Northeasterners

Author: Cao Baoming
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: In people's regional concepts, populations are often divided by provinces, which is why we have Beijing people, Shanghai people, Guangdong people, Henan people, etc. But why are the three provinces of Northeast China collectively referred to as "Northeast people"? As soon as we mention comedy stars, people immediately think of Zhao Benshan, Gao Xiumin, Fan Wei, Pan Changjiang, Gong Hanlin, and Huang Hong—all of whom come from Northeast China. In the sports world, there was the "Ma Family Army," and now in the film and television industry, there's the "Zhao Family Studio," as well as the Xue Cun phenomenon—why are all of them Northeasterners? Northeast China has also had gold prospectors, ginseng diggers, log rafters, and people who understood the languages of birds and animals. There were also the famous Northeast "beards," truly a group of extraordinary Northeast people!
Paper outside the window, raising a child by hanging them, girls holding large tobacco pipes, wood sinks while stones float—there are also the renowned "Three Treasures of Northeast China": ginseng, sable fur, and deer antlers. Truly mysterious and mystical Northeast customs!