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Post by douglaslam on Feb 17, 2015 6:58:42 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Summer_PalaceI am a creature of habit. Every morning it is my clock radio that wakes me up, and I normally jump out of bed in one second. No lingering in bed for me because I must be on time or there would be problems. When I retire to bed at night, it is also my radio that lulls me into sleep. Last Sunday (Feb 8 ) night, as usual I was in bed listening to the radio at or close to mid-night. But I had my ears pricked up because the program from the BBC was hardly a lullaby. It was about the destruction of Yuan Ming Yuen. Some of our members and visitors may or may not know what the Yuan Ming Yuen was. Listen to this program by a BBC reporter. I found it a very fair and balanced re-visiting of a historical event that is little heard of outside of China. I visited the ruins on a cold and blustery day seven years ago in February 2008. It was a very sobering experience. I have very strong views on the burning down of the Summer Palace. Perhaps, you too may form opinions of your own. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jk1mb
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Post by Doug 周 on Feb 17, 2015 11:09:39 GMT -5
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Post by douglaslam on Feb 18, 2015 6:11:26 GMT -5
DJ, I have forgotten about your post. No,I haven't seen the video. I wonder if it is available on line. DL
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Post by Doug 周 on Feb 18, 2015 10:44:03 GMT -5
DL,
It cost U$2 to rent on Amazon USA. Maybe Amazon Australia might have it available to rent now.
DJ
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Post by liuyao on Sept 19, 2015 20:18:51 GMT -5
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Post by douglaslam on Nov 29, 2015 5:14:39 GMT -5
liuyao, for some inexplicable reason, I missed your post on YMY until now. There is so much to go through. I appreciate it very much. Thank you.
DJ, I did not call our friends in LTW, not in person or by phone, on my latest trip. Chances are I'll embark on two trips overseas next year. One to Japan, the second one to accompany a cousin and his wife from San Francisco to China. Will try to fit in a visit to catch up with the Joes next year. Very busy chasing overtime to cover the costs of the trips. DL.
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Post by Doug 周 on Nov 29, 2015 13:02:10 GMT -5
... DJ, I did not call our friends in LTW, not in person or by phone, on my latest trip. Chances are I'll embark on two trips overseas next year. One to Japan, the second one to accompany a cousin and his wife from San Francisco to China. Will try to fit in a visit to catch up with the Joes next year. Very busy chasing overtime to cover the costs of the trips. DL. DL, Thank you for thinking of me. A lot has been happening, although peripherally connected with this Forum. Like you, I involve myself with the Chinese Genealogy Forum to help people understand their genealogy. But I also write, leave my contact information exposed, and my likeness as an avatar, to act as ‘cousin bait’ for kin and clan from LTW (Long Tau Wan 龙头环). Fortunately, LTW is the ancestral home of a famous early 20th century Chinese American entrepreneur named Joe Shoong. A Zhongshan librarian contacted me about my Looking for Joe Shoongclick. A 4th cousin contacted me about his book he is writing comparing Joe Shoong’s National Dollar Store with JC Penny. He just recently came back from LTW. Joe Shoong’s great granddaughter, another 4th cousin, contacted me and last month visited Zhongshan. She was well received. I had shared with both of them your contact information with the guardian of the Zhou Zupu. All this is because of your generousness in helping me with my Chinese heritage research. Thank you for helping extend to others our genealogy network. DJ |
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Post by douglaslam on Dec 1, 2015 6:48:37 GMT -5
DJ, you are overly generous with your praise of my part in doing what I can to help others in their genealogy research. I have little to offer except my leg work. I do have the advantage of being a son of Chungshan, and have my good village brother Ming to lead me. Chungshan is my backyard.
I went to a Lee village of 起鳳環 better known as 新村 New Village ( tyuti1668 would know the place well) to have a stab at finding member Marlee's great grandfather's home village. It didn't yield any thing but having Ming made a big difference. He knew the village head cum local Party secretary, and a friend of Ming's also dropped everything and rushed back to the village by taxi to help us. There was also an old returnee from Mexico to see us. That was the kind of reception I usually received from total strangers. They are always helpful.
One poor exception was two years ago when we went to Doumen 斗門 to find the late Senator Hiram Fong's ancestral home. The old fellas in the village hall were very friendly, but not the man who held the key. We ended up walking out from the village. That was a rare occurrence.
Perhaps I should have stopped by LTW and see the father and son duo. I am sure the son would have a good story to tell me about his visitors. It was a mistake.
I am asking the party of Australians for their photos in order to rebuild a story, and to substitute for my lost camera and card. Hope to be able to post something of interest on my latest trip for our members. DL
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Post by Doug 周 on Dec 2, 2015 17:33:43 GMT -5
DL, DJ, you are overly generous with your praise of my part in doing what I can to help others in their genealogy research…. DL Actually you DO deserve the accolades. The field work you do makes up the third part of the triad for Chinese genealogy research (IMO). The first part of that triad is the family oral interviews. It is what all genealogist mean when they say ‘study first what you know best” ie. your immediate and extended family. The second part is what I call organization and archeology: finding the true given names in Chinese characters, ancestral villages, paper sons, and interpreting the phonetic spellings and western names-of-convenience. The third triad is what you, Tan Shi Cheng, Huihan Lie with My China Roots offer: field work. Of course, armed with information from the first two phases of researching, making your own personal visit to the ancestral village is considered very desirable. But not everyone has the language skills, time, nor desire to visit the ancestral village themselves. Researchers can rarely make that final link to your ancestral Chinese heritage without some type of field work. The Zupu’s are only rarely online via the internet unless one of your distant relative had gone through great personal effort to upload the data. Your offer to do pro bono fieldwork is magnanimous. I enjoy reading about the efforts for other people. Sincerely, DJ |
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