In recent history, almost all the revolutionary rebellions have hakka figures, and to describe the Hakka in one sentence is "particularly capable of fighting"! Hakka is a bloody ethnic group among the Han people.
Since the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Hakka has stepped onto the stage of history, from the late Song Dynasty to the Yuan, the late Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, to the recovery of Taiwan, and then to the late Qing Dynasty to resist the Japanese and resist the Law, all of which have the figure of hakka loyalty and righteousness.
Start with migration
During the migration of the Hakka ancestors, in order to deal with the bandits, bandits and local natives encountered during the migration, the Hakka families were semi-militarized organizations. The women were all bigfoot women, who did both housework and farm work, and the men were semi-militarized warriors with a very strong aggressive nature.
At the same time, the Hakka were very good at building fortifications, as evidenced by the Tulou and the Dragon House. Moreover, between the Hakka families, there are also extremely cruel rural armed struggles, which have tempered the "Hakka warriors".
Why are the locals and Hakka people not harmonious?
The Hakka came to South China from the north around the time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there have been many families who migrated from the north, and they have long become local magnates, deep-rooted, and own a large amount of land.
The Hakka are also farmers and need land and water to maintain their farming life, so after the Hakka came to South China, it was inevitable that there would be conflicts with the local tyrants on land and water.
The Hakka people, an alien group, pose a great threat to the resources and property of the local powerful people, and are naturally unpopular, so the clans and strong people everywhere exclude the Hakka.
Therefore, the Hakka were forced to choose the barren and remote mountainous areas. Some of the customs and habits of the Hakka people are different from those of the traditional Han Chinese, and they also attract discrimination from the south Chinese clans. For example, Hakka women do not tie their feet.
Why are the Hakka still good at war?
The Hakka people were discriminated against and suppressed, and frequent armed clashes with the locals.
Since the Ming Dynasty, there have been hundreds of recorded "Tuke weapon fights".
From 1854 to 1856, the Tuke war in Siyi, Guangdong Province, caused more than 10,000 casualties, which shows that the conflict between hakka and local people was relatively fierce.
In addition, most of the Hakka people live in remote mountainous areas, which are often venomous snakes and beasts, and mountain thieves and bandits are often haunted. In order to ensure the safety of the village, in addition to practicing martial arts, the Hakka will also build a semi-military walled village to defend against mountain thieves and retain the advantage of fighting with locals.
Tulou in Fujian and Weilong House in Meixian County, Guangdong Province, are masterpieces of the Hakka.
A Saying in Guangdong: "Where there is a mountain, there must be a guest" refers to the inseparable relationship between the Hakka and the mountain, and each mountain also has a Hakka village.
In this semi-military environment, both men and women need to learn to protect themselves and naturally cultivate a brave and strong atmosphere.
Who are the famous Hakka people?
Because the Hakka people have been fighting with the locals for a long time and building fortifications in the mountains, they have accumulated a lot of practical combat experience, which is of great help to them in joining the army.
In modern times, famous generals and fierce generals of the Hakka people have emerged, leaving an indelible mark on the military history of modern China.
The Hakka made a large-scale rise to the battlefield, beginning with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement during the Xianfeng period. Most of the backbone generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were Hakka, the most famous of which were Yang Xiuqing, the "King of the East", Shi Dakai, the "King of The Wing", Chen Yucheng, the "King of England", Li Xiucheng, the "King of Zhong", and other important generals were Hakka from Guangxi, and Hong Xiuquan himself was a Hakka from Guangdong.
After the Qing Dynasty, the Hakka also had a great influence on China. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary army also had many Hakkas, including the revolutionary elder Liao Zhongkai and the famous northern expedition general Ye Ting, who were Hakka in Huizhou, Guangdong. Because most of the early members of the revolution were cantonese, hakka people in Guangdong also participated.
The Hakka also had a good relationship with the southern warlords of the Republic of China, such as the Guangdong warlord Chen Jitang and the chief of staff of the National Revolutionary Army, Li Jishen, who came from Hakka. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's Gui clan even had many Hakka soldiers.
In addition to being active in the late Qing Dynasty, the warlords of the Republic of China, and the Kuomintang, many military talents in the Chinese Communist Party were Hakka. The earliest activities of the Red Army were in Fujian and Jiangxi, which were Hakka settlements, and many Hakka people joined the Red Army.
The communist army generals from Hakka are even more famous in battle and are famous in history. Among the founding marshals alone, the Hakka accounted for two seats, namely Zhu De (Sichuan Hakka) and Ye Jianying (Guangdong Hakka), and the founding generals included Yang Chengwu (Fujian Hakka) and Chen Qihan (Jiangxi Hakka).
Source: Global Hakka