ruyong, Ma Dayou, Zhou Guozhi, Guo Iyuan, Zhou Fulin, She Junan, Tang Xican, Fan Shangda, Guo Musun, Lin Liwu and so on the academicians of the two academies, as well as Liu Zunyi such as academicians of the Academia Sinica, Lin ChuiZhou such as a foreign academician. Of course, this is only a general analysis, like the north of the Rongjiang River, there are also Li Ka-shing, Xie Huiru, Xie National such a giant businessman, and the south of the Rongjiang River, there are also Zheng Zhengqiu, Cai Chusheng, Zheng Shulin, Guo Renyuan, Zhong Jingwen, such a director of great musicians and great scholars. The Chaozhou region is a place of great talent, with its unique and charming Chaozhou culture, and its glory and dreams need to be worked on by all the people of Chaozhou.