The History of the Hokkien People (Part 1) | The China History Podcast | Ep. 216 

I'm of Hokkien descent and it's interesting learning more about my heritage. My paternal grandfather was adopted by my great-grandmother as they were seeking refuge in the Philippines during WWII. My father's side of the family is from Fujian and I regret not learning enough about my own heritage so I'm trying to salvage that.

Thank you so much for your research! As a Hokkien born in the Philippines, I am so happy to be learning about our history!

My Hokkien ancestors moved to Southeast Asia hundreds of years ago. In fact, my great grandfather's great grandmother (some 9 generations back) was mentioned by a local scholar in his journal written in the early 19th century. Today, 10 generations later, I'm still fully Hokkien ethnically and can speak Hokkien but our living culture in terms of food and clothing have assimilated with the natural local environment.

👍👍👍 My grandparents migrated from Fujian province to Singapore more than a hundred years ago. I am a 3rd generation Singaporean. Very proud still a pure 100% Hokkien. Able to speak Hokkien, Mandarin, Teochew, Cantonese and English. From : Singapore Hokkien Chinese

Thanks so much for another excellent podcast. I shared a rental house with an old Hokkien from western Taiwan. He had halting English but considering in his life he had to learn Mandarin, Japanese, and English after he'd acquired his native Hokkien tongue, I'd give him a pass. Not bad for a man who started as a farmer and saw so much of the history of Taiwan. As an aside, I really recommend anyone who goes to Guangzhou to visit Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King Zhao Mo to understand that time of ongoing admixture of cultures of the Han and the Baiyue.

My family also moved to the Philippines from Fujian, My mother was from Amoy and Dad was from Leongkue. I went to Chinese school in a dorm in Tabaco and Legazpi for 9 years. Spoke Hokkien at home. I am so proud of my heritage. Living in Philadelphia USA now so as my other brothers. Thanks for this episode and the next one.

as a local Hokkien, I approve this video.

I am truly impressed by this video because I couldn’t imagine anyone doing a history research of Hokkien and making it such a great lesson for us! I am also Hokkien. My hometown is Jinjiang, Fujian. I am living in Shanghai and I really appreciate your effort and time for making this video! It was so well explained!

Deepest appreciation for yr.well researched materials on our Hokkien Heritage.Our forefathers were pioneers in Singapore/ Malaya and yr presentation trace their steps in history. Thank U.

Thank you for taking the time and effort to fix the pronunciation for "Hokkien" -- perfect!

Thank you to know about this group. Cause of my grand mother´s mother emigrated to Thaialnd for more than 150 years ago. I never know so much about my ancestor cause of we are mixed with thai people. Now I understand more why I always endore Chinese people in Thailand. They work hard and get always succeed in business, education and so on. Bestwishes from Stockholm - Sweden

I am astonished by your knowledge of Fujian! Amazing!

My father comes from Malaysia a Sarawak town called Sibu aka Little Fuchou . The sea trade is extensive there it is I think nearly 100km up a river but ships come in from the sea and I believe the town is renown for very cheap goods as not all the duty is paid. The family speak Fuchou and Hokkien. My grandfather was Fuchou and I believe my amah was Hokkien or at least part Hokkien - both dialects are spoken extensively in Sibu. I'm European Australian/Malaysian Chinese - amo-lang. I lived in Malaysia for a year in I think 1982 and learnt a tiny bit of Hokkien. Most of my uncles and aunties now live in Australia or between Australia and Malaysia - as you say we really spread out over the world.

You pronounced Hokkien so well! It’s exactly how we pronounce!

I'm a Filipino with Hokkien ancestry from my father's side. My Hokkien ancestor migrated to the Philippines back in the late 1700s, settled in Pateros, married a native and assimilated into the greater Philippine society. It is estimated that at least 20 million Filipinos have some Chinese ancestry, though there are no exact figures as race isn't really recorded in our census.

My ancestors migrated from Hokkien during the Qing Dynasty to the Philippines. Hundreds of years later I’m a first generation Filipino American 5 gen Latin American with Roots that go back to Italy in the 1600s. Very cool to learn about this subject matter thank you

Thank you for your explanation. Wish to know more about Hokkien people in China and to be able to trace my father's root in that province. I was told that my grandfather came from the village known in Hokkien as "kau tiam heow" (nine joss stick) and there are Chinese Muslim too. I am still wondering exactly which spot is it. My family members still speak in Hokkien but in Penang style (mixed).

My heritage is Hokkien, from Fujian province. My dad was born on Gulangyu Island (a UN heritage site) - a status symbol at the time, had 3 wives simultaneously and smoked opium (another status symbol) who migrated to the Philippines pre-war era. My history begins after migration. Thank you for the interesting insights for this culture within a culture.

My late father left Fujian Anxi in early 20th century to Malaysia. I went back to visit my relatives twice. I am the 16th generation of this Tan family in Anxi. The Tan or Chen were originally from Henan.We have one of our patriarch buried in Anxi apparently settled in Anxi since Ming time

I am the 4th generation of the ong, or wang family who live in Indonesia. My great-grandfather is buried here. really miss the ancestral sacred land.

Very interesting video, I just got an interest to study the min/ Fujian people.

Thanks for mentioning the Minyue Kingdom before the Han conquest.

Interesting.....I was told the Hokkiens are like the Scots of China...bc Fujian is mostly mountainous and with a small strip of arable land, poor lands meant many impoverished Fujianese were more likely to risk all and seek fortunes abroad. Also the Wuyi mountains made the province relatively isolated and somewhat rebellious. which is why the language is also a bit of a holdover (isolate) from a more ancient past. Apparently you can tell a lot about the culture from the food as well which tens to be relatively less refine than the South (Guangdong) and slightly more stodgy both bc of the mountains but also due to poverty of the land. ...not sure how true this is.

Praise for your well researched n pronounced Chinese terms. Really impressive n robust presentation of my ancestral history. I m second generation Hokkien lang in Singapore. Resident in UK for 40 years. Really enjoyed your voice n knowledge. Give us More!

I am a Chinese born Hokkien outside China........Thank you for the brief story about Hokkien history way back to the ancient times in China; however I can not understand what it is all about even though you had carefully explained the roots of Hokkien from mainland China. I did know that my great grand mother was from China but we hardly know the history back ground of Hokkien in China. Nevertheless thank you so much for enlightened us ( the Hokkiens ) the history.

I’ve been following your channel for a while and this has to be one of my favorite content! I always wondered if the Hokkiens later conquered Tang and established the Song Dynasty. Since I recall Song main language was Hokkien while Tang’s main language was Cantonese.

Love these videos. Feel like they would be 100 times better with graphics matching this narration.

We are Hokkien descendants in Guangdong province. We speak both localised Hokkienese and Cantonese.

Zhongshan is a region in Guangzhou region where the Fujian people settled. In this region they speak a Minnan language called Longdu. It is very similar to Hokkien. My family is originally from Zhongzhan. Fyi, Sun Yat Sen is from Zhongshan.

i'm half hokkien and half hakka, i guess that makes me a double "superstar" lol. let's face it, the cantonese didn't get along with anyone, history bears this out, look at the civil war with the hakkas where tens of thousands died, and also with the hokkiens on a smaller scale, only because there is no territoral dispute thanks to the mountain range protecting fujian

Many in Sabah, Malaysia too

Pelajaran bhs hokkian sangat dlm ilmunya apalagi sejarahnya,,utamakan kebersamaan dlm berjuang agar keluarga terangkat bisa mencapai cita2 nya di mata dunia..❤

I'm half Hokkien. It's probably the most complex dialect because it has more than 4 tones, plus strong tone sandhi. Also great for cursing as short expletives can be easily strung together!

I visited the nan yue museum and ruins twice. Now then i know it is related to my hokkien lineage. Cheers.

Bai Yue was mostly Ai Lao and their relatives the Zhuang peoples, after the failed rebellion in the 8th century against the Tang some 400,000 Lao and nanyue feld into Nanchao and the tributaries of the red river. The Lao who are the ancestors of the Tai eventually migrated and settled in southeast Asia and eastern India

Very comprehensive description of 福建人 history. And very objectively. Good job. You almost decoded the term “ Han culture “.

My visit to Xiamen yielded information that fookienese is divided into 5 dialects-among them the very famous Min nan hua.

damn who knew the war of the 8 princes was this devastating.

Mostly of the Hokkien people are traveler a lots of Hokkien in Malaysia Singapore Canada and Philippines may parents they are came from Nan'an Chixi Fujian China and now I have a two brothers in China and me in Philippines.

I speak a very rare dialect, called Longdu. It shares a colloquial layer with the Fuzhou dialect. My ancestors must of came from Fuzhou and settled in Zhong Shan.

Could you find any history of the tribes that migrated to NE of India from China? Just found this channel and this was really fascinating. Shall be very grateful if any clue or traces can be found about NE tribes of India and Nagas of Nagaland India in particular. Thank You Sir.

I wish I could trace where my father came from in this large part of fujian

im not sure if i have any hokkien in me but the dialect we spoke where my grandma lived in philippines had a mix of hispanic and hokkien.

i appreciate ur channel so much... thank you

i'm impressed with your correct pronunciation of the word Hokkien. Do you speak it?

Good to pay homage to our Bai Yue ancestors.

Its interesting to get to learn of the history of my origin from a foreigner.🤔🤔🤔

Difficulty to follow at times, if you have little knowledge of Chinese history, but a good informative podcast nevertheless.

My family moved from Fujian to Phuket Thailand where Hokkien people are major population.

Thanks. Your are welcome. Okay

Can you please do a video on the Cantonese people?

Thank you for your effort. Some observations, your ability to read and write Mandarin is far stronger than some. Its nice to know how translated history is surface. And what the weakness when I study history and culture. Its like we are trying to describe dinosaurs from dry bones. First, learn the language. Still learning after all these years. Interesting to you, What word/pronounciation is used for the animal dog and the variation within the umbrella group of the Hokkian. Its interesting because it reflects the ties to older...ergo Han. China and USA are not similar. You or I would not be welcome in any of the native American reservations. Although we could maybe chat up and be slightly more acceptable to a prospective inuit mother in law. Have a nice day.

I am interested in the photo at the start of the video and where you got it. I believe the picture is Pastor Nga Pit Keh and his family from around 1910 or so

My great grandfather's from Amoy China.

Can you Suggest me Some Book or link Source regarding of this topic?🙏

Do you have the sources for the information you used in this podcast, especially about the migration of the Ng, Tan, Lim and Tay clans? I remember reading a quote somewhere sometime about what the northerners said about the pronunciation back then. Not sure about its veracity. Also, I'm sure the part about the Southern tribes being unschooled in Confucian ways and bring covered in tattoos is tongue-in-cheek but it does sound kind of racist by today's standards. The term 'Han' Chinese is used by the Chinese government to refer to the majority culturally-assimilated group, so it's kind of like being 'White' in America. People outside of China don't usually use that term. Furthermore, the Taiwanese are proud of their austronesian heritage. Thanks for the time taken to make this video. Peace.

I wish there is subtitle.

God is great for bless us hokkirm role.

We are T'ng Lang... Not Han... That's a 20th Century exonym.

i'm Indonesian Hokkienese my surname is ong 王

Why is a white man describing Hokkien culture to me? Im shocked

TewChow, Chau' Jou- is same root with Fu Jian? Fu Jou is northern n different ethnic from Fu Jian n Chau' Jou?

My gennesss

Does that mean the Hokkien people with huang, chen, lin and zheng surnames were actually descendants of Northern Han rather than the ethnic tribal inhabitants of Fujian?

I find that a lot of korean words and japenese words have similar pronouciation to the hokien or cantonese counterparts

How true is it that Hokkien and Cantonese do not get along ?

Who is from yongchun or nan'an?

Thanks ‼️

Ooh! Tan. That's me.

Hokkien they are everywhere in the world

My grandfather came from Amoy. My father was born on Malaysia. We have lost contact with our Ang relatives in China.

Third generation from Philippines❤

those who stay at msia, spore and indon....they are called "pendatang"

I LIKE THE HISTORY ...:-)

Chin Dynasty was not the first dynasty of China. Thus Chin Tsi Huang wasnt the first emperor of China. The first dynasty of China was Xia Dynasty.

And I am a hokkien lang from penang, M'sia.

Which Hokkien are you talking about?

I'm guessing my Chindo GF's hertige is from here given that her and her family speak Hokkien at home. 😂 Her eyes are a bit larger/rounder than other Chinese people's, and also her complexion is not dark, but not pale either. She lives in Singapore now, but her family is still in Medan, Indonesia. As a side note, and pro video editor, you need to juice up the editing to make this content more engaging.

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i wish there were words rather than pure audio

哇，有趣有趣咯！

Come visit me in Malaysia

Chee Bye was the first Hokkien term I learnt

Hokka people are richest oversea i guess like Singapore Vietnam Malaysia? They've been SE Asians earliest lot numbers many places so easy for them get rich especially Taiwan is most Hokka too too? TewChew is most smart n good looking good people like me.

Are most people in Taiwan Hokkien people, at least partially?

Find out more about INDIA as many people says that's India belongs to Hinduism then where's does Mughals Empire comes from

Is Hsieh or 謝 a Hoklo surname or Hokkien surname?

Hokan is same as Fu Jian people?

Would you please get some real subtitles for this video? "Jaquez"'for Hakkas? "do choose" for Teochews? What is CHP 150? And CHP 176? Do you really care to be understood by people?

What is the difference among Hakka, Hokka, and Hokkien?

Funny for the chinese the bae yue a baberian but yue king goujian swordt make by the yue smith a chinese proud cultur things. again chinese manipulations whit history of the south.tuanle🇩🇰

I’m full fujian, to all my cousins out there we have more Neanderthal DNA than any other race to date

Let me say. Your comment is only little correct. There are ali together 14 type of hokkien dialects speaking. In China. Okay

We r hearing this from a person who sound like 老外

Who is From An Hui

tio em tiooo

Forget history. Talk about their food!!!!

Whats difference between Hokkian and Hokka, Fu Jou and Fu Jian and Dia Chiu? Like life is not complicated enough. Fu Jou sound so peasant and harsh language. Yes many them are tough n rough street smart and peasant people i happen mingle lot them due surrounding my Chibese are Fu Jou. Fu Jou sound better. Dua Jiu sound nice and mellow or more civilized thats my language.

I dont agree Southern Chinese less civilization culture than Han Chinese may be were best Chinese and many evidences show lot rich conplicated civilization but Han Chinese got credit for it. How else Vietnam has changed its dumb bad outdated Chinese writing to alphabet, our people have big round beautiful double lid eye tan smooth skin instead hairy mean not evolved become human yet like S Chinese. New culture civilization dont mean lesser culture its like America is European culture dont mean American people ir cukture or system lesser than Europe but theyve evolved more and better later. Vietnam defeated France imperalist and superpower US 50 year ago while China largest population n land still let white countries conquer them till 1996 of Macao and Hong Kong and Taiwan is still puppet state of West while Vietnam is half tiny poor country unified its country 1975 year ago. Vietnam gain independant 40 year later than China but development both countries are about same. Imagine Vietnam Korea and Japan were as big as China i bet we coukd accomplished lot more than China. It prove Han Chinese in middle of China are definely not better than rest of other Chinese. Han Chinese had lost their countries many times like to Turk Mongolia Manchua Japan and An Nam but Han Chinese overrun other took other people land culture and population.