In Chinese history, the Hakka people have undergone five massive migrations. In the
Eastern Jin Dynasty, they moved from the Central Plain to the southeast coastal
region and were called "Hekka."
A
house usually holds several dozen to a hundred families. Between the buildings
are courtyards where residents dry things on sunny days, drain water on rainy
days, or hold outdoor activities. In case of fire, the lanes around the walls
and the courtyards help to prevent the fire from spreading.
On the other
hand, in some traditional festival, every family will do some special food to
bring together and enjoy it together. They think other family’s food away
better than they did.
The ancestral
hall is the heart of a house. On festivals, families make sacrificial offerings
to their ancestors. Anyone from the family who comes home from far away or is
going to marry must go to the ancestral hall to pay respects to their
forefathers.
They retain their own language, culture, rites
and customs. Isolated by the high mountains, they did not have much contact
with local inhabitants. As a result, they have their own unique customs
That is
Chinese Hakka, welcome to China and welcome to Hakkas enclose dragon house.
These are very cool houses. And also I like the idea how these Chinese people gather together and share their food..
ReplyDeleteBella, how many people do live in the same house?
Thanks for like it. A house usually holds several dozen to a hundred families, about four hundred people in it.
DeleteI am a hakka, but i never konow about the convention of hakka. My grandpa can speak their language and traditional. Thank you for your poster which let me learn about a part of these culture.
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