How to Read a Chinese Zupu: A Diaspora Descendant's Guide
The Book That Was Written for You
Every few years, someone inherits a book they cannot read. Thread-bound, paper soft with age, characters printed vertically in a classical Chinese no one in the family studied. It is a zupu (族谱 zúpǔ) — a clan genealogy,…
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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…