Get out of the land and travel overseas.
"Fujian merchants" is the abbreviation of Fujian merchants. Fujian merchants have been mentioned for a long time in history. As one of the top ten business gangs in China, it is as famous as Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants and Guangdong merchants. Zhuang, a professor at the Southeast Asian Studies Center of Xiamen University, said that compared with the northern and inland areas where folk customs are more conservative, Minnan people are more open and open. Traditional culture's emphasis on resettlement in different places and "parents don't travel far" have little influence in southern Fujian. The history of Fujian businessmen traveling around the world shows typical marine cultural characteristics.
In fact, the first generation of Fujian businessmen left their homes and went abroad to make a living, which was related to Fujian's poor land, small land and large population. At least in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Minnan men took going abroad as the right way. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the world-famous Maritime Silk Road was initiated by Fujian businessmen. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zheng's maritime group established a maritime kingdom that crisscrossed East Asia and Southeast Asia. Today, among the more than 50 million overseas Chinese in the world, Fujian people account for 1/5, reaching more than1/0/10,000 people, distributed in more than 70 countries and regions around the world. Fujian businessmen have become a powerful force in the international business community, known as the largest overseas business gang. Among the top 500 Chinese businessmen in the world, Fujian businessmen account for more than110.
After thousands of years' evolution, if the first generation of Fujian merchants left their hometown for their livelihood, and the modern Fujian merchants expanded outward for their development, the consciousness of "opening up the territory and expanding the territory" has long been integrated into their blood and has become a unique endowment of Fujian merchant culture.
Don't like deposits, love entrepreneurship and adventure.
There is a saying in southern Fujian that "young people don't work hard, old people don't have a reputation" and "people are lost, and sweet potato noodles are lost". Under the influence of business tradition, "being a boss in business" has become one of the value orientations of Minnan people. Zhuang, editor-in-chief of Minnan Children, who has been paying attention to Fujian businessmen, told the author that Minnan people who advocate "three skills and seven courage" do not like deposits, but like to start businesses. They believe that the process of starting a business is the greatest satisfaction. They are adventurous and advocate going out to "dig gold". Once they have a clear goal, they will not give up, "earn a dollar and then borrow a dollar" and invest in it to succeed by their own hard work spirit.
In recent years, the investment expansion of Fujian private capital in China has been accelerated. According to incomplete statistics, at present, more than 2.5 million Fujian people have invested and started businesses outside the province. More than 700,000 people of Fujian merchants "Quanzhou Legion" went abroad to run enterprises, and the total annual sales of enterprises abroad reached 654.38+06 billion yuan, which was equivalent to recreating a Quanzhou market abroad. More than 500,000 people in Putian set up factories and work outside the country, which are distributed in large and medium-sized cities across the country, with fixed assets of 30 billion yuan. "Puxian Corps" almost monopolized the timber market in China.
Give back to mulberry and support fellow villagers
Although Fujian businessmen have traveled all over the country, their love for their ancestors and hometown has always involved them like kite strings. It has become their practice to give back to mulberries after their achievements. In modern times, the overseas Chinese businessmen in Fujian, represented by Chen Jiageng, donated money and materials, which is the most typical example.
In addition to giving back to mulberry, supporting fellow villagers has also become a typical feature of Fujian businessmen. Zhuang said that Fujian businessmen who went out of Fujian paid special attention to helping each other in other places. Developed businessmen will take fellow villagers out, not only teach them to do business, but also pay for it. According to research, the history of Fujian people organizing overseas chambers of commerce can even be traced back to 100 years ago.