Chapter 3: Push Factors / Reasons for Coming to Singapore - Clan Wars in China Flashcards
What other unrests were experienced by China in the 19th and early 20th centuries?
Wars between rival clans were rampant in many parts of China.
What are ‘clans’?
Chinese organisations with members who share the same line of descent, surname or have come from the same dialect group.
What was one of the fiercest clan wars that broke out in China?
The Cantonese and Hakkas in Guangdong province between 1855 and 1867.
What is meant by the term “Hakka”?
Hakka in Chinese means ‘guest people’ as the Hakas were originally people from central China, and had slowly moved to the southern parts of China.
Where do the Hakkas live in?
Walled villages that were typically designed for defensive purposes. These had only one entrance and no windows at the ground level.
What were the buildings the Hakkas lived in known as?
Fujian Tulou (earth buildings).
Where can the Fujian Tulou (earth buildings) be found in?
Mountainous, rural areas in Fujian province, China.
What was the Chinese society in the past divided into?
Strong and weak clans.
What would the strong clan do to the weak clan?
Bully the weak clan.
What was one main reason as to why some families belonging to the weaker clans leave their village?
To escape the bullying by the stronger clans.
