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Historical photograph of 宁阳会馆 (Ning Yeung Wui Kuan) Singapore's first Chinese clan association founded in 1822, showing the original building facade with traditional Chinese architectural elements
History and Culture Taishan
Singapore-Taishan Migration History: Two Centuries of Connection
Singapore-Taishan Migration History: Two Centuries of Connection How migrants from one Guangdong county helped build a nation—and maintained a bond that spans 200 years. {{FIG:fig_map_1819}} In May 1822, a Taishanese carpenter named Cao Yazhi (曹亚志) gathered fellow migrants from his hometown to form 宁阳会馆 (Ning Yeung Wui Kuan)—Singapore’s first clan association. Two hundred years later,…
March 15, 20260Comments
Diaolou watchtowers rising from rice paddies at Zili Village in Kaiping, with a first-time roots trip visitor standing at the village entrance
Cities of Wuyi First-Timer Guides How-To Guides Trip Planning
Plan Your Roots Trip to China: Taishan & Kaiping Guide
Plan Your Roots Trip: A First-Timer’s Guide to Taishan and Kaiping Villages You’ve done the research. You know the village name. You’ve looked at the maps, traced the migration routes, maybe even found your great-grandfather’s immigration file. Now comes the moment you’ve been waiting for — going home. Planning a roots trip to China is…
March 10, 20260Comments
Elder placing incense at an ancestral altar inside a traditional Chinese clan temple during the Qingming Festival.
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Qingming in the Five Counties: A Diaspora Descendant’s Guide to Tomb-Sweeping in Wuyi
Qingming in the Five Counties: A Diaspora Descendant’s Guide to Tomb-Sweeping in Wuyi Every spring, a quiet migration takes place. From San Francisco, Toronto, Sydney, and Singapore, thousands of overseas Chinese board planes bound for a small region in southern China. They carry no suitcases of gifts—just themselves, and sometimes, a lifetime of questions. They…
March 3, 20260Comments
Historic Chikan Post Office exhibit showing vintage mailboxes, remittance-themed artwork, and old postal signage—symbolizing how letters connected Singapore migrants with Wuyi families.
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Letters Across the South China Sea: How Singapore Connected Wuyi Families for Over a Century
The Letter That Traveled 2,600 Kilometers Imagine standing on Telok Ayer Street in Singapore, 1925. The air is thick with humidity and the salt smell of the harbor. Around you, shop signs in Chinese characters announce businesses selling rice, medicine, cloth. You're holding a letter and a small stack of Straits Settlements dollars—money you've saved…
February 28, 20260Comments