For millions of overseas Chinese today, the story begins not in a distant city or a famous port, but in the quiet villages of a small region in southern China — Wuyi. Tucked within Jiangmen City in Guangdong Province, Wuyi is made up of five counties: Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, Xinhui, and Heshan. Though modest in…
If your family traces its roots to Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, Xinhui, or Heshan—collectively known as Wuyi (五邑) —then you are part of one of the most far-reaching Chinese diasporas in history. Across generations and continents, descendants of this small region have built lives in nearly every corner of the world. Yet for many today, especially…