Jiaodong people, especially Yantai and Weihai people, give people an intuitive feeling that they are different from people in other parts of Shandong. Jiaodong people are generally tall, with a long face and a high proportion of A-shaped faces. Jiaodong dialect has its own system, which other Shandong people can't understand.
I think the main reason for the great difference between Jiaodong people and other Shandong people is that Jiaodong people kept more characteristics of their native nation, and later took the lead in encountering western civilization.
The ancestors of Jiaodong people can be traced back to Dongyi people in Longshan culture period. Dongyi people are divided into several branches, with ancient Qingzhou as the center, Huaiyi in the south and Lion in the east. They are the pure ancestors of Jiaodong people.
With the evolution of history, pure Huai Yi no longer exists. Due to the early development of the western and southern parts of Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, there are many wars in history, frequent population movements and large-scale population migration, and the vacancies left are filled by people from other northern regions or northern ethnic groups, so the degree of ethnic integration is high.
The east of Qingzhou, which is now Jiaodong area, was developed late and relatively stable, and was rarely invaded by foreign countries on a large scale in history. For example, the integration of major ethnic groups such as Wuluanhua basically did not affect Jiaodong, thus maintaining its closure and integrity, and the bloodline of Dongyi people remained better.
Modern molecular anthropology has confirmed that many men in Jiaodong have a Y chromosomal mutation, and this mutation may be unique to artists, and the more concentrated this mutation is to Jiaodong Peninsula, it means that many Jiaodong people have a Le Yi paternal line.
The N-type mtdna of Longshan maternal gene, that is, the extreme north gene, is unique to Caucasians in Pan-Eurasia, that is to say, there is a white component in Dongyi maternal gene. Shandong is the only province with N high frequency in Longshan matriarchal, accounting for more than 565,438+0%, and Jiaodong accounts for more than 60%, so it is not surprising that it is generally high.
Many Jiaodong people think that their ancestors came from Yunnan with noses and eyes. Some people may be from Yunnan, but they are definitely not the mainstream Jiaodong people, which will not affect the overall nature of Jiaodong people as Dongyi people.
The opening of Yantai in the late Qing Dynasty made Jiaodong people experience marine civilization first, thus making Jiaodong area "catch up with other places in Shandong". Dongyi culture and foreign culture make Jiaodong people look more different.
You can look at the picture below, which shows the restoration of ancient Dongyi people. Do Jiaodong people still have a lot of his shadow?