Dalin’s Holoized Hakka: Searching for Hakka roots

Despite having many distinctive characteristics of Hakka culture, the town of Dalin in Chiayi is not a traditional Hakka town. Dalin is the place where a great many Hakka people became "Holonized," or assimilated themselves into Holo culture. Now integrated and used to Holo customs and life, they don't speak Hakka, only Holo, and aren't even aware they have Hakka blood.

On visiting the streets of Dalin, you can see a mixture of Holo and Hakka architecture full of cultural significance; even local habits still have some traces of Hakka culture.

Nobody in Dalin now speaks Hakka, but the beliefs, architecture, and lifestyle of Hakka people remain, creating a unique Holonized Hakka culture in the local area.

以下為中文對照

嘉義大林鎮有許多客家文化特徵，但卻不是傳統的客家庄。大林是嘉義地區福佬客為數最多的地方，「福佬客」是指被福佬人同化的客家人，這些客家人習慣福佬人的生活，所以並不會說客語，而是說台語，也不知道自己擁有客家血統。

所以來到大林鎮的街道，可以看見許多福佬與客家建築古厝，充滿著文化價值，就連當地的生活習慣也都還留有一些客家文化的蹤跡。

雖然在大林鎮現在已沒有人會說客家話，但是客家信仰、建築與生活都在當地形成特殊的「福佬客」文化。