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The entrance doorway of the Situ Clan Library (司徒氏图书馆) in Chikan, Kaiping — the door of the library the overseas clan raised 40,000 silver dollars to build.
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The Situ (司徒) Surname: From a Zhou Court Office to the Wuyi Diaspora

The Situ (司徒) Surname: From a Zhou Court Office to the Wuyi Diaspora A Name That Was Once an Office The Situ (司徒, Sītú) surname is one of the few office-derived compound surnames (官职姓, guānzhíxìng) to survive from Chinese antiquity — it began as the Zhou-dynasty office of Minister of Lands and Education (地官大司徒, dìguān…
August 31, 20260Comments

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Diaolou watchtowers rising from rice paddies at Zili Village in Kaiping, with a first-time roots trip visitor standing at the village entrance
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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

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