The identity of Over Sea s Chinese in Hat Yai, Thailand

Abstract

The positioning of an individual s own identity is ambiguous, but if it is put into a group, it will explore and locate its own identity attributes, and finally, through the most basic national identity, cultural identity, etc, the identity of their own identity attributes is formed. Due to the historical environment, geographical conditions and background factors of transportation, Southeast Asia is the earliest area for overseas Chinese in China, and it is also the most widely distributed area for overseas Chinese. Among them, Thailand has unique research value due to its special historical background that it was not colonized by the West. Hat Yai in Songkhla Province in southern Thailand is the transportation center and economic hub of the 14 provinces in southern Thailand, and it is also one of the settlements of Thai-Chinese. Most of the ancestral places of these Chinese are from southern Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi regions. Most of them are Hakka people, but Chaozhou people come to the fore. Although the millions of overseas Chinese living in Thailand have long been integrated into the mainstream of its economy, politics and culture, and their own language, writing and nationality have all changed, the Chinese in Hat Yai are still sticking to their Chinese traditional cultural practices and beliefs.