Table 1 Overview of the three major cultures of Lingnan, Guangdong Province
| Â | Guangfu culture | Hakka culture | Chaoshan culture |
|---|---|---|---|
Spatial distribution regions (major) | Guangfu area, Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province | Meizhou City, Guangdong Province | Chaozhou and Shantou City, Guangdong Province |
language | Cantonese | Hakka | Teochew |
architectural pattern | Three-bays-and-two-corridors | Round-dragon House | Wei Zhai |
Village spatial pattern |
With a comb-style layout, the street direction conforms to the dominant wind direction in summer, the village scale is moderate, and the overall land is rectangular |
Mountain-water-house-field, built along the mountain and the water. The buildings are in a scattered layout, there is no street structure, and the village scale is small |
The family as a unit forms a giant wei zhai-style residential group, mostly square, and then expands to the surrounding clan villages |
Common cultural attributes | Formed by the southward migration of the Han people in the Central Plains. Clan society, living together | ||
