stereotypical history

[VV o n g B a]

chinese have a tendancy to categorize other chinese based on their province of origin. for instance, when my dad meets other chinese, one of their first questions is: "what province are u from?" i had thought this was simply a thing chinese in the US did to orient themselves, but i've come to suspect differently. it seems that each province has its share of stereotypes and by asking about origin, they are trying to get some easy clues about your inclinations and temperments and whatnot.

my parents are from shandong and apparently we are reknowned for our fiery tempers and stubborness. my dad reflects this completely and i did when i was a child. but i've changed a lot and i'm pretty mellow most of the time now.

do u know what your province's stereotypes are and do u reflect them?

[SunWuKong]

<!--QuoteBegin-VV o n g B a+Jul 17 2003, 12:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VV o n g B a @ Jul 17 2003, 12:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> chinese have a tendancy to categorize other chinese based on their province of origin.&nbsp; for instance, when my dad meets other chinese, one of their first questions is: "what province are u from?"&nbsp; i had thought this was simply a thing chinese in the US did to orient themselves, but i've come to suspect differently.&nbsp; it seems that each province has its share of stereotypes and by asking about origin, they are trying to get some easy clues about your inclinations and temperments and whatnot.&nbsp;

my parents are from shandong and apparently we are reknowned for our fiery tempers and stubborness.&nbsp; my dad reflects this completely and i did when i was a child.&nbsp; but i've changed a lot and i'm pretty mellow most of the time now.

do u know what your province's stereotypes are and do u reflect them? [/b][/quote]
Cantonese people tend to ask what heung ha somebody is from.&nbsp; i don't know if there's an equivalent in Mandarin, but that basically means what hometown you're from, which is more localised than province.&nbsp; on my father's side, they are from sun wui, and on my mother's side, they are from hoi ping - which is pretty much almost the same as toi san.&nbsp; i don't really know what the stereotypes are of those two regions.&nbsp; but i know that a lot of Chinese in the US have roots in toi san.&nbsp; and sun wui is famous for its oranges.&nbsp;&nbsp; :)

[Tao]

my dad is from shenyang which is stereotyped as a backwards place with low-level people. I tend to think that this stereotype is generally true, except that it doesn't apply to my family.&nbsp; :lol:

my mom's from beijing, I dunno what stereotype it has except maybe othr people make fun of the way they speak mandarin with the "er" ending after each word. However after living in the US for so long, this habit no longer applies to her.


btw I visited shandong last summer, and let me tell you, them people are stubborn. I compare SHandong ppl with SHenyang ppl in the amount of gloating and bull they can talk, but there's a major difference. With shandong ppl if you do something they don't like they will seriously hurt you. I was shocked to see such macho aggression. MOst people&nbsp; there need to take some valium.

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Hakka people are stereotyped as being stubborn, clannish, self-reliant, isolated, etc. But now so many of the youth are assimilated to Cantonese or Fukkienese and can barely communicate with their own relatives, instead being closer to their friends, so the older generation has a new stereotype: Hakka kids are unfilial

Oh yeah, we like to start crazy-ass revolutions. Like Hong Xiuquan (taiping rebellion). Or Lee Kuan-Yew, who took Singapore out of Malaysia. Etc.

Yeah, that's about what I'm like.

Oh yeah Hakka girls are supposed to look kinda horsey. Not hot like Zhejiang girls. :(