#千万IP创科学普# Why do people in southern Fujian like to say "only hard work can lead to success"?

When you lose your will, you can't help but complain.

A moment of despair is bound to cause fear

That lost hope

Drunk every day

Soulless body like a scarecrow

Life can be compared to the waves on the sea

Sometimes up, sometimes down

Good luck or bad luck always has to work

30% destiny and 70% hard work

Only hard work can win

When talking about Minnan, many people's first reaction is "Only hard work can lead to success", which has also become the first sentence of Minnan dialect that many friends will say: "ai pia tia e yia"

This sentence comes from a Minnan song composed by Chen Baitan and sung by Ye Qitian. After several covers, it became popular in the streets and alleys, and "only hard work can win" has become a synonym for Minnan people.

This song was released in 1988, when Taiwan had just opened up. In the era of “lifting the ban”, people were like birds freed from their shackles, flying freely in the sky, eager to make a career. The mainland was also in the early stages of reform and opening up, and it was a great time to show off one’s talents and start a career. This song immediately resonated with the hearts of the people of southern Fujian during that period.

Looking north from Hutou Mountain over Xiamen Harbor in 1901, from the intersection of Lujiang Road and Zhenhai Road to Zhongshan Road

Xiamen Zhongshan Road in the 1990s

Southern Fujian was born by the sea. Since ancient times, it has been a port for trade and prosperity, an important port on the Maritime Silk Road, and has received merchants from all over the world. The hundreds of years of maritime bans in the Ming and Qing dynasties almost cut off the life path of the people in Southern Fujian. The miserable life under suppression made the seeds of going out and venturing deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Southern Fujian.

In modern times, the port was reopened. The open environment and expanded vision released the hardworking nature and ignited the curiosity about the world. The people of southern Fujian began to cross the oceans, venture into all directions, and open up new horizons.

"Xiamen shelters guests from all over the world, and its doors welcome waves of the vast sea"

Maritime culture has created courage, and immigrant society has cultivated boldness; dissatisfaction with the status quo, desire for the world, and yearning for the future have created the current Minnan people - struggle is commonplace, difficulties are the ladder of life, and adventure is a hobby.

"If you don't work hard when you are young, you will have no reputation when you are old"

"If you lose the battle, you lose the sweet potato noodles."

"30% is determined by fate, 70% depends on hard work"

“Growing flesh on one’s own bones”

“Hard work at the beginning, happiness at the end”

Everyone wants to start a business, and every family has a business. "Even if you sell potatoes for three cents, you have to be the boss." The people of southern Fujian have strong entrepreneurial ability and business talent. The Fujian merchants are the only business group that has been passed down to this day. They are famous all over the world and have also occupied a place on the Forbes list.

Entrepreneurs from southern Fujian are heading out into the world, leading the pace of the times and making their own way in the world.

▲The spirit of Fujian businessmen: "Be good at observing the changes of the times and follow the trend; dare to take risks and love to fight and win; be sociable and united, generous and loyal; love the motherland and hometown and give back to the hometown"

Sticking to their original intentions, fearless of difficulties and moving forward courageously, the people of southern Fujian love to venture out and take risks, traveling all over the place.

The saying “One should not travel far away while parents are still alive” does not seem to exist in their eyes, but no matter how high they fly, there is always a string of thoughts that connects them to their hometown.

They invest every penny they earn from hard work into the construction of their hometown, giving back to their hometown and supporting their fellow countrymen. This is the best way to repay their hometown for the prosperity, inheritance and development of their hometown.

A word, a song

Expressing the belief in my heart

Watering the seeds of dreams

Becoming the lifelong pursuit of the people of southern Fujian

Southern Fujian, with mountains behind and the sea in front

Welcoming visitors from all over the world

Adventures in the World

Dare to be the first in the world, only hard work can win

Life is all about hard work

This is the Minnan people.

In addition to "only hard work can win", in the eyes of outsiders, the families of Minnan people have some other "mysteries"🤔

🙋🏻‍♂️: "Are you Minnan people all engaged in business, rich, manufacturing and wholesale?"

🙋🏻‍♀️: "Do girls from southern Fujian get hundreds of millions of dowries when they get married? Does that mean you favor boys over girls?"

🙋🏻‍♀️: "Are you Minnan families busy with activities all day long?"

What is it like to be born and raised in a Minnan family? Is it really as mysterious as it seems to my friends from other places? Leave a comment in the comments section...