Old photos of Hakka people’s life in Jiaoling, Guangdong in 1920-30s

A group of old photos of the life of Jiaoling Hakka people in Guangdong from 1920 to 1930s are presented to you. This group of old photos shows us the real life of Jiaoling Hakka people in the Republic of China

Jiaoling County, located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, formerly known as Zhenping County, is a county under the jurisdiction of Meizhou City. It is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, upstream of the Han River, and at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi. Jiaoling is a place where Hakka people live together. It is one of the key Taiwan townships in Guangdong. There are about 600000 Taiwan compatriots whose ancestral home is Jiaoling. It is a national key Taiwan township and a cross-strait exchange base in Guangdong Province

Jiaoling has a long history. It belonged to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period; The Land of Hundred Leaps”. In the Wu Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms (222-280), Jiaoling belongs to Dongguan County and Jieyang County. In the sixth year of Chongzhen’s reign (1633) of the Ming Dynasty, the township sage of Jiaoling County, relying on his Xiao, sent a letter to the Ming authorities, asking them to set up Zhenping County. Upon adoption, Zhenping County was set up under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou. In the 12th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1807), it was Zhenping County, Jiaying Prefecture. In 1912, after the founding of the Republic of China, Jiaying Prefecture was abolished and Zhenping County was under the direct control of Guangdong Province. In 1914, Henan Province had the first“ Zhenping County”, Zhenping County in Guangdong was renamed Jiaoling County

This group of photos was taken in 1920-1930 by missionaries at that time. There are many missionary related activities in this group of photos, which shows that foreign missionaries went to rural areas to preach at that time

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