Water Has Ten Thousand Branches but One Source
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In 1225 on a hillside in northern Guangdong, one man gathered his family and made a pact. His name was 陈辉 (Chén Huī), honorifically called 凤台公 (Fèngtái Gōng, Honorable Fengtai). He was a Song-dynasty jinshi (进士), the highest imperial examination degree, who served as Imperial…
The Liang (梁) Surname: 2,700 Years from Zhou Dynasty State to Wuyi Diaspora
In 770 BCE, King Ping of Zhou enfeoffed a loyal nobleman named Kangbo as the ruler of a small territory in present-day Shaanxi province. He named it the State of Liang (梁国, Liáng Guó). For 129 years, the state endured — a…
The Wuyi region—comprising Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, Heshan, and Enping counties in Guangdong—is renowned for its distinctive culture shaped by centuries of migration and ethnic integration. Situated at the junction between the Pearl River Delta and the rugged hills of western Guangdong, Wuyi’s unique identity is a product of diverse ethnicities and historical narratives merging into…