福建人的宗乡观念与出国移民

Fujian People's Clan Concept and Emigration

由于特殊的地理和历史环境,福建社会长期比较安稳,其结果是各地普遍存在着聚族而居的社会现象,单姓村庄和大姓巨族比比皆是,人们思想里存在着浓郁的宗族和乡土观念。因此,那些先期出国的村民,都会把家人和宗(乡)亲也引带到自己所在地,并且帮他们安排食宿和找工作。这些宗(乡)亲聚居在一起,大家方言相通,习俗和信仰相同,并且从事同一种职业,形成以宗乡关系为纽带的社交圈,在海外形成一个类似家乡的移民社会。

The society has been relatively stable in Fujian due to its special geographical and historical environment,which results in a social phenomenon of the clan,i.e.,single surname villages and big families can be found everywhere,and people there have strong clan awareness and provincialism in their thoughts.So villagers who have gone abroad earlier will then lead their family members or relatives abroad,accommodate them and find jobs for them.These clan relatives live together,sharing the same language,customs and beliefs.They form a social circle,the clan relationship as a link,which is almost an overseas Chinese society.