The dragon boat cuts across False Creek like a blade through memory.
Drum — a single stroke, then the answering crash of twenty paddles striking water in unison. The dragon head surges forward, painted eyes glaring, carved scales glistening in Vancouver's June light. On the shore, a spectator watches. She has lived in this city her…
New Gold Mountain: Wuyi Pioneers in Australia 1850-1901
Your ancestors might have talked about going to Gold Mountain (金山 Jīnshān). But which one?
The Old Gold Mountain (旧金山 Jiù Jīnshān) was California—San Francisco, the gold rush that began in 1848 and drew thousands from Guangdong's Wuyi (五邑) region to seek their fortune.
But there was another Gold…