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KMT chief pays tribute to Hakka ancestors
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-15 15:45 Wu, who grew up in Taiwan, traces his links to the village back to his great-grandfather who moved to Taiwan in 1856. The Chinese attach ritual significance to paying homage to their ancestors. Remote and mountainous Longyan has long been known as an ancestral Hakka homeland. About 1.2 million overseas Hakka trace their roots to Longyan, and 700,000 to 800,000 Hakka of Longyan origin live in Taiwan. The Hakka, a subgroup of the Han people, live predominantly in the provinces of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian. Their ancestors are thought to have arrived centuries ago from what is today's central China. According to statistics released at the 12th World Hakka Convention in 1994, there are more than 65 million Hakka around the world, with 61 million in China's mainland and Taiwan. |
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