On the characteristics of Chaoshan people from the perspective of Chaoshan tea culture
Psychologically, the male chauvinism of Chaoshan men is essentially a manifestation of initiative, self-improvement and strong sense of responsibility, which embodies the hero prototype.
By analyzing the Book of Changes, sweet potatoes can best describe the image of Chaoshan gentleman. Gangua said: the sky is healthy, and the gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement. With this spirit of self-improvement, generations of Chaoshan people continue to explore living space. As long as there is tide, there are Chaoshan people. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, many Chaoshan people crossed the ocean in search of vitality, making Shantou a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. Xun said: when a great event is done, everything begins, which is to unify the sky. Sex and rain, material flow. Daming will always be, when six people succeed, when six dragons rule the sky. The change of the avenue, its life is positive, which is conducive to maintaining peace and harmony. The first ordinary thing, Xianning, the world. From the perspective of human culturology, because the Chaoshan Plain is close to the South China Sea and lives by fishing, compared with the conservative spirit of inland farming culture, it is easy to form an innovative spirit of continuous pioneering and enterprising.
The spirit of self-improvement and perseverance of Chaoshan people includes both masculinity and femininity, which is reflected in grasping the opportunity when it comes, being immature, waiting patiently and being willing to be lonely. The formation of this character is related to the Chaoshan plain and the sudden typhoons in summer. The typhoon in Chaoshan is very fierce. When typhoons land, fishermen's lives are always in danger. Therefore, in the process of adapting to survival, they gradually developed the habit of observing the natural atmosphere and grasping the opportunity through various signs. Therefore, they are called Jews in China.
Chaoshan women, as mothers, fully embody the prototype of the great mother god, caring for her husband, educating her children, being kind, simple and hardworking. This kind of motherhood is of great help to the generation of the son's heroic prototype, and it also plays a very good role in the daughter's recognition and assimilation of this powerful motherhood. Kun gua said: the terrain is Kun, and the gentleman carries things with kindness. Xun said: For Kun Yuan, everything is born, so it is the industry of Heaven. Kun is thick and loaded, and his virtue is boundless. Shine brilliantly and the goods are salty. The horses and chariots are boundless, soft and smooth. It is this prototype of the great mother god that turns into a fascination with her hometown, which makes countless heroes who fought bravely outside worry about it and leave their leaves behind, while amorous women are reluctant to marry other parties and stay away from their hometown. In this regard, many outsiders misunderstand it as a closed and conservative psychology.
Another obvious personality characteristic of Chaoshan people is superstitious fortune-telling and geomantic omen. Many bookstores and stalls in Shantou are full of such books. What is the reason for this psychology? I think there are two. Chaoshan is located in South China, and its cultural root is not Central Plains culture. More contact with the Chu culture dominated by witchcraft, forming a tradition. It is also close to Jiangxi and Fujian, which represent the cradles of Feng Shui Luan Tou School and Qi Li School respectively, so it is easy to accept the theory of Feng Shui. The other is that before Chaoshan, men fished in the sea for a living, and their sense of security was not as strong as that on land. But women are virtuous and want to do something for the family, but their ability is limited, so they turn to pray for ghosts and gods to get peace of mind. Maybe many people think this is stupid, but witch culture is also one of China cultures, and I think it is necessary to inherit and develop it in the so-called scientific era. Because, compared with science, these are closer to our psychological truth and our unconsciousness.
In addition, Chaoshan people also have a feature of vanity and face-saving. From a certain point of view, face is a moral standard, and loving face is a conscious observance of moral standards. And excessive face-saving, its root is a deep sense of inferiority, becoming a kind of vanity and impetuousness, which is not conducive to self-understanding.
There is another feature. Compared with people from other places, Chaoshan people are particularly realistic and pragmatic, so sometimes they seem a little eager for quick success and lack foresight. But this pragmatism makes Chaoshan people not good at empty talk, but like to do things in a down-to-earth way, which is very different from northerners who like to talk about mountains and talk about roads.
In view of this, I personally think that if Chaoshan is to develop better, it is necessary to absorb more Central Plains culture and technology, coupled with the psychological characteristics of the original ecology, and it will definitely make a difference.