Sze Yup region

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The Sze Yup region is a historical area in Guangdong, China, known for its distinctive Cantonese subculture and as a major source of Chinese emigration overseas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sze Yup region canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Chinese diaspora in San Francisco ⓘ
Chinese diaspora in Vancouver ⓘ
Chinese railroad workers in North America ⓘ
overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalHeritage ancestral halls ⓘ
lineage clan villages ⓘ
overseas Chinese-funded schools ⓘ
qiaoxiang (overseas Chinese hometown) culture ⓘ
dialectOf Cantonese ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
overseas remittance-based development ⓘ
emigrantDestination Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Four Counties ⓘ
Siyi ⓘ
linked to: Siyi Yue

Sze Yap ⓘ
linked to: Sze Yup
hasDemonym Siyi people ⓘ
Sze Yup people ⓘ
hasNameInChinese 四邑 ⓘ
linked to: 新會
hasNotableArchitecture diaolou watchtowers ⓘ
hasRomanization Sìyì ⓘ
hasSubculture Sze Yup Cantonese culture ⓘ
historicalCounty Enping ⓘ
Kaiping ⓘ
Taishan ⓘ
Xinhui ⓘ
historicalRole important center of overseas remittances ⓘ
major source of Cantonese emigration ⓘ
knownFor Taishanese dialect ⓘ
linked to: Taishanese

distinctive Cantonese subculture ⓘ
overseas Chinese emigration ⓘ
languageFamily Yue Chinese ⓘ
languageVariety Taishanese ⓘ
locatedIn Guangdong ⓘ
linked to: Guangdong Province

southern China ⓘ
majorEmigrationPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
modernAdministrativeArea Jiangmen ⓘ
partOf Lingnan region ⓘ
linked to: Lingnan
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRelatedSite Kaiping Diaolou and Villages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taishanese → regionOfOrigin → Sze Yup region ⓘ
Toisanese → regionOfOrigin → Sze Yup region ⓘ