Hakka 客家 is one of the famous subgroups of Han chinese. Hakka 客家/Hak-kâ / (Pinyin : Kèjiā) literally means newcoming group.Formerly “hakka” is not the word used by hakka 客家people to introduce themselves, but it is an attribute from local people of where they come to live on. How hakka 客家 call themselves? Thong ngin 唐人. Meaning people of Thong 唐.
Hakka 客家has their own unique language, culture and capability. In China They are scattered in Guangdong, south-western Fujian, southern Jiangxi, southern Hunan, Guangxi, southern Guizhou, south-eastern Sichuan, and on Hainan and Taiwan islands. They are very brave, hardworking and tough.
In Bangka Island 邦加岛, Hakka 客家 is a majority people beside melayu 馬來 (Malay). In 1920 population, Hakka 客家 is 44,6% from the total 154,141. Most of Hakka 客家 in Bangka 邦加 come from Guangdong , Moiyan 梅縣 ( Pinyin : Méixiàn ) , and Hainan 海南 (Pinyin : Hǎinán ). Besides, Hakka from He Yuan, Dong Guan, Hui Zhou, Lei Zhou, Xin Ning also come together.
In the early time, most of the Hakka 客家 come to Bangka are miners. They are contracted miners in the tin 錫 mining 采矿 areas in Bangka Island 邦加岛, then move to Belitung Island 邦加岛 and Singkep Island. Formerly they work for Sultan Palembang, then British and Dutch. The miners are coordinated by a palleet theuw (Indonesia : Kepala Parit), a hakka’s word for chief of the tinmining 錫 采矿area. The palleet theuw also a hakka 客家.
Young man, poor and not educated are the typical of the Hakka miners 客家矿工 in Bangka 邦加. Some of the tin 錫 miners are back to china and some are stay to their final days. Those who stay interact with the local people comprises of melayu 馬來 (Malay), orang darat and orang skak. Hakka 客家 easily assimilated with the local because of the openess of the local people and the inheritance of hakka people 客家 人.
The main contributions of Hakka people 客家 人 to Bangka 邦加 are technology, agriculture and food. The technology is implemented in improving agriculture and mining 采矿. The agriculture is improved by bringing in pepper, some kind of vegetables, etc. Hakka people 客家 人bring fermented and preserved techniques to make foods, also bring thewfu 豆腐 (Pinyin : Thoufu), etc.
Saya bangga kalo ada teman2 yg suka membuat sejarah seperti blog ini..tapi alangkah bingung saya kalo harus membaca huruf yg sama sekali kami tidak pelajari..mohon pada rekan2 untuk di buat 2 bahasa..jadi kan yg gak bisa bahasa hakka atau kanton, mandarin bisa ikut membacanya…sejarah bukan milik kalian lagi, tetapi milik kita bersama..Indonesia…Salam dari saya
bangka mantap:)))
By: novi on April 28, 2010
at 11:13 pm
Silahkan lihat juga Sejarah Tambang Timah bangka oleh orang-orang Tionghoa suku Hakka (khek) https://bukjam.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/hakka-khek-indonesia-bangka-belitung-%E2%80%93-hakka-khek-dan-tambang-timah-bangka-1/
By: bukjam on May 7, 2010
at 11:44 pm
Saya bangga kalo ada teman2 yg suka membuat sejarah seperti blog ini..tapi alangkah bingung saya kalo harus membaca huruf yg sama sekali kami tidak pelajari..mohon pada rekan2 untuk di buat 2 bahasa..jadi kan yg gak bisa bahasa hakka atau kanton, mandarin bisa ikut membacanya…sejarah bukan milik kalian lagi, tetapi milik kita bersama..Indonesia…Salam dari saya
By: embrizon on December 15, 2010
at 8:37 pm
embrizon@yahoo.com terima kasih atas komentar anda. huruf mandarin tersebut hanya untuk mereka yang mengerti saja dan dipakai sebagai keyword. tanpa perlu membaca karakter mandarin tersebut tulisan tidak kurang lengkap atau kurang alurnya. silahkan menyimak tulisan lainnya dibawah ini : https://bukjam.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/hakka-khek-indonesia-bangka-belitung-%E2%80%93-hakka-khek-dan-tambang-timah-bangka-1/
By: bukjam on December 15, 2010
at 10:25 pm
salam dari bangka, tulisannnya inspiring…:-D
By: aksansanjaya on August 22, 2011
at 2:55 pm
Halo San, sinmung ok, lihat juga tulisan ini : https://bukjam.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/hakka-khek-bangka-chinese-family-name/ salam,BUKJAM
By: bukjam on August 23, 2011
at 7:27 pm
Banggalah jadi orang bangka..walau tdk besar di bangka…top buangeet..
By: dedy yulizar on May 19, 2014
at 1:43 am