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I'll begin as mine. The Cantonese who are among the first Chinese to go outside of China as traders.
This is an English translation of a Chinese article of how we are viewed domestically
This is an English translation of a Chinese article of how we are viewed domestically
TLDR; unkept, eats everything, dirty, short, superstitious, arrogant, indifferent to politics but racist, small clan communities, and skilled but dishonest business practices; finances, property, logistics are our expertiseEnglish Translation
People from Guangdong are the most complex group among Chinese. Their bodies are often short, with protruding cheekbones, small deep-set eyes, flat broad noses, and thick, upturned lips. There are three major dialects: Cantonese (Baihua), Chaoshan (Teochew), and Hakka. Historically, Guangdong has been a mixed region of Baiyue tribes, with Southeast Asians entering along the coast and known as Guangfu people, including those in Hong Kong and Macau. People from the Chaoshan area also have unique language and customs. Both groups belong to indigenous Guangdong people, whose biological origins differ from northern Chinese ethnicities.
After the “Five Barbarians” invasions, a large number of Han people from the Central Plains (mainly Henan) migrated south, settling in today’s Meizhou, Heyuan, and parts of Jieyang and Shanwei, speaking Hakka. These Han settlers are considered the most “purebred” Han Chinese (the North has long been ethnically mixed), numbering over ten million; Sun Yat-sen and Li Ka-shing are Hakka. Historically, Western missionaries depicted Guangdong people very poorly: small in stature, unseemly in appearance, cunning, dirty, addicted to gambling, prone to infighting, cowardly, and even baby-eating.
Guangdong people were the first Chinese to seek livelihoods overseas; over twenty million overseas Chinese trace their roots here, long representing the Chinese image abroad. Chaoshan people, like Wenzhounese, are famous for doing business overseas. Due to demonizing propaganda, anti-Chinese movements in the U.S. and Canada lasted half a century.
Guangdong is the birthplace of the modern democratic revolution, the crossroads of Eastern and Western civilizations, and the bridgehead and vanguard of reform and opening-up. Guangdong people are a maritime ethnic group, full of vitality and energy—quick-witted, adventurous, pioneering, and daring to lead. They are not interested in abstract theories or idle philosophical talk, nor in politics. Everyone is busy making money, running here and there all day. Northerners think before acting, whereas Guangdong people act first and think later, focusing on efficiency and value rather than form and appearance. Guangdong has now become China’s most economically developed region.
Guangdong women are very virtuous; everyone can simmer good soup and cook delicious dishes. Yet their cultural image is that of typical nouveau riche—often portrayed in skits as sarcastic, wealthy but uncultured—with far more criticism than praise. The most common complaints are:
a. Indifferent, xenophobic, arrogant. Guangzhou is a flashy world, the coldest city in China; if you ask for directions one-on-one in a non-local dialect, you’re rarely helped. Neighbors shut their doors and ignore each other to avoid trouble. In Guangzhou, finding someone to stand up for justice is harder than ascending to heaven. Guangdong people have long been xenophobic—calling outsiders “lo lo,” northern girls “bei mui,” northerners “lo song,” Japanese “ga lo,” Westerners “gwai,” and even Chaoshan people “leng lo.” Many lack geographical knowledge and view themselves at the center; outside Guangdong is simply “the North.”
b. Uncultured. They boast tea culture, wine culture, snake-eating culture, and soup-drinking culture, yet never embrace China’s national heritage, only worship Hong Kong and Taiwan culture. Only entertainers from Hong Kong and Taiwan are idols. Only Cantonese pop songs move them. They rarely watch China Central Television, preferring Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan channels. Economy and culture have not advanced together—Guangdong is described as a cultural desert. Few Fortune 500 or Global 500 companies choose to headquarter there.
c. Lacking manners. Though they pragmatically pack leftovers (“thrifty”), they ruthlessly waste others’ property. Guangdong leads the nation in the consumption of disposable chopsticks and food containers. Men and women wear pajamas in broad daylight, strolling to supermarkets as if no one’s watching.
d. Apathetic to national affairs or world developments. National honor and disgrace mean little to them; they only care about their small circles, housing prices, and stocks.
e. Gambling addicts, world-famous. Lottery sales soar—not out of philanthropy—so Mark Six and sports betting flourish just as much.
f. Superstitious. They use yin-yang and ghostly charms for protection, holding Nanhai temple fairs and pineapple temple fairs several times a year. During festivals they conduct home rituals with constant incense burning. They choose “6” and “8” for license plates, house numbers, phone numbers, wedding and business opening dates. Some even schedule cesarean deliveries by date. The annual “September 18 National Humiliation Day” is ironically considered a lucky day. Some ancestral tombs are more luxurious than homes (likely more than filial piety).
g. Guangdong men are shameless, women helpless. Few handsome men or beautiful women are from Guangdong; street beauties tend to come from Sichuan or Hunan. Underage romance is notorious—hand-holding in primary school and open kissing in middle school. Guangdong attendees are the likely origin of eighty percent of such images online. Which man hasn’t visited a prostitute? Which wealthy man doesn’t support a mistress? Guangdong women feel they have no life without men and only placate silently, weeping alone without ever using the law to defend themselves.
h. They boldly eat anything: snakes, rats, dogs, cats, maggots, sparrows, grain pests, pangolins, and even babies—until they once ate civet cats. In 1949, when the People’s Liberation Army advanced south, Northeastern soldiers preparing for the Liangguang campaign heard of these habits and didn’t want to fight, ready to retreat to Hengyang.
i. Guangdong businessmen are arrogant. They are skilled yet untrustworthy, looking down on others, speaking rudely, behaving as if they have everything and you have nothing. If they need you, their flattery is insufferable.
j. Counterfeits run rampant—books, cigarettes, CDs, money, medicine. They pour water into gas cylinders, dye food with harmful chemicals (Chaoshan dried-fruit workshop workers often wear gas masks), blend toxic rice wine with industrial alcohol, and sell nitrites as salt. These are old tricks: fake VCDs in Huadu, counterfeit medicines in Puning, underground phone-smuggling factories in Shenzhen and Dongguan. Guangdong cities rank among the least safe—Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Dongguan top the list (not all due to outsiders; honest farmers from Guangxi turn to robbery). Shantou is the most failed special zone, with dilapidated buildings and rough streets; people in Chaoyang are uncivilized (with many counterfeit-currency and drug dens), preying on outsiders who dare not visit. Ironically, Shantou shops favor traditional Chinese characters, while Shenzhen—far richer in foreign investment—uses only simplified script. Dongguan is dirty and chaotic, its canals stinking, with daytime robberies rampant. Guangdong leads the nation in mistresses: Shenzhen and Dongguan host numerous “mistress villages.”
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