As one of the four Hakka States, Huizhou House is not only a symbol of Hakka overseas Chinese culture, but also a symbol of Hakka marine culture. Although Huizhou is not a pure Hakka area, the word Hakka has always been used to refer to the residents in the mountainous areas of eastern Guangdong, starting from Huizhou. Huizhou, as the original birthplace of Hakka studies, has its historical inevitability. Due to the spread, gathering and reproduction of Hakka people, Huizhou culture has long been an inseparable part of the Hakka cultural system. Huizhou is an important part of Hakka's final base camp and one of the important hometowns of overseas Hakka.
Jiaying area in Meizhou is the final place for the formation of Hakka clans, and most Hakkas in China take Jiaying area as their ancestral home. Jiaying Prefecture is the second largest hometown of Hakka overseas Chinese, and the number of overseas Hakka overseas Chinese whose ancestral home is Jiaying Prefecture is second only to Huizhou Prefecture. 1988 was later changed to Meizhou City, which has jurisdiction over two counties, Tai Po and Fengshun, which do not belong to Jiaying Prefecture. In history, the overseas Chinese who immigrated from Meizhou's current jurisdiction are still mainly Jiaying, Tai Po and Fengshun. Meizhou, Guangdong is known as "the Hakka Capital of the World", and Meizhou, China is the spiritual home of Hakka people all over the world! On June 65438+1October 65438+March 2009, the first "World Merchants Conference" was held in Meizhou, Guangdong. At the meeting, more than 65,438+0,000 merchants at home and abroad reunited for the first time, officially announcing to the world that Hakka merchants will conquer the world with a group term "merchants". 20111On February 4-6, the World Merchants Conference was held in Meizhou, the capital of the world. More than 1000 elite merchants from 13 countries and regions,1provinces and10 prefecture-level cities in the province attended the meeting. The theme of the second World Merchants Conference is "Showing the spirit of merchants and seeking common cooperation and development". On September 22nd, 20 13, the World Merchants Conference was held in Meizhou, Guangdong Province. This world merchants conference is based on "integrating into the world Hakka and showing the world Hakka; The theme of "Building the Chinese Dream Together" is: One merchant in the world. From the United States, France, Australia, South Africa and other 14 countries and regions, China.
More than 900 guests from 14 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities attended the meeting, and 5 guest areas including Meizhou signed 70 contracts with merchants. 201510/2. The 4th World Merchants Conference with the theme of "Gathering the strength of merchants, * * * creating the future of Hayes" was held today in Meicheng, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province (including Meijiang District and Meixian District). The conference proposed to give full play to the advantages of many overseas Chinese in the guest area, and strive to build the World Merchants Conference into an important platform for Guangdong to implement the national "Belt and Road" strategy, actively participate in the construction of the 2/KLOC-0 century Maritime Silk Road, and further expand its opening up. During the meeting, the first long-distance international route in Meizhou-Jakarta-Meizhou international route was officially opened; According to the legendary story of the famous patriotic overseas Chinese leader Delong Xiong, 32 episodes of the overseas Chinese family drama "Kiss China's Parents" were released for the first time; 33 overseas economic, trade and cultural liaison offices connected with the guest area and the "Belt and Road" were awarded plaques; Guangdong Meixinghuafeng Industrial Cluster was listed with the approval of the provincial government; Meizhou, Shaoguan, Heyuan, Huizhou, Qingyuan and other Hakka areas in Guangdong have signed 90 projects with domestic and foreign merchants, with a planned total investment of more than 40 billion yuan, involving new energy, new medicine, new materials, electronic information, machinery and equipment, cultural tourism and other fields.
Tingzhou Tingzhou Prefecture is a famous Hakka ancestral home, and most of the Hakkas in China can be traced back to Ninghua County as their ancestral home. The overseas Chinese in Tingzhou Prefecture are the most native in Yongding County. Unfortunately, "Tingzhou" has now become a historical term. The former counties in Tingzhou area are now managed by Sanming City and Longyan City respectively. Therefore, it is a sense of time and space confusion to call "Tingzhou" and Huizhou, Meizhou and Ganzhou as the four Hakka States.
Ganzhou Ganzhou area is known as the first hotbed of Hakka people and the cradle of Hakka culture. However, there are as many as 18 counties under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou prefecture, but there are very few overseas Chinese, and their popularity among overseas Hakka overseas Chinese is not high. Ganzhou is dominated by three different dialects, including local dialect (old Hakka dialect), Guanglao dialect (new Hakka dialect) and Fucheng dialect (southwest mandarin).