Skip to content Skip to footer

Tag: Qiaopi

HomeAll PostsTag: Qiaopi
A Kaiping diaolou watchtower rising above village rooftops, a UNESCO World Heritage structure built with overseas remittance money bearing surname signatures
Chinese Genealogy Roots Travel Surname History Wuyi Diaspora

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 history, a specific set of documentary holdings, and a specific overseas settlement pattern. If you know your surname, and perhaps just one fragment — “Taishan”…
June 11, 20260Comments

Read more

Historical photograph showing Heshan migrants in Singapore during the early 20th century, with traditional Chinese architecture in the background
Emigration Stories

From Heshan to Nanyang: How Chinese Migrants Built Lives Across Two Worlds

From Heshan to Nanyang: How Chinese Migrants Built Lives Across Two Worlds Before millions of Chinese families crossed the Pacific to California’s Gold Mountain, there was another journey—older, closer, and equally transformative. The Fujian and Chaozhou diaspora followed a similar southern route, told in our companion piece. This is the story of the people who…
March 6, 20260Comments

Read more