Sze Yap people in Hong Kong
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台山人 Hoi San Ngin | |
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Total population | |
Estimated: 2.0–2.5 million in Hong Kong | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Kowloon and Hong Kong Island | |
Languages | |
Taishanese, Cantonese and English | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Traditional Chinese religion Minority Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Han Chinese |
Sze Yap people in Hong Kong | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Sìyì Xiānggǎng rén |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Sei yāp hēung góng yàhn |
other Yue | |
Taishanese | Lhei1 yip2 Hiang1 kong2 ngin3 |
Sze Yap Cantonese represents the second largest Han group in Hong Kong after the group of people (
The Hong Kong census first began counting Sze Yap as an ancestral origin in 1961, and found that it was around 18.34% of the population, compared to 48.62% for the Guangzhou and Macau region. This census found that the district with the highest concentration of Sze Yap people was Sham Shui Po.[2]
Language
According to the 2011 Census and analysis done in the Routledge Handbook for Global Spanish, the constituency with the highest concentration of Sze Yap speakers was Nam Cheong Central in Sham Shui Po.[3]
Culture
Today many Hong Kong people of Sze Yap origin have become successful in areas such as the entertainment industry, business and politics. Hong Kongers of Sze Yap origin include
It is said that over 100 famous people come from the Sze Yap region of Guangdong, making the region famous for producing more stars than any other city/region in mainland China. As a result, the local government in
The Cangdong Dialou village has been the setting of several films. Part of the film Let the Bullets Fly was shot in Kaiping, and the movie stars Chow Yun-fat, who is of Sze Yap ancestry.[5] It's also the filming location of The Grandmaster, an Yip Man film starring Sze Yap descendant Tony Leung.
People from Kaiping (Hoi Ping) established the
Business
Besides dominating the entertainment industry, Sze Yap people are quite dominant and influential in Hong Kong's Business Industry, such as the
Hong Kong immigration
As many Sze Yap in Hong Kong who are either second, third or fourth generation Hong Kongers, Taishanese people speak Cantonese as their usual language and some may not know their ancestral origin. Therefore, that makes it hard to know the exact population, but based on the 1960s Hong Kong Census, it is probably right now about over 30% – 40%.
Statistics
1961 Census data of Sze Yap speakers by district
Hong Kong Island | % | Kowloon | % | New Territories | % | Islands | % |
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Central | 1.3 | Tsim Sha Tsui | 2.2 | Tsuen Wan | 1.9 | - | 1.8 |
Sheung Wan | 2.2 | Yau Ma Tei | 4.8 | Tsing Yi | 2.3 | ||
West | 2.0 | Mong Kok | 9.5 | Ma Wan | 4.4 | ||
Mid-levels/Pok Fu Lam | 0.7 | Kowloon City | 4.2 | North | 1.4 | ||
Peak | 0.5 | Sham Shui Po | 9.8 | Sai Kung | 0.6 | ||
Wan Chai | 3.5 | Kwun Tong | 2.6 | Sha Tin | 3.0 | ||
Tai Hang | 2.8 | Wong Tai Sin | 3.8 | Tai Po | 0.7 | ||
North Point | 2.6 | Tuen Mun | 4.7 | ||||
Shau Kei Wan | 4.2 | Yuen Long | 3.1 | ||||
Aberdeen | 0.8 | ||||||
South | 1.3 |
Average: 4.35
Standard Deviation: 2.29
Coefficient of Variation: 0.78
References
- ^ University of Hong Kong "The population of Hong Kong" Fan Shuh Ching.
- ^ Lin, G. C. S. (2002). Hong Kong and the globalisation of the Chinese diaspora: a geographical perspective. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 43(1), 63–91. doi:10.1111/1467-8373.00158
- ISBN 978-1-317-50674-4.
- ^ "江门星光园" nddaily Archived 12 July 2012 at archive.today.
- ^ "CANGDONG EDUCATION CENTER - CANGDONG CULTURE". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- S2CID 220926971.