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Wisdom of Life in Hakka Traditional Adages in the Ancient Town of Heyuan

Qiu Yua

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As an important branch of the Han nationality, Hakka people are well-known for their attention to family education. Traditional family adages in Hakka ancient towns are a special part of Chinese traditional cultural wealth, which makes up the wisdom of ancient Hakka in family education resulting from deep thinking and long-term practice. These adages not only fully reflect Hakka people's human spirits such as patriotism, their respect to the ancestor,their hard work, perseverance and so on, they are also Chicken Soup for the soul which help remolding social morality, family virtue, individual character and occupational ethics. Full discovery,organization, study and inheritance of Hakka ancient adages, and tasting the wisdom of life they contains, all these can respond to the public concern and anxiety in the current society, dealing with the present-day evils, purify our minds, cultivate social virtue, inherit our national values, and provide rich nutrition for the people's common values and spiritual home.

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As an important branch of the Han nationality, Hakka people are well-known for their attention to family education. Traditional family adages in Hakka ancient towns are a special part of Chinese traditional cultural wealth, which makes up the wisdom of ancient Hakka in family education resulting from deep thinking and long-term practice. These adages not only fully reflect Hakka people's human spirits such as patriotism, their respect to the ancestor,their hard work, perseverance and so on, they are also Chicken Soup for the soul which help remolding social morality, family virtue, individual character and occupational ethics. Full discovery,organization, study and inheritance of Hakka ancient adages, and tasting the wisdom of life they contains, all these can respond to the public concern and anxiety in the current society, dealing with the present-day evils, purify our minds, cultivate social virtue, inherit our national values, and provide rich nutrition for the people's common values and spiritual home.

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As an important branch of the Han nationality, Hakka people are well-known for their attention to family education. Traditional family adages in Hakka ancient towns are a special part of Chinese traditional cultural wealth, which makes up the wisdom of ancient Hakka in family education resulting from deep thinking and long-term practice. These adages not only fully reflect Hakka people's human spirits such as patriotism, their respect to the ancestor,their hard work, perseverance and so on, they are also Chicken Soup for the soul which help remolding social morality, family virtue, individual character and occupational ethics. Full discovery,organization, study and inheritance of Hakka ancient adages, and tasting the wisdom of life they contains, all these can respond to the public concern and anxiety in the current society, dealing with the present-day evils, purify our minds, cultivate social virtue, inherit our national values, and provide rich nutrition for the people's common values and spiritual home.

Key concepts: Ancestor, Virtue, Soul, Inheritance (genetic algorithm), Patriotism, Morality, Sociology, Nationality

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