Is Fengshun County Chaoshan or Hakka?

Fengshun county belongs to Hakka area.

It is generally believed that Hakka base camp refers to Meizhou, Huizhou, Heyuan, Tingzhou and Ganzhou. Shaoguan, Shenzhen and other most important places of origin and concentration for Hakkas. In addition, there are some Hakkas in Tingzhou of Qingyuan and Tingzhou of Longyan. There are many non-pure Hakka counties here.

Among them, Huizhou Tingzhou, Meizhou Tingzhou, Ganzhou Tingzhou and Tingzhou are called Hakka four states. Fengshun county is Suzhou county in the middle of Meizhou city, so Fengshun county belongs to Hakka area.

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Country of residence of overseas Hakkas:

There are Hakka overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Oceania. The residence of overseas Hakka overseas Chinese can also be called Hakka area in a broad sense:

Nanyang: In Southeast Asia, there are many Hakkas living in Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia.

South Asia: There are many Hakkas living in West Bengal and Assam in the Brahmaputra River Delta of India, especially in Kolkata.

Africa: According to the total population, more than half of overseas Chinese in Africa are Hakkas, and their hometown is mostly Meizhou or Laojiaying. Mainly distributed in Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles, South Africa and other countries.

Europe: Hakka overseas Chinese in Europe are mostly in Britain and France.

America: Jamaica, Suriname, Panama, Uruguay, Peru, Brazil and other countries are the majority. Most of the Hakka overseas Chinese in Latin America come from Guishan, and most of them are descendants of Hakka in the old Huizhou prefecture. Their language is closest to Huiyang dialect in Chinese mainland (that is, Xinhui small piece of Hakka Cantonese-Taiwanese film) and Cantonese.

Oceania: Hakka overseas Chinese in Oceania are mainly distributed in Australia and Tahiti (French Polynesia). Like Hakka overseas Chinese in Latin America, most of them come from Huizhou Prefecture in old Guangdong.

Reference source

Baidu encyclopedia-Hakka area