Editing Hakka people (section)

==Culture==
{{Main|Hakka culture}}

[[Hakka culture]] has been largely shaped by the new environment, which they had to alter many aspects of their culture to adapt, which helped influence their architecture and cuisine. When the Hakka were forcibly displaced due to agricultural land theft, or expanded according to some into areas with pre-existing populations in the South, there was often little agricultural land left for them to farm. Multiple displacements forced the once nomadic people to increasingly thrive on the agricultural lands with poor soil, slopes, and erosion. As a result, many Hakka men turned towards careers in the military or in public service.

=== Architecture ===
{{Main|Hakka architecture}}
[[Image:China Fujian Tulou Gaobei Qiaofulou.jpg|thumb|[[Tianluokeng tulou cluster]]. [[Hukeng, Fujian]]]]

Hakka people built several types of [[tulou]] and peasant [[Hakka walled village|fortified villages]] in the mountainous rural parts of far western Fujian and adjacent southern Jiangxi and northern Guangdong regions. A representative sample of [[Fujian tulou]] (consisting of 10 buildings or building groups) in Fujian was inscribed in 2008 as a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web |author=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |title=Fujian ''Tulou'' |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1113 |access-date=15 January 2015 |publisher=Whc.unesco.org}}</ref>

Another very popular architectural style in northern east Guangdong, such as [[Xingning, Guangdong|Xingning]] and [[Meixian District|Meixian]], is Wrapped Dragon Village ({{zh|t=圍龍屋|p=wéilóngwū|links=no}}).

=== Cuisine ===
{{Main|Hakka cuisine}}
[[File:Lei Cha in Vegeterian Restaurant.jpg|thumb|Lei Cha, a very healthy dish made with green tea, basil, coriander and mugwort]]
Hakka cuisine is known for the use of preserved meats and tofu, as well as stewed and braised dishes. Some of the popular dishes are ''Yong Tau Foo'' and ''Lei Cha''. These dishes are popular in Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. The taste profile is generally light, tending even towards blandness, with a preference for allowing the taste of the ingredients, especially the herbs, to emerge through any seasoning.
[[File:Malaysian Yong Tau Foo.jpg|thumb|Yong Tau Foo in Malaysia, brought over by Hakka emigres]]
''[[Lei cha]]'' is a traditional [[Southern Chinese]] tea-based beverage or rice gruel that forms a part of [[Hakka cuisine]]. Ingredients include green tea, basil, sawtooth coriander, mugwort, and a kind of herb known as "Fu Yip Sum". It is generally regarded as laborious and difficult to make. Usually eaten with side dishes.

''[[Yong tau foo]]'' is a Hakka Chinese food consisting primarily of tofu that has been filled with either a ground meat mixture or fish paste. It can be eaten dry with sauce or served in a soup base.

''[[Abacus seeds|Suanpanzi]]'' is another popular Hakka dish which literally means "abacus seeds". It consists of mainly yam or tapioca beaten into the shape of abacus beads. The dish is served with minced pork or chicken and with light seasoning.

=== Music ===
[[File:Taiwanese Hakka Opera at the Zhongyuan festival.jpg|thumb|Taiwanese [[Hakka opera]] at the [[Ghost Festival]]]]
[[File:100年5月20日臺灣客家魅力嘉年華在台北世貿南港展覽館 展出現場拍攝有最道地的客家美食最精采的客家文化最豐富的客家傳統最精美的客家商品 - panoramio (66).jpg|thumb|Hakkapop festival]]

==== Hill song ====
{{Main|Hakka hill song}}

Hakka hill songs are traditionally used by hillside farmers in parts of Taiwan and China, mainly for entertainment in the farming fields and courting practices. They are characterized by the strong, resonating melody and voice, which echo around hills and can be heard for up to a mile around the area. Hill songs can be considered a form of communication, as their participants often use them to communicate love songs or news.

==== Hakkapop ====
{{Main|Hakka popular music}}
Hakkapop is a genre of Hakka pop music made primarily in China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia.

=== Views on gender ===
Historically, Hakka women did not [[Foot binding|bind their feet]] when the practice was commonplace in other parts of China.<ref name=Davis>{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Edward L.|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture|date=2005|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=9780415241298|page=333|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2rLBvrlKI7QC&pg=PA333}}</ref> Hakka women are known for their independent nature and willingness to engage in hard work typically reserved for men in other dialect groups.

This may have been driven by historical necessity rather than cultural differences, since the Hakka employed marginal hill lands which were less fertile than the river valleys occupied by other Han subgroups, such as the Cantonese, the Teochew and the Hoklo people.

=== Media ===
In 1950, China Central People's Broadcasting Station recruited the first Hakka broadcaster, Zhang Guohua, based on a radius of two kilometers from the Meixian government. On April 10, 1950, the '''Voice of Hakka (客家之聲)''' started broadcasting. It broadcast nine hours of Hakka Chinese programs every day through shortwave radio and online radio, targeting countries and regions where Hakka people gather, such as Japan, Indonesia, Mauritius, Reunion Island, Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In 1988, '''Meizhou Television Station (梅州電視臺)''' was founded. In 1994, '''Hakka Public Channel''', also known as '''Meizhou TV-2''' started broadcasting. Hakka Chinese began to appear in television programs. In 2021, it was renamed [[:zh:梅州廣播電視台客家生活頻道|'''Hakka Life Channel (客家生活頻道)''']].

In 1991, '''Meizhou People's Broadcasting Station (梅州人民廣播電臺)''', also known as '''Meizhou Wired Broadcasting Station (梅州有線廣播電臺)''' officially started broadcasting. Meizhou Radio News: FM94.8 or urban FM101.9. Meizhou Radio Traffic Channel: FM105.8&nbsp;MHz. Meizhou Radio Private Car Channel: FM94.0 or urban FM103.9. Hakka Chinese continues to be used in news, radio dramas, talk shows, entertainment, and cultural programs.

In 1999, '''3CW Chinese Radio Australia (3CW澳大利亞中文廣播電臺)''' was launched. It used Mandarin, Cantonese and Hakka.

In 2001, Meizhou Television Station merged with Meizhou People's Broadcasting Station and was renamed '''[[:zh:梅州市广播电视台|Meizhou Radio and Television Station (MRT, 梅州廣播電視臺)]]'''. In 2004, the station had officially completed its establishment.

In 2003, '''[[:zh:台灣公共廣播電視集團|Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS, 臺灣公共廣播電視集團)]]''' established a Hakka satellite cable channel "'''[[Hakka TV]]'''". In Taiwan, there are seven Hakka Chinese radio channels.

In 2005, '''Meixian Radio and Television Station (梅縣廣播電視臺)''' was reorganized after the separation of the National Cultural System Reform Bureau. It is a public institution under the jurisdiction of the Meixian County Party Committee and County Government. The channel can be watched in Meizhou and the surrounding area with an audience of over 4 million people.

In 2012, '''Voice of Hong Kong (香港之聲)''' started broadcasting. Hakka Chinese is used on Sihai Kejia Channel.

In 2019, '''Shenzhou Easy Radio (神州之聲)''' added a Hakka Chinese radio break which broadcasts to the southeast coast of mainland China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, the South Pacific and Japan. On '''Radio The Greater Bay (大灣區之聲)''', Sihai Kejia Channel has also joined.

In 2023, The ''[[Xuexi Qiangguo]]'' (學習強國) Platform under the supervision of the [[Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party]] added automatic broadcasting in Hakka Chinese.{{cn|date=August 2024}}