Gāazāu Gwóngdūng jān (加州 廣東人) Gāmsāan jān (金山人) | |
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 Painting of Chinatown, San Francisco, 1881 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| California (San Francisco, Los Angeles), Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Montana | |
| Languages | |
| California Cantonese, English | |
| Religion | |
| Confucian, Taoist, Christian, Buddhist | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Cantonese people, Chinese Americans |
California Cantonese people (Cantonese: Gāazāu Gwóngdūng jān, 加州 廣東人) descend from historic Cantonese settlers who came from Southern China, particularly Guangdong Province (Historically known as Canton) of Late Qing Dynasty China. These original Cantonese settled in California during the 1800s and early 1900s; in more recent times, Cantonese people from Modern China have immigrated from Macau, Guangzhou (Canton City), and especially Hong Kong.[1]
The California Cantonese call their home state "Gold Mountain" (Cantonese: Gāmsāan, 金山), and differentiate themselves as Gāmsāan jān (金山人) "Gold Mountain people", from foreign Chinese immigrants who they refer to as "Gold Mountain guests" (Cantonese: Gāmsāan hāak, 金山客).[2][3]
- ^ Charlotte Brooks (2019). American Exodus Second-Generation Chinese Americans in China, 1901–1949. United States of America: University of California Press. pp. 35, 36.
- ^ Huping Ling (1998). Surviving on the Gold Mountain A History of Chinese American Women and Their Lives. United States of America: University of California Press. pp. 17, 18.
- ^ 国外文学 (Foreign Language) Issues 49-56. 北京大学出版社 (Beijing University Press). 1993. p. 46.