The basic situation of chaozhou people.

Chaozhou people-often refers to the original chaozhou people, known as Chaoshan people. In fact, chaozhou people, which is accepted by more people, refers to people from the original Chaozhou prefecture, but it can specifically refer to people who speak Chaozhou dialect! (excluding Hakka in Chaozhou).

Former overseas Chaoshan people (also known as Tangshan people) return to Chaoshan area to visit relatives, which is called returning to Tangshan. Overseas Chaoshan people still retain the original custom of calling themselves chaozhou people, so chaozhou people can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Chaozhou people in a narrow sense refers to chaozhou people today. In a broad sense, Chaoshan people refer to people who speak Chaozhou dialect in Jieyang City, Shantou City, Chaozhou City, Fengshun County and other Chaoshan areas, as well as hipsters living overseas. These three cities and Fengshun County constitute the traditional eight cities of ancient Chaozhou. Although it is the smallest ethnic group among the three major ethnic groups in Guangdong, it is the most influential ethnic group in Chinese society in southern China and even the whole world. Chaoshang Group, the first business group in China, is the most powerful business group in China, among which Li Ka-shing, the richest Chinese in the world, is the most representative, and other famous businessmen in Chaoshan include Ma and Huang Guangyu. Chaozhou has a large number of talented people in past dynasties. Historical celebrities such as Zheng Shichang, Zhao De, Lu Dong, Chen and Roy, Tsung i Jao, a national treasure master of Chinese studies, a patriotic industrialist in Hong Kong and an international photographer are all outstanding representatives of hipsters.

Population: about 30 million to 35 million.

Distribution: Chaozhou, Jieyang, Shantou, Fengshun, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia, France and Australia.

Race: yellow race

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Nationality: Chaozhou Nationality

Language: Chaozhou dialect