Chaozhou (Teochew) and Its Relationship with Thailand

[@MindofYǒng]

I only know my late grandpa was once follow his older brother 可可 to Thailand, I have no idea how long he stayed there before he went to Indonesia. That's make him capable to speak, read & write in Thai language. I remember my grandpa used to said : "If you know how spell in Thai than its easy for you to learn Indonesia language". His brother stayed and have a family there. This video kinda take me back in time to picture my grandpa life journey. Thank you Yanyan 🙏

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

Love your story!

[@lastsundaydrive1]

I’m a Thai Teochew that also speaks Indonesian! Crazy that this is the first comment I saw 😊

[@MindofYǒng]

@@lastsundaydrive1 Hi bro, greeting from Indonesia. My late grandpa is also Teochew nang but he only inherited his surname 姓 to me, he never teach me his own Teochew dialect, probably he think it useless, cause I was born in Hakka community and my mom family was also Hakka.

[@manchu-qu9mw]

I am a Teochew, thanks for the video. China has transformed so much and yet preserved some old structure. Hope to visit my relatives in Swatow and other places.

[@bournemouthproperties2292]

Thank you for creating this video. So well put together, really brings Chaoshan alive in the imagination.

[@tharakawa0923]

Very short and informative stories you are telling here. Much appreciated.

[@hatilee6638]

谢谢你的供献。You have a tender voice like that of a teenager. Very informative video.

[@Sosahitovitol]

贡献哈哈哈😂你想说的是“谢谢你提供的历史资料吧？”

[@kinlian]

Thanks!

[@chaitassy]

Thank you /ขอบคุณครับ for this episode! It's quite clear for me how my Chinese/Chow Chow heritage and my early childhood in Thailand are integrated.History is a great way back where we came from but the pride of history is the greatest of human being. ❤!

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

My pleasure!

[@picopiku]

Its an irony when there was a period Siam wasn't so appreciative of chinese immigrants. Thai chinese now bear thai names and subsquent generations no longer associated themselves with chinese or largely Teochew Nangs..

[@adisornacer6501]

@@picopiku more irony Thai PM who made that policy by himself is Chinese immigrants descendent

[@Albion80s]

An invaluable source of information and a historical perspective to millions of overseas Chinese and their future generations to come. Thank you for your incredible work.

[@tankitking5216]

Thanks

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

Thank you very much!

[@Kevin-xz4jq]

Chaozhou is my favorite city in China! It was very exciting to watch this video. And i learned a lot. Thank you

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

You are well-traveled in China, Kevin! I kinda get your taste. You like the combination of floating bridge and ancient city wall because you also found Ganzhou interesting. Am I right? Haha... I love these two a lot and I prefer Ganzhou because its city wall is more authentic. The one in Chaozhou was recently built and it looks fake to me. I didn't even put it in the video.

[@Kevin-xz4jq]

@@yanyangoaroundinchina to be honest, i loved Chaozhou because i lived in shantou (as a english teacher) and often visited chaozhou. But i didnt like it because of the restored historical structures. I liked it because it felt romantic. The street near West Lake is so nice to walk down. And s lot of the older buildings have trees growing out of them. And the people are super friendly. And the food (like seafood gwei tiao) is so delicious. Its a charming little city.

[@mhow4967]

@@yanyangoaroundinchina Oh! Guangzhou? We are going to visit Ganzhou next year. Here's in Toronto Canada we have an exciting organization for Hakka communities. And I'm happy to be part of it. Here's the list of the countries we came from ; Mauritius, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Trinidad, South Africa, Union island, Barbados, Madagascar and Ganzhou China. We called ourselves: THHA Toronto Hakka Heritage Alliance. I have mentioned your video to our community about your video. I would like to use your video to promote our wonderful Customs and culture. Sadly, many of us speak very little 客家話. I'm Multi lingual including Mandarin, Meizhou Hakka, English and French.

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

Now I understand how you feel about the city (although it didn't feel romantic to me because I found most old buildings are very messy inside. Haha. Maybe I shouldn't have checked inside).

[@Kevin-xz4jq]

@@yanyangoaroundinchina 🤣

[@VerasakSahachaisaree]

Thanks so much from Thailand, someday I plan to visit there. My ancestor are from Chaozhou.

[@beatpirate8]

my dad is chaozhou and when we went to thailand i heard his language. i also know their people are by the water and they travelled to se asia including singapore and vietnam. it tripped me out to hear his language !

[@tossawatcheng]

As Thai who is 100% Teochew II'm really appreciate this one.

[@PravdaSeed.96]

Magnificent & Beautiful 🌻🌻 Sino sphere❇️.

[@steventan2550]

Thanks for producing an informative video for people interested in their "hometown" in Chaozhou.

[@kinlian]

Yanyan, I enjoyed your video. Well done. It gives me a good explanation of the history of Chaozhou and Shantou.

[@sowathya]

Thank you for the history. I miss and think of my grandpa and my ancestors in 埔田鎮

[@joeeng8181]

You did an excellent job on the video and historical information on the history of oversea Chinese. You made history come alive. Thank you so much for your effort. As an oversea Chinese, I learn a lot and enjoy your presentations. Thank you.

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

Thank you very much!

[@MYTHOMINHTRAN]

"Water's Journey: From Any Path, Back to Its Source" is common spirit of Chinese people... This was the place my granddad started his journey in the first half of 20 century to Vietnam. He took his whole family with 9 children and started of new life in the south. All of them have been successfully established their good lives except my father, the youngest and the only negligence who caused trouble to many!... Thumb up! You've done well research and valued in education to viewers!

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

Thank you for your story!

[@mingdao123]

Teochew people in Vietnam is nearly assimilated into Vietnamese. Now, young Chinese descendants living in Vietnam care less about their roots. I think hardly mention them to the Han mainstream writing & culture. They've not being spent awareness about their ancestry.

[@fetcmc]

廣東韓江470公里：廣東省第二大河(珠江第一)，廣東河源市紫金縣之梅江+福建三明市寧化縣之汀江，是其源頭...

[@emp3r4wrrr45]

In my country, The Philippines, Hokkiens dominated the Chinese Filipino Community, and those of the minority populations of Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka & Hainanese, they can assimilate to the Hokkiens since I never heard them speaking in Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka & Teochew dialects. But as a Filipino (without a Chinese blood), I wanna learn more about Cantonese, Teochew, Hainanese & Hakka Language, Culture & History, aside from the mainstream Hokkien among Chinese Filipinos & mainstream Mandarin worldwide.

[@emp3r4wrrr45]

Gosh! I can't believe that Chaozhou people were migrated to Thailand as the Largest Thai-Chinese ethnolinguistic group! Thais built-up their community at Chaozhou because they keep Thai-Chinese diplomatic relations strong for decades.

[@fetcmc]

廣東梅州大埔縣三河鎮之三河壩(梅江 汀江 梅潭河)會合後才稱韓江，它在潮州市進入韓江三角洲，分北、東、西溪 出南海。梅州大埔縣三河霸(梅江 汀江 梅潭河) 又有慘烈的國共戰役，朱德成名之戰...

[@mhow4967]

Happy to be first in this episode

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

Maybe you can include Chaozhou to your next China trip as it's very close to Meizhou.

[@mhow4967]

@@yanyangoaroundinchina Yes I would. When we were young often times our grandparents telling us that family had fruit garden 🏡 in Meiyan (meizhou) and they hired Chaozhou people to work on the field. They believe people from Chaozhou have green fingers 🤌. LoL 😆

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

I recommend you visit the Hakka Walled Houses in Longnan (龙南) during your trip to Ganzhou (赣州). It only takes half an hour to take the high-speed train to Longnan from Ganzhou. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aovZmIB8jJl0epo Here is the link of the video and the houses mentioned in the video are 关西新围，燕翼楼，乌石围，and 客家酒堡. You can find them on the map. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3m2nIOmipqcjbc Here is the link of the video about Ganzhou. Have fun on the trip!

[@beatpirate8]

wow i didnt see these places when i went to visit my family. will need to go again though my grandpas house is no more. they made a university and notified us it is gone

[@Qsv7RQ3ovB]

I like every video that Yanyan talk I like her voice and accent and everything that is Yanyan💕..this is something very deepening down to the depths of my heart. Can anyone telling me why?💕🧏🧎

[@h12vcl70]

The Han in Hanyu Temple is the same as in the name of the Korean People?

[@somsatxayalat]

We have to know that even the foreign minister of Laos- Sengsavang Lengsavan was all the descendent of the Han who just migrated in to Laos during the Ming period. Back them these land have no fix border, no visa need, if land empty then just move in, Many Bangkokers are all Han Chinese speak/write Mandarin and Thai. They are the sole main shared control of Thailand manufacturing, service, and structural property of Thailand.

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

[@KenSim-u9v]

THECORRECT NAME FORTHIS CHAOZHOU is swatow or mountain top

[@jaycee4504]

My wife was born in Saigon but they are Teochew. Actually she said they lived in what they called Teochew Village.. Her gramma forced them to speak there native language around her and lived a Very interesting, traumatic life.. She was Very Respected and lived over 100 years old.. I wanted to learn more about there culture so I could understand more and it's interesting.. Im enjoying finding out about the pride they feel and why.. It's also bringing us closer together.. Thank you ☀️

[@picopiku]

can i know where is this Teochew Village in Saigon? i want to visit sometime.

[@aloyd6157]

majority in asean are teochew

[@Qsv7RQ3ovB]

I have Tae-Chiew blood from my great grandmother 💕

[@fetcmc]

廣東潮州 韓江(上游梅州松口鎮) 廣濟橋 泰國淵源...

[@jinxi-lin]

湘子桥我知道，就在隔壁市😊

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

那你住在汕头吗？

[@jinxi-lin]

@@yanyangoaroundinchina 是的，汕头澄海的

[@quangchen]

My grandparents came from chaochow

[@warinchoktanasiri6203]

Our great king, Taksin the great, was of Teochew descent who expelled Burmese warriors out of Siam by recruiting voluntary chinese men as the main force. Afterwards, Chaozhou people were given the rights to earn their lives in Thailand.

[@sinkorswimchimmy6786]

A story of migration and settlement in new lands.

[@conradtrinh6470]

So what local people were before Hokkian moved to Shan Tou' or what Chow Shan people culture before influence by Hokkian? So Chow Jou or Shan Tou people and culture are mixed with local and Hokkian? I want to know exactly What my root from Hokkian or from Shan Tou local people. It seem lot Dia Jiu people have big round double eye because it seem my people are different from people in Chinatowns in US most them have tiny plain eye. Their Fu Jou and Kwang Dong or Cantonese anyway. Are Fu Jou Chinese different from Hokkian people but live in same province but seem they have very different languages. So Chow Jou Chinese root are Hokkian Chinese and their root from middle China too isn't it? Im mixed 1/4 Vietnamese too that give me big round double lid eye and thick lip I guess. My foster dad was very handsome tall man bet he had double lid eye too due im allergic to mono lid eye or something I automatically think their fugly so strange. Some my siblings have jinky eye too. Too bad most oversea Chinese lost their culture become local people like Thailand Vietnamese Malays even American due Chinese writing is so bad m0st oversea Chinese don't want learn so hard to keep be Chinese.

[@cheryledwards2657]

Both Hokkien and Chaozhou people migrated to Fujian and Guangdong from central China. Their languages ​​​​are somewhat similar. The languages ​​​​of Hokkien and Fuzhou people are different. Some Hokkien people migrated to Chaoshan because the distance between the two places is very close.

[@xenxx1192]

Thai king is of Chinese hokkien descent Some of Thai ex prime minister Thaksin shinawatra -hakka Chuan Leekpai- Hokkien Abhisit Vejjajiva- Hakka Srettha Thavisin- not sure, probably Teochew Other thai politician and millionaire/billionaire are also of chinese descent My grandparents came from chaozhou but they die before i was born. My mother and her relative can still speak teochew while my father side cant (my father family used to be poor, he left his home when he was 7 to study in Bangkok). I myself cant speak teochew(i cant communicate with my maternal uncle and his family who live in singapore because they can only speak teochew). My surname is Tang in Teochew same as my mom and dad(my mom and dad dont/never use their chinese surname)

[@mintrendsan1819]

Teochew nan Kar-Cng ang-ang

[@taiwanstillisntacountry]

Kakilang. Eat cold crab. Congee. Goose. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@beatpirate8]

also i dont speak teochew. even though its in guangzhou its really different and i dont understand it. i speak cantonese

[@yanyangoaroundinchina]

It's in Guangdong Province, not Guangzhou. Guangzhou is the Capital City of Guangdong Province. There are three major dialects in Guangdong Province: Cantonese in Guangzhou area, Teochew in Chaozhou area and Hakka in the Hakka area in north Guangdong Province.

[@Sosahitovitol]

潮州好玩吗？好玩我下楼玩了

[@mintrendsan1819]

Chow Zhou and Swatow is too small and so it comes under the administrations of Guangdong province.

[@shofyan]

Half of the time I'm trying to figure out what you're saying, can you be a bit more lucid?

[@Sosahitovitol]

潮州好不好玩？好玩的话我下楼出去了

[@Zerpentsa6598]

Yeah. We know that the richest Chinese in Thailand are Teochews. 😂