Chapter 2 Traditional Rural Life of Hong Kong

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Chapter 2 Traditional Rural Life of Hong Kong

• III Life in Rural Hong Kong

(1) Major Groups
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Life in Rural Hong Kong

• four major groups of people in rural Hong Kong
• settled in Hong Kong during the 10th-17th
  centuries
• came to Hong Kong because of wars and famines

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Life in Rural Hong Kong

• Hong Kongs first settlers
• Mainly came from Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi
• Lived in Hong Kong since the 10th century.

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• Came from the coastal areas of Guangdong and
  Fujian
• Mainly engaged in fishing and lived on boats

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Life in Rural Hong Kong

• Lived in Shandong before migrating to Hong Kong
  in the 17th century
• Speaks Hakkas dialect
• Mainly engaged in farming