Ep. 176 | The History of the Teochew People

[@picandvideo]

Wow! Admired your effort collecting and presenting the information to the world. 👍

[@bombasticborneo]

Awesome history from a fellow Kaki Nang🙏🏿👏🏿✌🏿

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

That means a lot to me. Many thanks. 🙏

[@tluu263]

Hi Laszlo, awesome and informative podcast. I am Teochew Cambodian currently living in the USA. I'm wondering what your sources are for this podcast. I would love to read any literature about my ancestors so I can know and understand the culture more. Cheers and thanks.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

So glad you checked it out. This one was from so long ago. I don't keep track of sources and I always throw away my notes after the episode is published. Sorry I can't supply you with that. Did you check out my episodes on China-Cambodia Relations? Please give it a try. Currently working on a long series covering the history of Singapore. You can rest assured there will be plenty of Teochew history in that one.

[@lirixi]

While you're at it, you should do any episode on Toishan 台山 (both the language and people) and its distinctiveness from Cantonese. Good work!

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

If you have time, please check out my episode on 台山: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5-QfKx3iKetpbMsi=NH3xpWOlSJDCUm39

[@d00mch1ld]

I came across the Teochow Dialect shopping in Perth WA. It sounds close to my home dialect of LongDu, which through me off. It makes sense as they are of Southern Min origin.

[@CharlesBirdm]

Came across this searching for Chaozhou people in Thailand. From the first minute I knew you were credible by the way you spoke the names 😊

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Haha, Charles...the least I could do. I hope you find other content on my channel worth listening to. My deepest thanks for stopping by.

[@angeliachua1766]

Im from singapore teochew. Thanks for sharing some of singapore teochew history..❤

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

And I thank you for listening. Please go check out my latest video on the History of Singapore. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5DFeo2jm7CfY5Isi=X_GPS7Z0r5KxfZlX I hope you enjoy!

[@kommonman.5011]

Most popular Teochew speaking script in movie was (at least to me) was the Russian Roulette scene where the Vietnamese MC spoke in Teochew. Love that scene.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

That's funny you say that. That scene from Deer Hunter was seared in my memory ever since I first saw the movie in 1978. I didn't know till only recently that they were speaking Chaozhounese. Can you tell me what the meaning of that word the guy was screaming at them? It sounded like "MAO!!! MAO!!!!" What was he saying?

[@kommonman.5011]

@@ChinaHistoryPodcast could not recall the Mao Mao part but what zi remember is when the MC introduce the game after Christopher Walken sat down and the MC with eye patch (if not mistaken) started introducing the game, he said "1 bullet, gamble with death" he said it like a rhyme ( Jit liap zhi, pulak si" ) other than that I gotta rewatch the film, oh ya there were a lot of Johnie Walker in the back ground hahaha 🤣

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

@@kommonman.5011 Having been married to a Vietnamese woman for 36 years and hanging out with her family, I have consumed more than my share of Johnny Walker. If you can find out what that "MAO!" word is, let me know. What a scene that was!

[@kommonman.5011]

@ChinaHistoryPodcast I will try to find the DVD or online. Hahah threw away most of my dvd since they are all skiping and jumping. Probably got soft copy somewhere. I m 3rd gen Malaysian Chinese with Teochew ancestry. My grandparents were from Swatow (Shantou). I bet I can find my roots in Swatow hahahaha but can't read Chinese, gotta get my kids involved they both studied Chinese hahaha

[@kommonman.5011]

@ChinaHistoryPodcast Ahh thks to KZbin, the Mao Mao part u mentioned was not the one in the gambling den. It was when they were in captivity. But having watch the one with the MC in this scene kzbin.info/www/bejne/haaqhIucoaeijbcsi=G0SJ6LU08XclXIHl MC said "from now on, 1 bullet, gamble win or lose with 1 gun", I m sure there was a less popular scene before Di Nero showed up, that was the scene I recalled off hand. The link I shared is also interesting.

[@tinateh]

Hah! My Dad, a Teochew Peranakan disliked Teochew food in general. Perhaps it’s because there wasn’t much authentic Teochew cuisine where we lived. I now live in Singapore and I love that Teochew food is easily available from hawker to restaurant settings. I love Teochew porridge and Kuay Teow Teng (fish ball Guo Tiao soup). There is also the fish head soup and fried or boiled fish noodle soup especially when served in charcoal boiler. Teochew hotpot’s also charcoal heated. No dialect group do fish dishes as well as the Teochew. Goose is banned in Singapore but at least we still have Teochew braised duck and yam rice. And the Teochew savoury cakes, soon kuay… yummy. By the way, the pronunciation is ‘Dee-ay’not ‘teoh’. Also perhaps it’s easier to pronounce reading from the romanised dialect name of Seah Eu Chin.

[@phillipholland6967]

hauntingly compelling photo portrait-must have been a very charismatic man..

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

He was.

[@calvinlim2615]

we call ourself gaginang. or tinknang ( the original people of the tang dynasty)

[@Wilson2005WAW]

As Malaysian Chinese Teochew myself, my cousin told me that the Teochew people are the richest in terms of economy.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Quite possible. And also one of the richest in terms of their beautiful culture.

[@Wilson2005WAW]

That's why the Teochew diaspora are everywhere... I feel regretful for not learning my dialect.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

@@Wilson2005WAW I wonder how many more future generations of Overseas Teochew will still speak the dialect. At least it remains alive and well in the Chaoshan region.

[@Wilson2005WAW]

@ChinaHistoryPodcast in Malaysia, the older and middle generations are still speaking the dialect. Not so much on the younger generations. The thing is that Teochew dialects are taught from the parents.

[@onemoretime-w7g]

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[@nakarins.3523]

Thailand has the largest Teochew population in the world outside Chaoshan region.

[@tagorix5543]

Yep, because there are not many Teochew people in the world, only just in Some Europe, Some America, and Southeast Asia.

[@chinaboss6683]

They control the economy and politics there too.

[@kitrivers979]

When my Chaozhou dad cooks, everybody comes out to eat. Doesnt matter what Asian you are😂

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

潮州菜. The best.

[@chinaboss6683]

Bet he uses ajinomoto msg. 😂

[@two-treeneighbour-zj2xk]

A report says that Tang dynasty was more prosperous and very innovative. The modern outstanding Chinese is President Xi Zi Ping. President Xi Zi Ping is Teoceow.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

I'm not sure President Xi is Teochew. Mother from Hebei, father from Shaanxi. Maybe 名誉潮州人?

[@anoplolepisgracilipes]

its pronounced tee-chew

[@XOXYexx]

I think he pronounced it correctly

[@anoplolepisgracilipes]

@@XOXYexx no he didnt, im a teochew person myself.

[@XOXYexx]

@@anoplolepisgracilipes both my parents are teochew from China and we speak teochew at home. Different areas speaks a slightly different kind of teochew. Those from puling and teoyeo would sound different from my chaosan slang. Anyway, let’s give credit to him for the well researched and very accurate, detailed depiction of the teochew history, teochew may not do a better job than him

[@ayemyamu]

Tiow-Ju is the nearest pronunciation. They are similar to Hokkien dialect, in Taiwan it is difficult to find someone that will declare they were Tiow-Ju Lang.( Man from Tiow-Ju. ) Because they speak the almost same dialect. But it is totally different in Cantonese and Hokkienese.

[@Dankpuffin]

Teochew here, if you’re not Teochew, you sound pretty good.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Not Teochew, but a huge fan of 潮州菜.

[@Dankpuffin]

why do you have my uncles picture up?

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

He sent it to me,

[@colinchia5318]

Really?😂😂😂