"I was born in Huizhou and have no previous life." This sentence means Huizhou women. The husband died in a foreign land, and the young woman couldn't sleep at night. But they can't remarry, they can only live alone. Finally, the clan will build a chastity memorial arch for her-this is what they earned all their lives. In fact, from today's oil paintings, we can see that all the works showing elderly women are basically reminiscent of Huizhou women, who represent all the elderly women.
There are many mountains and few places in Huizhou, and it is impossible to raise one by farming. Especially after entering the Ming dynasty, the contradiction between man and land was sharp, and Huizhou people had to "go far away from home" and embark on the road of "farming with Jia instead" Huizhou families can't support their grandchildren. Boys 13 or 4 years old will go out as apprentices, and they can't go home if they don't learn well.
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This folk song, which is widely circulated in Huizhou, is a true portrayal of Huizhou merchants who went south to create the north. It is this situation that has created the brilliance of Huizhou merchants and provided endless stories and legends for contemporary Huizhou folklore.
We can see such ballads in Chen's Heartbroken Grass, His Son of Huizhou Merchants and Huang's Gan Long Ci Bao.
These storytellers describe the images of various Huizhou merchants for us, truly reproduce their business activities and living conditions, and vividly describe their business philosophy and the formation process of their business philosophy.
References:
People's Network-Huizhou Women