Píngshān

Píngshān lies in the hills of Guīshàn county, east of Huìzhōu, where Hakka villages farmed the valleys running down to the sea. On the peninsula to the south, the Hóngwǔ emperor had the walled garrison of Pínghǎi built against pirates. Its soldier families kept a speech of their own, northern Chinese at its base and mixed with Cantonese, Hakka and Hoklo.