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Qixi Festival: How the Wuyi Diaspora Kept Love Alive Across the Ocean The Seventh Night: When the Separated Are Allowed to Meet The seventh night of the seventh lunar month…

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Aug 2026

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Zhongyuan Festival: How the Wuyi Diaspora Honors the Dead

Zhongyuan Festival: How the Wuyi Diaspora Honors the Dead The Month of the Dead — and the People Who Never Stopped Feeding Them In the Chinese calendar, the seventh lunar…

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Aug 2026

Practical Guide Roots Travel

Wuyi Roots Trip Itinerary: A 10-Day Plan for Descendants

Wuyi Roots Trip Itinerary: A 10-Day Plan for Descendants \nThe Wuyi region of Guangdong sent over two million people overseas between 1840 and 1940 \— and every year, thousands of…

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Aug 2026

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Coolie Trade Ships and the Americas: Cuba, Peru, Jamaica

Coolie Trade Ships and the Americas: Cuba, Peru, Jamaica The Crossing Between 1847 and 1874, roughly a quarter of a million men from the Wuyi (五邑, Wǔyì) counties of Guangdong…

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Aug 2026

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Fujian and Chaozhou: The Other Chinese Diaspora

"Fujian and Chaozhou: The Other Chinese Diaspora The Chinese diaspora did not come from one region. If you have followed the story of the Wuyi (五邑, wǔyì) — the five…

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Jul 2026

Practical Guide Roots Travel

Budgeting Your Wuyi Roots Trip: What It Actually Costs

Budgeting Your Wuyi Roots Trip: What It Actually Costs \\nFor over 150 years, money has flowed from overseas Chinese communities back to the Wuyi (\\五\\邑) region of Guangdong province \\—…

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Jul 2026

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Enping: Meaning, Origin, and the Forgotten Corner of the Wuyi Diaspora

Between 1840 and 1940, over two million people left the five counties of the Wuyi (\五\邑) region in southern Guangdong \— one of the largest sustained regional migrations in modern…

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Jul 2026

Practical Guide Roots Travel

What to Eat in Wuyi: A Food Guide for Returning Diaspora

What to Eat in Wuyi: A Food Guide for Returning Diaspora Taishanese cuisine was the first regional Chinese food to globalize. Before Sichuan, Hunan, or Shanghai cooking reached international audiences,…

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Jul 2026

Diaspora Stories Migration History

From Haikou Port to the World: 200 Years of Wuyi Diaspora

Between 1840 and 1940, over two million people departed from a handful of stone jetties along the Tan River. They were leaving Wuyi (五邑, wǔyì — the five counties of…

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Jul 2026

Practical Guide Roots Travel

Wuyi Roots Trip Accommodation Guide: Where to Stay in Kaiping and Taishan

Wuyi Roots Trip Accommodation Guide: Where to Stay in Kaiping and Taishan rnOver four million people of Wuyi (五, Wǔyì — the Five Counties) descent live outside China. Every year,…

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Coolie Trade Ships and the Americas: Cuba, Peru, Jamaica

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Enping: Meaning, Origin, and the Forgotten Corner of the Wuyi Diaspora

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From Haikou Port to the World: 200 Years of Wuyi Diaspora

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