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In the spring of 1885, a Hakka woman of the Yuan clan (源, Yuán Shì) stood at the edge of Xiaoxiang Village (霄村) and watched her eldest son walk toward…

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Jun 2026

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From Surname to Ancestral Village: A Roots Trip Blueprint for Wuyi Descendants

For over 150 years, the Wuyi region (五邑, Wǔyì) of southern Guangdong — the five counties of Taishan, Kaiping, Xinhui, Enping, and Heshan — has sent more overseas Chinese across…

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Jun 2026

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Women of Wuyi: Jinshanpo, Amahs, and the Ones Who Left

The Woman at the Remittance Shop — One Jinshanpo's Story, 1923 In 1923, a woman named Chen A-Mei walked the dirt road to the remittance shop in Taishan city for…

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Jun 2026

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The Women Who Refused Marriage: Amahs, Sworn Spinsters, and the Wuyi Domestic Workers Who Built Lives Across the South China Sea

The Woman at the Pier n nIn 1934, a fourteen-year-old girl stepped off a coastal steamer at Singapore's Clifford Pier. The humidity wrapped around her like a wet cloth. The…

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Jun 2026

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Siyi Market Gardeners of Australia: From Gold Pick to Garden Hoe

When the gold ran out, the Siyi miners did not go home. They picked up hoes instead of picks — and transformed Australian agriculture. By 1900, Chinese market gardeners from…

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Jun 2026

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Your Surname is Your Compass: How to Trace Your Wuyi Roots Starting With Just a Family Name

The Surname You Already Hold Your surname is not merely a name inherited from your ancestors. It is a compass — a pointer to a specific village, a specific migration…

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Jun 2026

Diaspora Stories Wuyi History

The Women Who Built Gold Mountain: Jinshanpo Wives and the Hidden Architecture of Qiaoxiang

The Women Who Built Gold Mountain: Jinshanpo Wives and the Hidden Architecture of Qiaoxiang By RootsWeb Newsroom | June 10, 2026 1. A Face in the Dust The year is…

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Jun 2026

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Coolie Trade Peru Guano: The White Death on the Chincha Islands

The White Island The islands rise from the Pacific as white cliffs — not of chalk, not of limestone, but of guano (鸟粪, niǎofèn), the accumulated excrement of millions of…

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Jun 2026

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Coolie Ships Macau Havana: The Norway’s Bloody Hundred-Day Voyage

In the Siyi (四邑) counties of southern Guangdong — Taishan, Xinhui, Kaiping, Enping — there are villages the old people still call 寡妇村 (guǎfù cūn, "widow villages"). Not because the…

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Jun 2026

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Dragon Boat Festival Across the Diaspora: From Wuyi to the World

rnrnThe dragon boat cuts across False Creek like a blade through memory.rnrnDrum — a single stroke, then the answering crash of twenty paddles striking water in unison. The dragon head…

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