客家谢姓入迁潮汕及“潮语化”

The Immigration of Xie Clan of Hakkas into the Chaoshan Area and Their Chaoshanization

潮汕地区客家姓氏往往经由江西南部、福建西部南迁进入广东东部,以汀州(含宁化、上杭和永定)和嘉应(含梅县、大埔)为重要移居地,饶平横溪谢氏路径也不例外。饶平横溪谢姓先祖溯自宋元之交的谢枋得,经福建宁化、永定、漳州移入横溪。横溪谢姓先祖原先为客家人,在迁徙过程中逐渐潮语化。通过对客家谢姓的先祖追溯,发现客家人入迁潮汕的一般路径。发现进入潮汕的客家谢氏数量不少,而且往往经历潮语化过程,这是不以人的意志为转移的。

Clan groups of Hakkas immigrated into the Eastern Guangdong usually by way of Southern Jiangxi or Western Fujian with Dingzhou Prefecture(including Ninghua, Shanghang and Yongding)and Jiaying Prefecture(including Meixian and Dapu)as immigration objects. The route of Xie Clan in Hengxi, Raoping County, with Xie Fangde as their ancestor, was not exceptional. The Xie Clan originally were Hakkas, but they has gradually become Chaoshanese. By figuring out the ancestors of such clan groups, we can find out the general path along which the Hakkas reached the Chanshan Area. The study finds that the Xie Clan of Hakkas immigrated into Chaoshan in large numbers and they became Chaoshanese at last, which is a process independent of human will.