Hok Chiu Nabon: History of Hock Chiu Communities in Nabon District Nakhon si Thammarat Province

Abstract

This paper aims to study the history, migration, and settlement of the community, tradition, and culture. Hokchew in Nabon District of Nakhon Sri Thammarat Province. The results of the study that settlement and Develop of the Chinese community of Hokchew, In Nabon District, Nakhon si Thammarat Province. The change of southern thailand in contemporary history. Hokchew at Nabon District migrated from Kutian District, Fuzhou Cities, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China. In the 1900s They are become To industrialized agricultural workers in Federation of Malaya. At Sitiawan District, Perak Province. Early settlers landed on rubber plantations. In the 1960s, at the time Southern Thai Railway Started. Hokchew moved to Nabon Distirct, Begin the Hokchew community at Nabon. Divided into two periods, the first is the forest, the rubber plantation and the community. The way to the community to manage themselves. The second period since the 1932 Chinese rule changed. Became part of the Thai state the government of Marshal P. Pibulsongkram and the situation of the WW II. The Chinese Hokchew Nabon, Culture is generally the same as the Chinese Oversea in Thai society. Different terms of food culture.