Baisha, Guangdong

Baisha , in Taishan County, Guangdong Province, was the ancestral home of many of the first -. Their descendants live all over Canada, and used to predominate before the 1980s in the Chinatowns of Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Banff and Edmonton, and US cities such as San Francisco and Seattle.



Based on observations of Chinese-Canadian elders living in Edmonton between 1980 and 2005, it would seem that the Taishan language spoken in Baisha in the mid-20th Century differed somewhat from that spoken in Taicheng , the county seat of Taishan . Indeed, the pronunciation was more or less the same as that of people living across the river in the next county, Kaiping . One notable difference can be seen in the shift of certain vowel sounds, as follows:



The Baisha variant of the Taishan language is fading amongst the descendants of Canadian-Chinese, as Cantonese and become more dominant.

Yuebei

Yuebei is a region of northern Guangdong province, in southern China. It is a region encompassing much mountainous and hilly terrain, and encompasses the region of Guangdong north of the Tropic of Cancer.

Xingning airbase

Xingning Air Base is a military airfield 5 km west of Xingning.

Shaoguan Prison

Shaoguan Prison is a prison in Guangdong province of China. It is situated in Shaoguan. . It is a prison with an area of more than 1000 km?.

San Diu people

The Sán Dìu is an ethnic group in northern Vietnam. They are believed to have migrated from Guangdong around 1600 CE.



The group's estimated population as of 2000 is 117,500. The major religion is Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism, with elements of animism and ancestor-worship. About 400 are Roman Catholics; a few are s. The major concentration is in Quang Ninh province.

Politics of Guangdong

The Politics of Guangdong follows a dual party-government system like the rest of China's provinces.

List of Governors

#Ye Jianying , November 1949 - September 1953

#Tao Zhu : September 1953 - August 1957

# 陈郁

#Huang Yongsheng : November 1967 - June 1969

#Liu Xingyuan : June 1969 - April 1972

#Ding Sheng : April 1972 - April 1974

#Zhao Ziyang : April 1974 - October 1975

#Wei Guoqing : October 1975 - January 1979

#Xi Zhongxun 习仲勋

#Liu Tianfu 刘田夫

#Liang Lingguang 梁灵光

#Ye Xuanping 叶选平

#Zhu Senlin 朱森林

#Lu Ruihua 盧瑞華

#Huang Huahua 黃華華

List of Party chiefs

#Ye Jianying : 1949-1955

#Tao Zhu : 1955-1965

#Zhao Ziyang : 1965-1967

#Huang Yongsheng : 1968-1969

#Liu Xingyuan : 1969-1972

#Ding Sheng : 1972-1973

#Zhao Ziyang : 1974-1975

#Wei Guoqing : 1975-1978

#Xi Zhongxun : 1978-1980

#Ren Zhongyi : 1980-1985

#Lin Ruo : 1985-1991

# : 1991-1998

#Li Changchun :

#Zhang Dejiang :

# :

List of Chairmen of Guangdong People's Congress

#Li Jianzhen : 1979-1983

#Luo Tian : 1983-1990

#Lin Ruo : 1990-1996

#Zhu Senlin : 1996-2001

#Zhang Guoying : 2001-2003

#Lu Zhonghe : 2003-2005

#Huang Liman : 2005-January 2008

#Ou Guangyuan : January 2008-incumbent

List of Chairmen of Guangdong

#Tao Zhu : 1955-1960　

#Ou Mengjue : 1960-1967　

#Wang Shoudao : 1977.-1979　

#Yin Linping : 1979-1983　

#Liang Weilin : 1983-1985

#Wu Nansheng : 1985-1993　

#Guo Rongchang : 1993-2003　

#Liu Fengyi : 2003　

#Chen Shaoji : 2004-incumbent

Panyu Prison

Panyu Prison is a prison in Guangdong province of China. It is situated in Huijiang, Dashi Town, Fanyu District, Guangzhou. Panyu Prison was established in 1995 as a special security prison in the correctional system in China.

List of prisons in Guangdong province

This is a list of prisons within Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China.

* Beijiang Prison

* Dongguan Prison

* Foshan Prison

* Gaoming Prison

* Guangzhou Prison

* Huaiji Prison

* Jiangmen Prison

* Jiaoling Prison

* Jieyang Prison

* Lechang Prison

* Lianping Prison

* Lufeng Prison

* Maoming Prison

* Meizhou Prison

* Panyu Prison

* Pingshi Prison

* Prov. Women's Prison

* Qingyuan Prison

* Shantou Prison

* Shaoguan Prison

* Shenzhen Prison

* Shiqiao Prison

* Sihui Prison

* Wujiang Prison

* Yangchun Prison

* Yangjiang Prison

* Yingde Prison

* Zhuhai Prison

List of laojiaos in Guangdong

This is a list of laojiaos within Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China.

A laojiao is a labor camp.

*Bao'an RTL

*Baoyue RTL

*Cencun RTL

*Chatou RTL

*Chatou Women's RTL

*Dongkeng RTL

*Ershadao Women's RTL

*Foshan RTL

*Guangzhou No. 1 RTL

*Guangzhou No. 2 RTL

*Guangzhou No. 3 RTL

*Hengshanguo RTL

*Huangzhulang RTL

*Jianfeng RTL

*Jiangmen RTL

*Maoming RTL

*Meizhou RTL

*Rongshan No. 1 RTL

*Shantou RTL

*Shaoguan RTL

*Shawan RTL

*Shenzhen No. 1 RTL

*Shenzhen No. 2 RTL

*Tan'gang RTL

*Yingde RTL

*Zhangmutou RTL

*Zhaoqing RTL

*Zhenshanwang RTL

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List of administrative divisions of Guangdong

Guangdong, a of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following :



* 21 prefecture-level divisions

** 19

** 2

* 121 county-level divisions

** 23 county-level cities

** 41

** 3 autonomous counties

** 54 s

* 1585 township-level divisions

** 1145 s

** 4 s

** 7 ethnic townships

** 429 subdistricts



All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at political divisions of China. This chart lists all prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Guangdong.



* Seat of government

List of Cantonese-related topics

This is a list of Cantonese-related topics, which can encompass Guangdong, the Cantonese people, culture, and language.



:

A

B

*Barnett-Chao

C

*Cantonese

*Cantonese cuisine

*Standard Cantonese

*:Category:Cantonese words and phrases

*Cantopop

*Chaozhou dialect

*Char siu

*

*Chiuchow cuisine

*Culture of Hong Kong

D

*Diglossia

*Dim sum

*Dislocation

*Diu

E

F

G

*Guangdong

*Guangdong Romanization

*Guangzhou

*Gwailo

H

*Hakka

*Hakka architecture

*Hakka cuisine

*History of Hong Kong

*Hong Kong

*Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation

*Hypercorrection

I

J

*Jyutping

K

L

*Sidney Lau

*Lingnan culture

*Linguistic Society of Hong Kong

M

*Macau

*Meyer-Wempe

*Music of Hong Kong

N

*Nanhai Chao

O

*Cantonese opera

P

*Cantonese people

*Proper Cantonese pronunciation

*Punti

*Punti-Hakka Clan Wars

Q

R

S

*

T

*

*

*Hong Kong tea culture

U

V

W

*Written Cantonese

X

Y

*Yale Romanization

*Yue

*Yue

Z

*Zhang Jiuling

Lianping Prison

Lianping Prison is a prison in Guangdong province of China. It is situated in Zhongxin town, Lianping County. It was established as Huiyang Region Liantang Laogai Farm in 1972. It is a large-scale prison.

Liangguang

Liangguang is a term referring to the province of Guangdong and autonomous region of Guangxi on the southern coast of China. Before 1988, Guangdong province also included what is now the province of Hainan. The names of the two entities form a pair, as they literally mean "Guang-East" and "Guang-West". "Guang" itself means "expanse" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in 226 AD. During the Qing Dynasty, the office of the Governor-General of Liangguang existed from 1735 to 1911 to oversee both provinces.



After 1988, the island of Hainan was separated from Guangdong province established as a separate province.

Teochiu

Teochiu or Teochew can refer to:



* Teochiu , a sub-group of the Han Chinese people.

* Chaozhou , a prefecture-level city in northeastern Guangdong Province, China.

* Teochew , the dialect spoken in the Chaozhou and the Chaoshan region by the Teochiu people.

* Chiuchow cuisine, the cuisine of the Teochiu people.



Alternate spellings also include ''Diojiu'', ''Tiuchiu'', ''Chiuchow'', and ''Dio7 Ziu1'' .

Jiaoling Prison

Jiaoling Prison is a prison in Guangdong province of China. It is situated in Guangfu town, Jiaoling County of Meizhou prefecture. Jiaoling Prison was established in 1963. Industrial production takes place in this prison.

Jiangmen Prison

Jiangmen Prison is a prison in Guangdong province of China. It is connected to Yingding Tea Factory. It is situated in Jiangmen, Heshan prefecture. Jiangmen Prison was established in 1951.

Foshan Prison

Foshan Prison is a prison in Guangdong province of China. It is situated in Gaoming District of Foshan prefecture. Foshan Prison was established as Xijiang Mengjiang Laogai Farm in 1958. It took the name of ''Foshan Prison'' in 1995. Industrial production takes place for prisoners.

Gaoming Prison

Gaoming Prison is a prison in Guangdong province of China, established in 1957. It is situated in the Southern Xi'an Farm District and its prisoners work on Xi'an Farm.

Dongzhou, Guangdong

Dongzhou is a coastal village in southern Guangdong province, China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Shanwei. It is inhabited largely by farmers and fishermen.

2005 Protests

The village was rocked by a series of protests in 2005 by village residents against the confiscation of land by local officials for the purpose of constructing power-generation stations. One such protest, in December 2005, resulted in the shooting deaths of several villagers by security forces; the Chinese government claimed that three were killed, while residents claimed that the number was between 20 and 33, with up to 40 more missing.

Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant

Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant is located on Daya Bay in Longgang District, Shenzhen,Guangdong, China, north of Hong Kong. Daya Bay has two nuclear reactors.

History

In 1985 the building of Daya Bay nuclear power plant incited controversies and raised objections from prominent politicians such as Martin Lee and Szeto Wah, , district board members. Over a hundred community groups dealt with the construction topics with the opposition focusing on environmental issues and the rights of Hong Kong residents.



Unit 1 began power operations on August 31, 1993, and Unit 2 began power operations on February 2, 1994. The reactors were designed and built by the French National Company, Framatome, with Chinese participation. Daya Bay is 25% owned by Hong Kong-listed CLP Holdings, which buys about 70% of the plant's output to supply Hong Kong's power needs.

Cantonese wedding

Most Cantonese weddings follow the main Chinese wedding traditions, although some rituals are unique to the .

Bride price

The bride price is often subject to the groom's family economic status. Most brides' families try to avoid giving the impression of "selling the daughter" by not demanding a high bride price. In tradition, the bride price can be in the form of gold jewelry, fine fabric or money.

Exchange of gifts

Monetary presents are usually offered in the form of a red envelope, or , to the new couple. The ''lai see'' symbolises luck and prosperity to the new family. It is also common to give gold jewelry as presents. Wedding presents to the couple are usually expected from the elders , family members who are older or of higher generation rank than the newlyweds.

Tea ceremony

The elders sit while the couple serves tea to each one, beginning with the head of the family. The elder in return will offer a small present to the couple. This is repeated with the other elders in the order of descending generation rank.



Family members of the same rank as the couple will stand while the couple either stands or kneels while serving them tea. Again, gifts are offered to the couple.



Family members who are younger or of lower rank than the couple will take turns to serve tea to the couple. By this time the couple will have been seated. In return, the couple will usually offer each of them a small present .



The tea ceremony is also an opportunity for the bride and groom to express gratitude towards their parents for looking after them until the wedding day. In Chinese families, one is considered an adult and independent when one gets married. This also serves as the event during which the family meets the new spouse and welcomes him or her to the family.

Cantonese people

Cantonese people , broadly speaking, are persons originating from the present-day Guangdong province in China. A narrower definition of ''Guangdongren'' based on a sociolinguistics and cultural perspectives excludes groups that do not speak as a primary language and speak other languages native to Guangdong, such as Hakka, . However, this sociolinguistic and cultural definition will often also include native speakers of Cantonese in nearby Hong Kong and Macau, which were traditionally part of Guangdong prior to European colonisation, and eastern and southern Guangxi, parts of which were part of Guangdong prior to administrative reforms made by the People's Republic of China. The term "Cantonese people" would then be synonymous with the Punti subethnic group, and is sometimes known as ''Guangfuren'' for this narrower definition. The discussion in this article mainly focuses on the latter definition.

Culture

is one of the major divisions of spoken Chinese with 110 million speakers. In the native areas of Guangdong and Guangxi, many closely related varieties exist, and linguists collectively refer to these as the .



More specifically, the Cantonese language can also refer to a specific and prestige variant of the language, standard Cantonese. This is the language used as a lingua franca, education, media, and by Cantonese people in Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas. Unlike most other varieties of Chinese, Cantonese has official status in Hong Kong and Macau, and has an independent tradition of .



Cantonese language opera exists in the form of Cantonese opera, which uses a theatrical form of Cantonese singing and rhyming patterns in its performances. The Cantonese opera tradition may date back as far as the Southern Song Dynasty in the 13th century.



Due to its political and economic status of being outside the direct control of the PRC, Hong Kong has been an active producer of Cantonese language entertainment. Cantopop, Cantonese language pop music, enjoys a multinational fanbase, and the major center of the Cantonese music industry is in Hong Kong. Well-known Cantopop artistes include Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Faye Wong, Sammi Cheng, and Coco Lee. Many of these well known stars are Cantoneses, and from the families of other internal Chinese immigrants. Hong Kong's is a thriving industry that enjoys international fame. One of the world's largest motion picture industries, recent films such as ''Kung Fu Hustle'' and ''Infernal Affairs'' have generated acclaim worldwide.



Cantonese cuisine is one of the most famous types of Chinese cuisine, popular both within and outside China and is characterized by its variety of cooking methods, freshness and use of seafood. Dim sum is equally famous for its variety of small servings.

History

Until the 19th century, Cantonese history was largely part of the history of Guangdong. What is now Guangdong was first brought under Qin influence by a former Qin Dynasty general named Zhao Tuo, who annexed and absorbed territories into the kingdom of Nanyue. Nanyue included the territories of modern-day Guangdong, Guangxi and northern Vietnam and its capital was situated at modern-day Guangzhou. This kingdom was fully brought under Han control under the Han dynasty, but it wasn't until subsequent dynasties such as the Tang dynasty and Song dynasty that major waves of Han Chinese literati migration to the South occurred. The migration came in waves, inter-mixing with existing local populations at different time periods and to different extents, causing a spectrum of Chinese populations to occur, have evolved into the present-day Cantonese, Hakka and Chaozhou groups in Guangdong.



The Opium Wars resulted in China's loss of control over Hong Kong, which was ceded to the British Empire. Macau, a subjected to Chinese sovereignty since Ming Dynasty , was subsequently turned into a colony.



The turmoil of the second half of the 19th century compelled many residents of Guangdong to seek their fortunes overseas. Until the second half of the 20th century, the majority of overseas Chinese emigrated from two provinces of China, Fujian and Guangdong. As a result of these migrations, many Chinese with Cantonese ancestry have settled throughout the world, particularly in North America, Australia, and Southeast Asia.



Unlike the migrants from Fujian, who mostly settled in Southeast Asia, many Cantonese emigrants also migrated to the western hemisphere, particularly the United States and Canada. Chinese immigrants in North America were brought as cheap labourers to build the transcontinental railroads in the United States and Canada, while those in South America were mostly forced laborers brought in as coolies. Chinese in California participated in the California Gold Rush, while found employment in sugar plantations as contract laborers. These early immigrants founded communities of Chinatowns but also faced hostility and a variety of discriminatory laws that targeted them. This includes denying the immigration of women to prevent Chinese families from taking root, culminating in anti-immigration laws that restricted Chinese migration. A large proportion of these early immigrants came from the Siyi region of Guangdong. As a result, these early communities spoke mostly Taishanese, one of the dialects of Yue distinctive from Standard Cantonese. The Taishan dialect is still spoken in Chinese communities in the Americas, by older people as well as more recent immigrants from Taishan. It should be noted that Taishanese and Standard Cantonese are not mutually intelligible. The relaxing of immigration laws after World War II allowed for subsequent waves of migration to the United States from both mainland China and Hong Kong, while the majority of the boat people from the Vietnam War spoke Cantonese either as a first or secondary language. As a result, Cantonese continues to be widely used by Chinese communities of Guangdong and Hong Kong origin in the western world and has not been supplanted by .