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Tingzhou Dialect
The Tingzhou dialect () is a group of Hakka dialects spoken in Longyan and Sanming (historically Tingzhou), southwestern Fujian. Tingzhou includes the Hakka dialects spoken in the counties originally under the jurisdiction of Tingzhou: Changting (Tingzhou), Ninghua, Qingliu, Liancheng, Wuping, Shanghang Shanghang (; hak, Sông-hông-yen) is a county in southwest Fujian Province, China, bordering Guangdong Province to the southwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Longyan. Transportation Part of Shanghang County i ..., Yongding and Mingxi. The Changting dialect is generally regarded as the representative dialect of this branch of Hakka. References See also * Changting dialect {{Chinese language Hakka Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou, while its largest city by population is Quanzhou, both located near the coast of the Taiwan Strait in the east of the province. While its population is predominantly of Chinese ethnicity, it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China. The dialects of the language group Min Chinese were most commonly spoken within the province, including the Fuzhou dialect of northeastern Fujian and various Hokkien dialects of southeastern Fujian. Hakka Chinese is also spoken, by the Hakka people in Fujian. Min dialects, Hakka and Mandarin Chinese are mutually unintelligible. Due to emigration, a sizable amount of the ethnic Chinese populations of Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinitic Languages
The Sinitic languages (漢語族/汉语族), often synonymous with "Chinese languages", are a group of East Asian analytic languages that constitute the major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is frequently proposed that there is a primary split between the Sinitic languages and the rest of the family (the Tibeto-Burman languages). This view is rejected by a number of researchers but has found phylogenetic support among others. The Greater Bai languages, whose classification is difficult, may be an offshoot of Old Chinese and thus Sinitic; otherwise Sinitic is defined only by the many varieties of Chinese unified by a common writing system, and usage of the term "Sinitic" may reflect the linguistic view that Chinese constitutes a family of distinct languages, rather than variants of a single language. Population The total speakers of the Chinese macrolanguage is 1,521,943,700, of which about 73.5% (1,118,584,040) speak a Mandarin variety. The estimated number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakka Chinese
Hakka (, , ) forms a language group of varieties of Chinese, spoken natively by the Hakka people throughout Southern China and Taiwan and throughout the diaspora areas of East Asia, Southeast Asia and in overseas Chinese communities around the world. Due to its primary usage in scattered isolated regions where communication is limited to the local area, Hakka has developed numerous Variety (linguistics), varieties or dialects, spoken in different provinces, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian, Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi and Guizhou, as well as in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Hakka is not Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible with Yue Chinese, Yue, Wu Chinese, Wu, Southern Min, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin or other branches of Chinese, and itself contains a few mutually unintelligible varieties. It is most closely related to Gan Chinese, Gan and is sometimes classified as a variety of Gan, with a few northern Hakka varieties even being partiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longyan
Longyan (; Hakka: ''Liùng-ngàm''; Longyan dialect: ''Lengngia'') is a prefecture-level city in south-western Fujian Province, China, bordering Guangdong to the south and Jiangxi to the west. History In 736 AD, (the Tang dynasty), the prefecture of Tingzhou was established in western Fujian, or ''Minxi'' (), administering Changting, Huanglian and Xinluo counties. Six years later Xinluo was named Longyan for the nearby cavern, a famous scenic site. Due to the ancient conflicts in central China and aggression from northern tribes, many Han people moved from central China to Longyan. in 1734, the Hokkien-speaking counties of Longyan city and Zhangping were ceded from Zhangzhou to form the Longyan Prefecture within the Hakka peasant Tingzhou prefecture, a typical Hakka peasant socitiey culturally distinct from the Minnanese by the imperial court. In 1913, it reverted to its former name Longyan County and in 1981, Longyan City was established. Minxi was a strategic base during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanming
Sanming (, Foochow Romanized: Săng-mìng), also known as Minzhong (), is a prefecture-level city in western Fujian province, China. It borders Nanping City to the north, Fuzhou City to the east, Quanzhou City to the southeast, Longyan City to the south and the province of Jiangxi to the west. Sanming lies between Wuyi and Daiyun mountains. Geography and climate The prefecture level city of Sanming has a total area of , of which 82 percent of this extension is composed of mountainous areas, 8.3 percent of arable land and 9.7 percent of water or other type of terrain. Sanming is well known by its beautiful nature landscape with different landforms, including unique Danxia Landform and abundant Karst topography. The most famous spots include global geopark Taining Golden Lake in Taining County, Yuhua Cave in Jiangle County and Goose Cave in Ninghua County. Demographics According to the 2010 Census, Sanming has a population of 2,503,338, 70,687 inhabitants less than in 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tingzhou Fu
Tingzhou fu () was a prefecture in Fujian province from the Tang Dynasty () down to the early 20th century, when it was renamed (). History As early as 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, the She people thrived along the Tingjiang river(), which originates in the north and runs through the county toward the south, and enters the South China Sea in Shantou(), Guangdong() province. Since early history, the Tingjiang river has been serving as an important water path for travel and, more importantly, the shipping of goods between coastal areas and mountainous terrain. It was said that the early Hakka ancestors traveled from north through the same path to Guangdong and the other parts of China and overseas, so Tingjiang river also gained its name as "Hakka's Mother River". Imperial During the Han Dynasty, county-level administration was established where Changting county is currently seated. To take on immigrating northerners, the Tingzhou fu () prefecture administration was set up in the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changting County
(; Hakka: Tshòng-tin), also known as Tingzhou or Tingchow (), is a county in western Fujian province, People's Republic of China. With a population of 480,000 and an area of , Changting is the fifth largest county in the provinc The majority of the population belongs to the Hakka people and speaks Changting dialect, a dialect of Hakka Chinese. The Changting dialect is mutually unintelligible with the Meixian dialect, which is another Hakka language spoken in Guangdong. The county seat is the town of Tingzhou. History Pre-modern era Changting was originally the name of a prefecture (called Tingzhou in imperial times), established in the second year of the Republic of China - 1913. Jiangxi-Fujian Soviet During the early stages of the Chinese Civil War, this prefecture was the economic and financial centre of the Chinese Soviet Republic ( Jiangxi-Fujian soviet). Tens of thousands of people from Changting joined the Chinese Red Army but not many survived the Long March. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninghua County
Ninghua () is a county of the prefecture-level city of Sanming, in western Fujian province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the west. The town of Shibi of Ninghua is well known as the cradle of the Hakka. Ninghua is also marked as the starting place of the famous massive Long March undertaken by the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party in 1934. Administration The county government is located in Cuijiang town (). There are four other towns, namely Quanshang (), Hucun () and Shibi () Caofang (). All four lie along a single east-west highway which transects Ninghua and connects the Mingxi County with National Highway 206 in Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ... Province. There are twelve sub-townships, making a total of 16 township-level di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qingliu County
Qingliu () is a county of western Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Sanming City. Administration The county executive, legislature, and judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ... are in Longjin () Town, along with the CPC and PSB branches. Other Towns (镇, ''zhen'') *Songxi () *Songkou () *Changjiao () *Lingdi () Township (乡, ''xiang'') *Donghua () *Linshe () *Wenjiao () *Sheming () *Tianyuan () *Litian () *Shawu () *Laifang () *Dengjia () *Lijia () Climate References {{authority control County-level divisions of Fujian Sanming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liancheng County
Liancheng County () is a county in the municipal region of Longyan, Fujian, People's Republic of China. Geography Liancheng borders Changting county, Changting and Shanghang county, Shanghang counties to the west and south, and Xinluo District, Xinluo, the municipal seat, to the southeast. Sanming Municipality's Yong'an City and Qingliu County lie to the east and northeast. Two watersheds meet here, with most of the county's rivers flowing north and east to the Min River (Fujian), Min River and the East China Sea, and the remainder flowing southwest to the Ting River system and the South China Sea. Climate Transportation Liancheng county is crossed by National Route 205 (Yong'an City, Yong'an downtown--Shanghang County#Transportation, Shanghang centre). The 319 (Xinluo District, Xinluo downtown--Tingzhou, Longyan, Changting centre) crossing the southwest of the county is for about half its length identical with the 205. The Ganzhou–Longyan Railway passes through Liancheng. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuping County
Wuping (; Hakka: Vú-phìn) is a county in of southwestern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, bordering Guangdong to the south and Jiangxi to the west. It is under the administration of Longyan City. Administration The county executive, legislature and judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ... are in the town of Pingchuan (平川), together with the CPC and PSB branches. Towns (镇, ''zhen'') *Taoxi () *Zhongbao () *Shifang () *Zhongshan () * Yanqian (岩前) Townships (乡, ''xiang'') *Xiangdian () *Dahe () *Yongping() *Dongliu () *Wan'an () *Wudong () *Chengxiang () *Minzhu () * Xiaba (下坝) *Zhongchi () *Xiangdong () Climate References {{Authority control County-level divisions of Fujian Longyan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghang County
Shanghang (; hak, Sông-hông-yen) is a county in southwest Fujian Province, China, bordering Guangdong Province to the southwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Longyan. Transportation Part of Shanghang County is accessed by China National Highway 319, coming west from Xinluo (), the municipal seat. The county seat, conventionally called ''Shanghang'' itself but officially Linjiang Town (), is reached by Route 205. The Ganzhou–Longyan Railway passes through western Shanghang. Tourism The county's most famous cultural-historical attraction is in the town of Gutian (), namely the site of the Gutian Congress in December 1929. Administration The county administers 17 towns (), 3 townships (), and 2 ethnic townships (). Towns Shanghang County's 17 towns are as follows: * * * * * Rentian * Baisha * Gutian * * Nanyang * * * * * * * * Townships Shanghang County's 3 townships are as follows: * * * Ethnic Townships Shang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
