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  Teochew Dialect . net
It is a dialect spoken in the Chaoshan area, in southeastern Guangdong.
The Chaoshan area includes a total of 9 counties whose Teochew dialects are slightly different from each other.
Chaoshan was one of the major sources of Chinese emigration to Southeast Asia during the 18th-20th century forming one of the larger dialect groups among the Overseas Chinese.
www.teochewdialect.net /introduction.php?code=en   (264 words)

  
 Chaoshan (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Encompassing the cities of Raoping, Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Chao'an, Huilai, and Shanwei, the Chaoshan region, with a population of approximately 10 million, covers an area of about 10,500 km² that stretches from Shanwei on the coast to the border of Fujian.
In recent years, due to corruption and car smuggling in the 1980s and 1990s, the central government has chosen to slow down growth of this region even though it is still designated as a SEZ (Special Economic Zone).
The name "Chaoshan" (潮汕) is of recent provenance, a contraction of the names of its two largest administrative areas, Chaozhou (潮 州) and Shantou (Traditional Chinese: 汕頭; Simplified Chinese: 汕头)
www.cooldictionary.com.cob-web.org:8888 /words/Chaoshan.wikipedia   (602 words)

  
 English Teaching at Chaosan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Chaoshan Experimental School and College is located in Puning City, about 45 minutes from Shantou (formerly Swatow) in Guandong Province.
That first venture has been so successful that Chaoshan is anxious for more experienced teachers to travel annually for either 4-6 months for a full academic year.
Chaoshan's preference is for well experienced teachers to conduct stimulating classes in spoken English.
www.girton.vic.edu.au /emp_chaosan.asp   (614 words)

  
 World-famous Chaoshan delicacies
Ways to process ingredient of Chaoshan dishes tend to be more diversified according to their raw materials with special emphasis on match of sauce and seasoning.
Chaoshan cuisine refers to dishes originated from Chaozhou and Shantou regions in east Guangdong Province.
After innovations by chefs of Chaoshan cuisine in past generations, dishes with shark fin and bird's nest have become representatives of Chaoshan cuisine.
www.chinanews.cn /news/2004/2005-05-20/4699.shtml   (380 words)

  
 Fragrant Plum Flowers Blossom in Chaoshan Mountain
In early February, the 10 miles of Chaoshan Mountain is covered with white blossoms of plum trees, the grand scenery is like snow flakes floating in the air.
Chaoshan Mountain plum flowers has long been famous for being "old, wild and rare", making Chaoshan Mountain one of the Three Best Plum Flower Sceneries in South Yangtze area.
Yesterday, 2006 Chaoshan Mountain Plum Flower Festival opened at Scenic Chaoshan Mountain in Yuhang District, which is famous for "Ten miles of fragrant white plum flower ocean".
www.hangzhou.com.cn /20050801/ca1006111.htm   (132 words)

  
 Chaoshan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a unique area with its own culture that is quite different to its neighbours in Canton and the rest of China.
Music, opera, and food are also obvious characteristics that distinguishe Chaoshan people from the rest of Guangdong.
Chaozhou Prefecture (in yellow), part of the Chaoshan Teochiu linguistic region
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chaoshan   (601 words)

  
 shantou - Page: 3 of 46
Today, the region near Shantou that is populated by the Chaozhous is referred to as the Chaoshan (or the 'mountains of Chao') region.
In terms of size, the Chaoshan region is about 100 miles lengthwise and about 50 miles at its width.
There is not one uniform dialect spoken in the Chaoshan area.
members.cox.net /amyeldridge/shantou_003.htm   (450 words)

  
 World J Gastroenterol
Chaoshan esophageal carcinoma tissue arrays were easily for high-throughput study, and tissue cores with a diameter of 1.5 mm could better keep more structure for molecular expression study.
Chaoshan area is a unique littoral high-risk area of EC in China, within which Nanao island has the highest risk, the second being Jieyang county.
Chaoshan residents who have a high risk of EC and cardiac carcinoma (CC) are a relatively isolated population who have kept the old Chinese language (Chaoshan dialect) and customs.
www.wjgnet.com /1007-9327/10/2163.asp   (2909 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Eighty books on chaoshan culture have been published including "chaoshan history and culture collection" which is very popular among readers.
He emphasized the chaoshan history and culture study need massive efforts from many generations, which will make great contribution to the development of chaoshan area and even the whole China.
It is a golden opportunity to study chaoshan history and culture under the peaceful sociaty brought by the reforming and opening policy.
www.chaorenwang.com /channel/whdt/dt06e.htm   (277 words)

  
 A Study variations in Address Forms
In Chaoshan, a lot of traditions are kept due to historical and geographic reasons (Chen, 1990).
The privilege of lighting the incense is granted to the father or the eldest son of a family.
The present study of women’s address forms in Chaoshan areas is actually the study of women’s social status in a traditional society.
www.higher-ed.org /AEQ/6aug3374z6.htm   (2596 words)

  
 Teochew (dialect) - Chinese linguistics and dialect - Chinese   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Teochew dialect (Diô-jiǔ-oē, Chinese:潮州话;, Hanyu Pinyin: Cháozhōuhuà, Teochiu or Tiuchiu), is a Chinese language and dialect of Minnan spoken in a region of eastern Guangdong refered to as Chaoshan.
There is substantial variations in phonology and vocabulary between different regions of Chaoshan and between different Teochiu communities overseas.
The Chaoshan region where Teochew is spoken, includes the cities of Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Chao'an, Raoping, Huilai and Shanwei.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Teochew_(dialect)   (790 words)

  
 World J Gastroenterol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Chaoshan is an enclosed littoral region surrounded by mountains located at the boundary between Guangdong Province and Fujian Province of China.
Chaoshan resid ents mostly came from Henan, Shanxi, and Changan thousands years ago, and are a relatively isolated population with a high risk of esophageal carcinoma (EC) and cardiac carcinoma (CC).
A total of 6685 patients with EC and 2955 patients with CC in Chaoshan district were retrospectively assessed for the association with ABO blood groups.
www.wjgnet.com /1007-9327/7/657.asp   (3473 words)

  
 Aggregation of carcinoma of the esoph... [#189] (2004 ISPO Symposium)
Aim : Chaoshan region lies in the Eastern part of Guangdong Province is surround by big Lianhua Mountains in three directions, facing the South China Sea in the South forming a relative isolated but long and narrow rich region.
The aim of this paper is to analysis characteristics of aggregation of Carcinoma of the Esophagus and Cardia in Families.
Methods : The clinicpathologic and family data of 192 EC cases and 50 CC cases with family history in the Chaoshan District of China, were collected and assessed retrospectively.
www.cancerprev.org /Meetings/2004/Symposia/892/189   (377 words)

  
 Directory of open access journals
AIM:To study the relationship between ABO blood groups and carcinoma of esophagus and cardia in Chaoshan inhabitants of China, which is a unique Littoral high-risk area of esophageal carcinoma in China.
The poor communication and transportation in the past has made Chaoshan a relatively closed area and kept its culture and custure of old China thousand years ago.
However, blood group B in male patients with CC and in the patients with carcinoma in the upper third esophagus was 2.3% and 4.7% higher than the corresponding controls.
www.doaj.org /abstract?id=91722&toc=y   (294 words)

  
 MyShantou » Eating in ST
For those who don't know: Kejia, Chaoshan and Minnan huas are three dialects belonging to three distinct cultural groups in the east of Guangdong and south of Fujian.
They are particularly noted because they have withstood the influence of most national changes to the language and culture and bear a reasonable resemblence to ancient Chinese (so I'm told, it's also been written on this blog in the comments).
I always get taken to the same one, the one at the end of the row - don't let those lads standing in the middle of the row steer you in to park, they just want you to eat at theirs (which could well be good, who knows).
myshantou.net /?cat=2   (794 words)

  
 The serie of baked products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It is the special snack of Chaoshan area.
The sweet fruit is made from best fresh fruit and over 30 kinds of ingredient.
It can be called as the choice of Chaoshan snack..
www.jiweicun.com /eproductlist3.asp?Pageno=4   (77 words)

  
 Chaoshan - China-related Topics CE-CH - China-Related Topics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Image:Chaozhou_map2005.jpgthumb270pxleftChaozhou Prefecture (in yellow), part of the Chaoshan Teochiu linguistic region
Encompassing the cities of Raoping, Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Chao'an, Huilai, and Shanwei, the Chaoshan region, with a population of approximately 10 million, covers an area of about 10,500 km??
The name "Chaoshan" (??????) is of recent provenance, a contraction of the names of its two largest administrative areas, Chaozhou (潮 州;) and Shantou (Traditional Chinese: 汕頭; Simplified Chinese: 汕头;)
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Chaoshan   (245 words)

  
 Diosuan Bhunghuê
The title - Diosuan means Chaoshan and Bhunghuê means culture, and it is not possible to separate language from language.
In Chaoshan tradition, we pour hot water over the tea leaves and within a minute we decant the tea completely and not allow the tea leaves to be soaking in the hot water and be over brewed.
Of course, Chaoshan is in Guangdong and we say Gêngdang – but the ‘g’ has a hard ‘k’ sound.
diosuanbhunghue.blogspot.com   (1350 words)

  
 Chaoshan history and culture study centre receives new records - Guangdong - News Brief - Newsgd (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Chaoshan History and Culture Study center has received a donation of 681 antique records featuring Chao dialect opera and music.
The Chaoshan History and Culture Study center now boasts a record collection consisting of the largest amount local music in the country.
The discs were produced in the 1920s and span till the early establishment of People's Republic of China.
www.newsgd.com.cob-web.org:8888 /news/guangdong1/200607030071.htm   (267 words)

  
 TrekEarth | First full-moon and lanterns Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
There is substantial variations in phonology and vocabulary between different regions of Chaoshan and between different Teochew communities overseas.
Due to geographical isolation from Fujian and influences from Cantonese and the later Hakka, Teochew evolved into a separate language.
The Chaoshan region where Teochew is spoken, includes the cities of Chaozhou, Shantou, which are jointly the source of the name, as well as Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Chao'an, Raoping, Huilai and Chenghai.
www.trekearth.com /gallery/photo321712.htm   (443 words)

  
 RIGZONE - CNOOC and CPC Form Exploration JV
CNOOC and Taiwan's Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) plan to sign the first contract to explore jointly for oil in the Taiwan Strait in January.
CNOOC concluded negotiations at the end of October for the 50/50 production sharing contract to explore and produce oil in the Chaoshan block, approximately 155 miles west of the Taiwan port of Kaohsiung.
CNOOC and CPC are expected to set up a joint venture to operate the Chaoshan block and drill two to three exploration wells.
www.rigzone.com /news/article.asp?a_id=2077   (182 words)

  
 About us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
We are a group of researchers who are devoted to Chaoshan culture; we have turned eyes onto the piece of land under our feet.
As a result, we have created a website for Chaoshan Special Collection Section and developed several databases including “Database of papers on ChaoShan culture research”, “Database of the literature on Chaoshan research”, “Database of photographs of showplaces and domiciles”, and “Database of spoken stories”.
We wish our Chaoshan Special Collection Section and our website can build a bridge between friends to share, love, and carry forward Chaoshan culture, and we together make great contribution for the cultural and economic development and prosperity of Chaoshan district.
cstc.lib.stu.edu.cn /zyzl/aboutus-eng.HTM   (394 words)

  
 Min Nan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Min Nan is spoken in the southern part of Fujian province, two southern counties of Zhejiang province, the Zhoushan archipelago off Ningbo in Zhejiang, and the eastern part of Guangdong province (Chaoshan region).
The Qiong Wen variant spoken in the Leizhou peninsula of Guangdong province, as well as Hainan province, is classified in some schemes as part of Min Nan and in other schemes as separate.
The variants of Min Nan in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong province are collectively known as Teochew or Chaozhou.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Min_Nan   (1327 words)

  
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We have demonstrated that Nan’ao county in Chaoshan has the highest incidence and mortality rates of esophageal cancer in China.3 Chaozhou and Jieyang areas were selected, including Nan’ao county, as representative of the countryside, and Shantou as representative of the new city.
We chose the 3-day WDR method as the “gold stan-dard” to develop a SQFFQ for Chaoshan area, because it is the most efficient method for collecting dietary infor-mation at present.
To decrease the influence of seasonal variation, we conducted the survey over a period of three seasons (winter, spring and summer), because there is no major climatic difference between the fall and winter.
www.healthyeatingclub.com /APJCN/Volume15/vol15.2/Finished/Kefinal.doc   (2356 words)

  
 Gaginang.org » Diojiu History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Diojiu people can be distinguished from their neighbors – the Cantonese, Hakka, and Hokkien –; not only by their rich cultural practices, but by their unique language.
Prior to the early years of the Song dynasty, the Chaoshan region was, when compared to its modern population, still relatively sparsely populated.
As a result of the depopulation of some rural regions of Chaoshan, there was a rapid commercialization of agriculture.
gaginang.org /content/index.php?p=4   (2870 words)

  
 6.10.2005 -- U.S. Commercial Service China
Recently released by Provincial Airport Administration Group Corp., the Chaoshan Airport project is scheduled to start construction by the end of this year.
It was also released that the total investment would reach USD 278 million (RMB 2.3 billion), in which the Provincial Airport Administration Group Corp. would provide 60%, China Southern Airlines 25%, and local Jieyang, Shantou, and Chaozhou governments would cover the remaining 15%.
The location of the new Chaoshan Airport is about 20 kilometers from the downtown areas of Shantou city, Chaozhou city, and Jieyang city.
www.buyusa.gov /china/en/ccb050610.html   (925 words)

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