[Rural Interests] Taishan: Hometown of Overseas Chinese

About Taishan:

Taishan, may not be so familiar on China's giant map. He is actually the first county-level town in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. Taishan has a long history and is known as the hometown of overseas Chinese. There are many Taishan people who emigrate and immigrate to foreign countries and domestic regions, so the chance to meet Taishan people even in different provinces in China is very common. In the pre-Qin period of the Zhou Dynasty, Taishan had residents living records. During the Daqin period, Qin Shihuang unified all parts of the country, which was the first unification in Chinese history, including Taishan and other places. Later, the Nanyue Kingdom was established until the establishment of Xinhui County in the Western Jin Dynasty. , Taishan is also included. Later, different dynasties were different. Sometimes it was independent as a county seat, and sometimes it was ruled by the district government as an autonomous government. Taishan was very large in scale, and there were many immigrants. Even in the mid-20th century, there were a lot of immigrants to the United States, and the number from Taishan was also very high. Taishan belongs to the Guangdong region, and Cantonese was spoken under most circumstances at the time, but Taishan belongs to Wuyi, which is more difficult to understand. Due to the slightly different languages in Taishan, it was not until modern times that the unified Taishan dialect was easier to understand.

Land resources and quality of life:

Taishan is close to Xinhui. It is a place with land, water resources, mild climate and more sunny days, which is suitable for planting and farming. Therefore, Taishan can be self-sufficient and export more crops to the mainland. In the early days, Taishan was a rural city with many farmers. Because of the need to transport resources to other places, Taishan had relatively smooth road traffic and made a living by farming crops and animals. Until modern times, due to its unique social structure and production method, it was the earliest city in China to acquire modern technology development, which increased its output and made a large number of Taishan people rich, eventually leaving Taishan for other places, and some came to Hong Kong and Macao . (Including many of our old neighborhoods, Macau also has a Taishan District and a local association)

Modern development and immigration:

Taishan is also a city that developed technology construction relatively early. They used the technology and money they acquired to build Taishan into a local city dominated by high-rise buildings. The surrounding countryside attracted talents to the center, but this also led to a gradual decrease in the number of people in the surrounding countryside. , the house gradually withered. Taishan's modern technology, industry, electronics, biology, mechanics and other technical aspects are more developed in the south, which has also led to many talents from other places to come to Taishan to seek opportunities, and even the surrounding areas of Taishan, which were relatively withered, have begun to rebuild. Reconstruction and regeneration of the land were obtained. Since Taishan in the past was dominated by middle-class peasants, under the promotion of the current government, the governments of Taishan pay more attention to education, so that the new generation can start from the scientific and technological level. There are many immigrants in Taishan now going to foreign countries, which also causes Taishan people to have more influence in foreign countries. Immigrants from Taishan suffer more and can be suitable for any job. Therefore, there are many talents and they are also popular in foreign countries.