page_title: Cantonese people
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caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: mysticflowerylan00halcuoft Title: The mystic flowery land; a personal narrative Year: 1896 (1890s) Authors: Halcombe, Charles J. H Subjects: China -- Description and travel Publisher: London Luzac Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: r removed from the care and tumult of the busy Westernworld. Regarding the Chinese, I have never allowed caste, family,prejudice, or advice to interfere with my feelings. I have alwaysand shall ever continue to love them; not nationally but individu-ally&#160;; and am honoured to say that I hold their respect andconfidence, and count among them some of my dearest and mostreliable friends who would follow me anywhere and stand by meto the last, as I have more than once proved. But to know andappreciate these people they require to be carefully studied, asthey keenly study you before giving or even accepting friendship. One afternoon, at Seou Jaes request, I paid a visit with herto her aunt, or guardian, who lived near the east gate of theChinese city. On entering the ill-kept house of her relative, the old woman,much to the annoyance and dismay of Seou Jae, gave us a verycool reception. I at once entertained grave doubts as to thehonesty of this aunt, whom I did not at all like the look of. Text Appearing After Image: CANTONESE WOMEN. •celestial LAIiir.S. Seeing tliat our comimny was not (lesiral)Ie, wt* heat a soinewliatluisty retreat. Not wishing to further -trouble or unnecessarily alarm iMi.irSeou Jae, wlio seemed very downcast and worried, I did notimpart to her the forebodings which begun to crowd inU&gt; njy niin«l. Strange to say, when we met again that evening, Seou Jae, wIm»lived in a very nice house, with her two female attendant«, inthe Nankin Road, seemed very dispirited, and like myself, fore-shadowed calamity. But I thought it was merely her nervoti.sfancy when she said that two or three rejuilsive-looking old hagshad been watching the house. She seemed quite frightened at first,but after a time I allayed her fears and forgot all abt&gt;ut it. We both tried to cheer one another, but it was a most dismalfailure. And when we said good night, neither of us could speak,for anguish has no expression, only most elocpient silence. Thus we parted, very likely for ever, for years have pa Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The Cantonese people or Yue people, are a Yue-speaking Han Chinese, Baiyue mixed sub-group originating from or residing in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, in Southern Mainland China. Although more accurately, "Cantonese" refers only to the people from Guangzhou and its satellite cities and towns and/or native speakers of Standard Cantonese, rather than simply and generally referring to the people of the Liangguang region.
  Historically centered on and predominating the Pearl River Basin shared between Guangdong and Guangxi, the Cantonese people are also responsible for establishing their native language's usage in Hong Kong and Macau during their migrations within the times of the British and Portuguese colonial eras respectively. Today, Hong Kong and Macau are the only regions in the world where Cantonese is the official spoken language, with the mixed influences of English and Portuguese respectively. Cantonese remains today as a majority language in Guangdong and Guangxi, despite the increasing influence of Mandarin. Taishanese people may also be considered Cantonese but speak a distinct variety of Yue Chinese Taishanese.
context_section_description: The Cantonese people (广东人; 廣東人; gwong2 dung1 jan4; Gwóngdūng Yàhn) or Yue people (粤人; 粵人; jyut6 jan4; Yuht Yàhn), are a Yue-speaking Han Chinese, Baiyue mixed sub-group originating from or residing in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (collectively known as Liangguang), in Southern Mainland China. Although more accurately, "Cantonese" refers only to the people from Guangzhou and its satellite cities and towns and/or native speakers of Standard Cantonese, rather than simply and generally referring to the people of the Liangguang region.
  Historically centered on and predominating the Pearl River Basin shared between Guangdong and Guangxi, the Cantonese people are also responsible for establishing their native language's usage in Hong Kong and Macau during their migrations within the times of the British and Portuguese colonial eras respectively. Today, Hong Kong and Macau are the only regions in the world where Cantonese is the official spoken language, with the mixed influences of English and Portuguese respectively. Cantonese remains today as a majority language in Guangdong and Guangxi, despite the increasing influence of Mandarin. Taishanese people may also be considered Cantonese but speak a distinct variety of Yue Chinese Taishanese.
  There have been a number of influential Cantonese figures throughout history, such as Yuan Chonghuan, Bruce Lee, Liang Qichao, Sun Yat-Sen, Lee Shau-kee, Ho Ching and Flossie Wong-Staal.
caption: Cantonese women in traditional Qing-era attire, 1896
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