Language, Food And Cultural Identity

"Hakka" is one of the main southern Han ethnic group, the subject is the history of war and other reasons because of the continuous south of Han Chinese, after a previous migration, through continuous cultural integration and cultural acculturation, forming different from other Han unique Hakka culture. Shanghai mainly from Guangdong Hakka, Hakka heat it recorded in Shanghai can be traced to the 1920 s, along with the new China after liberation, came to Shanghai Hakka more. And Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi and Hong Kong is different from Shanghai Hakka showing dispersion characteristics. Years of living away from home in Shanghai, there is no fixed residential community, in normal life, but little came of the intersection of minorities, their cultural identity of the ethnic groups still exist? If there is, what motivation is to maintain this cultural identity? Shanghai’s cultural diversity of their cultural identity is affected? If it does, what kind of impact? This paper attempts a case study of Shanghai Hakka to explore this issue and find the answer.Firstly this thesis describes the study and why Hakka Shanghai in Shanghai, and by combing the background, you can see the impact of Shanghai Hakka culture came to these different periods, the impact of the size of the decision they treat Hakka culture attitude. Since early study and support economic development came to Shanghai Hakka, Hakka cultural importance far exceeds born in Shanghai grew Hakka. In a sense, the early Hakka immigrants Hakka cultural heritage has played a very important role. As the link between the Shanghai Hakka Association, also set up in the efforts of these early Hakka migrants. Shanghai Hakka Association in life actor an important role in the process of interaction Hakka Shanghai played a role of a bridge. This article will examine the entry point selected in two areas of language and diet, which is relatively There are two aspects of Hakka culture representative. Shanghai Hakka cultural identity reflected mainly from two aspects.Shanghai Hakka language and cultural identity of the two aspects of diet choices show that not only did not make the dispersion of cultural identity disappear but strengthened the cultural identity of the Hakka people. Shanghai cultural diversity have a certain impact on the Hakka cultural identity, these effects in two areas of language and diet can be seen, in essence, as the Shanghai Hakka immigrants in order to better adapt to life in the cultural aspects of the metropolis fine-tuning to do. This is also a reason to maintain the Hakka cultural identity. The other two reasons are the important role of women in the family influence and economic life of cooperation. Shanghai Hakka culture, inner feelings and ethnic identity is a common result of the role of rational choice.