Finding Sui Soon Village in Kaiping

[sl3185]

Hi, like many folks here I am trying to locate my ancestral village in Kaiping. I hope to take my kids there someday. I always thought I had lots of time to do so, but recently I heard that the government is redeveloping some areas and destroying villages.

When I was a little girl, my father made me memorize where I am from, Canton, Hoi Ping, Sar Kong, Sui Soon. Unfortunately, now all the names have been changed. Fortunately it is written on my father's gravestone. I have attached a picture of it. I hope someone here can help me find the new name for my village and where it is.

Thanks,
Sharon Chong

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[helen]

What is your father's name - in English alphabet? Had a look here, but can not see Sar Kong in Hoiping. www.c-c-c.org/villagedb/search.cgi

[sl3185]

Thanks for the quick response! My father's surname is Chong (Cheung). I checked in the village DB and found it, it is number 153. Is there a map where I can find where it is located? Also the new name would be great!

Thanks!

[helen]

Great - I'm glad you have found it. Someone will be along soon with the Chinese - I don't read it. What country do you come from?

I copied the chinese characters for the village and came up with this : 水唇村 near Luhe, Shanwei, Guangdong, China

Do you have google maps? try searching using the Chinese characters.

maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=%E6%B0%B4%E5%94%87%E6%9D%91+&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.048013,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=%E6%B0%B4%E5%94%87%E6%9D%91&hnear=&radius=15000&ll=23.343517,115.767403&spn=0.13586,0.351562&z=12

[sl3185]

I am in the U.S., Oakland, California. Ran the chinese characters for both Sar Kong and Sui Shun through google maps and got varied results. The locations were not near each other as I would exepect. Hopefully someone else who is better at this can come up with something.

Thanks!

[tyuti1668]

Sar Kong 鄉 = Today's 沙岡 district. Sui Shun is difficult to find in MAP. Better contact the clan's magazine for details. www.gdoverseaschn.com.cn/whhq/qkxxjj/200403110021.htm

[Henry]

Hi Sharon,

Welcome to the Forum.

I am currently in South America visiting my wife's family in Colombia and have only very basic Internet connectivity.

When I return home on January 29th, I can look at my set of very detailed historical maps for your ancestral village.

My nephew in Taishan can also serve as your guide and translator when you visit - he has assisted many Forum members.

My direct email address is: " Tomclan@ Gmail.com "


Henry

[sl3185]

Thanks for the responses!
@ Henry: I hope you are enjoying your trip. Despite 'moving-up' my timeline, I will not be able to make the trip for a couple of years (unless I hear that my village is due for demolition). I'd appreciate any help you can give me when you get back.
tyuti1668: Thanks for the link. I remember seeing copies of the 'Sar Kong Monthly' magazine when I was little. Unfortunately, it looks like they primarily communicate in Chinese and I have very limited literacy. I will continue to explore the site.

[torontolau]

Hi Sharon,

Just came across your message, nine months after your last post.

Are you still looking for Sui Soon village. I found Sui village area in Google map. It is very close to the city of Haiping, less than 10 km north East of the downtown area.

I am from Taihan and my wife are from Haiping. We visited Taishan and Haiping few months ago. Most likely, we passed by Sui Soon area. It is a developed area already. It is possible your village is not there anymore.

Let me know if you are still looking for Sui Soon. I may able to help as I speak and read Chinese.

Michael, Toronto, Canada

[jesbellea]

I have a similar request.
My father made me memorise the village from where he came. He passed in 2016.
It goes: Sar Kong, Oong San Lei, Hoiping.

Family name: Cheung

Does anyone know of this village?
And how it's written in Chinese script please?

I'm trying to locate it.
Thank you.

[Henry]

Sharon,


Your ancestral village is " 水唇坊村 " What is your Chinese surname ?

Here is its location on a map: link


It looks like your village may have been built over by Kaiping People's Government buildings.

If you want it researched by people I know that live in Kaiping - please contact me on "[e-mail]"

Henry

[Henry]

jesbellea,

I believe this is your Cheung [ 張 ] village in the village database:

villagedb.friendsofroots.org/display.cgi?level=Village&id=5266

Your ancestral village name in traditional Chinese characters: 東昇里, Tung Sing Lay in simplified Chinese characters 东升村 aka Dong Shen Li

This is the map location:

Dong Shen Li



Henry