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Post by mugenpower168 on Jul 22, 2010 1:37:33 GMT -5
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Post by tyuti1668 on Jul 22, 2010 4:25:12 GMT -5
....stopping at the village of Beitai 北台, which is new to me. There is a Beitai village association in Honolulu, Hawaii which is a good indicator that a sizable number of Beitai descendants the old Longdu "Nursery Rhyme" are very discriminate Yue speaker There's somthing like: é˜¿å‘†å‘†ï¼Œå« åŒ—å°ï¼Œå«ä¸ªè€å…¬å–è¯æ。生个仔,å«é˜¿æ‰ï¼Œä¼šè¡Œå””会å。去买米唔记得带布袋,人家一个人担,他è¦ä¸¤ä¸ªäººæŠ¬ã€‚
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Post by douglaslam on Jul 22, 2010 4:32:09 GMT -5
Just outside of Beitai village is this remnant of a once proud diaolou, which perhaps provided safe haven for a well-to-do overseas Chinese family. I suspect the damage was done by the Japanese. For those who are not familiar with what diaolous are, try this link: au.search.yahoo.com/search?webSrchInput=diaolou&searchbutton=Web+Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=ush_mailc&p=diaolouDiaolous are found throughout the Pearl River Delta, though, they are in much greater numbers in Hoiping. They are a fascination for me, but I didn't appreciate their architectural uniqueness and link to overseas Chinese until recent years. It is a pity I didn't get to go inside one. Shekki Town This is a photo that I didn't know I have. It is a close up shot of the old bridge, linking the left bank the new part of the sprawling township with the old. As you can see it has a low clearance. In the past, traffic was subjected to frequent, though less often in more recent years, raising of the spans. I did not see the spans go up once in my last trip. The old bridge carries only motorcycle and pedestrian traffic. There are motorists who blatantly disobey the rule to suit themselves. Traffic laws are still a new concept in China. To Mungenpower and tyuti1668, thank you for filling in the void of my ignorance. I really think I did learn something during my last trip eg. I knew nothing of Buck Toy until now. I wish tyuti had been with me, you know Longdu so well and I love to visit your cousin's shrimp farm. I know nothing about this branch of aquaculture. As the waterways are polluted, aquaculture is so important in maintaining supplies of freshwater marine product. Hardly a meal in China I enjoyed without produce from freshwater ponds.
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Post by tyuti1668 on Jul 22, 2010 7:35:23 GMT -5
aquaculture is so important in maintaining supplies of freshwater marine product. Hardly a meal in China I enjoyed without produce from freshwater ponds. Once in the trade & knows all the secrets (toxic chemicals... ) , it runis appetite to many newer freshwater "species" ;D the " Four Aces" of Cyprinidae is much safer.
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Post by douglaslam on Jul 23, 2010 5:50:34 GMT -5
This just about wraps up my May/June 2010 travelogue in China. I took photos for the first time with a digital camera. My clan brother Ming's son took some photos with his phone/camera for me. In a mix-up, the USB stick was left in China. I hope to have it sent out and share some of them with fellow members.
Old habits die hard. Every time I use the digicam, I still think of the film / negative days. I didn't shoot now and ask questions later. I should have taken far more photos
I had the use of a Panasonic Lumix digicam. An idiot box if you like which fits in the palm quite nicely. It was loaned to me, and it met my needs well. The person insisted I should keep it. The camera is quite new, my cousin's son ( the owner) told me he bought it at a second hand shop. The shop is actually an outlet for stolen goods. It stocks anything and everything, the prices are unbelievably low.
The owner of the shop ( and sellers too) has no ideas about some of the stuff he is receiving, and expensive items are passed off at give away prices. Cousin's son is a tradesman. He bought many brand name power tools like Bosch and Makita from it. For him and his family, he bought high end mobile phones from the same source. I accepted the camera, but insisted on reimbursing him. Now, for the very first time, I own a digicam, and am learning to use it.
Do I have qualms in possession of stolen goods? None whatever. It is a society evil we can't eliminate. I lost stuff through burglary myself, I took it in the chin.
I wish I had visited the shop myself, It is at Shaxi 沙溪, tyuti1668 probably knows where it is. You could bring the price down even more by hard bargaining. There are many things on sale.
Back to the camera: my other camera is a SLR Nikkormat bought brand new in Hong Kong in 1975 for a princely sum. It served me well for many years. Since my children have grown up, the camera has been dormant for years. I had to learn to use a digicam just as I did with the PC. Plenty of new tricks to learn for an old dog.
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Post by mugenpower168 on Jul 23, 2010 22:32:17 GMT -5
The next village is Dutou 渡头 of the Louie fame. There are many, many Chinese of note in Nth. America and Australia from this village. Dutou village association of Oakland, California (official name: Zhong Shan Doo Tao Association) www.zsql.org/big5/news.asp?newsid=219
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Post by douglaslam on Jul 24, 2010 0:02:39 GMT -5
For members who are interested in Ming's recovery, I called him on the phone last night. He told me he was allowed to go home yesterday. But he is still not allowed to exert any pressure on his broken left leg. He is not ready to take his first tentative step for a little while yet. There is going to be many visits to the hospital for check ups and X ray. It is a long rehab. road.
Just when he is being discharged, the very overcrowded hospital is moving to a new, more modern and bigger premises. It is good news all round.
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Post by mugenpower168 on Jul 26, 2010 22:24:14 GMT -5
We then go to a well known village near by, Chuk Sau Yuen, Zhuxiuyuan of the Kwok or Gock clan. The Gocks as they are better known to some of us here, are very prominent early settlers. Two Gock brothers who made a name for themselves in Australia, founded the Sincere Company, a pioneering department store in HK and Shanghai. www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/stories/guo_bros.htm
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Post by mugenpower168 on Jul 30, 2010 23:16:52 GMT -5
One village Liaohou 寮后, which hosts an extension of my clan and the people speak the same dialect.
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Post by douglaslam on Aug 1, 2010 2:25:20 GMT -5
Mugenpower1668, Thanks for reminding me a place I so thoughtless missed on my Dragon Boat Day outing. It is just across the water, only minutes away on motorbike. I am kicking myself, for my trip was to feel and sense life and influence of overseas Chinese at village level. My years working in Sydney's Chinatown through the '80s planted the seeds of my fascination. I wanted to visit each and every one of the villages if possible of the people who I had contact with.
I even thought of stopping at Henry's village because the bus I was travelling on passed Bak Shui in Toishan. But Shi Cheng, Henry's nephew told me it was some distance away. I dig traditional villages, not ritzy, glitzy shopping malls.
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Post by tyuti1668 on Aug 2, 2010 0:32:16 GMT -5
... we come upon a truly " sleepy" little village Fuchong 福涌 . Fuchong is small in size but big on features.... TV prog about 福涌
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Post by douglaslam on Aug 2, 2010 7:07:55 GMT -5
Thanks tyuti1668. I wish I had done my homework before I set off. I am missing so much. I must make a repeat visit on my next trip. I love my native Chungshan so much.
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Post by tyuti1668 on Aug 2, 2010 9:26:31 GMT -5
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Post by mugenpower168 on Aug 2, 2010 21:34:50 GMT -5
Thanks for uploading some more episodes tyuti1668. It's so much faster to stream and watch from Youtube than from the Mainland Chinese video sites eg. tudou, ku6 etc. Would you happen to have epsidodes from ä¸å±±æ•…事—趣談ä¸å±±æ–¹è¨€ and 海外ä¸å±±äºº? I can't seem to find them to download and the only sites I can watch them from are extremely slow.
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Post by mugenpower168 on Aug 3, 2010 0:01:36 GMT -5
We then go to a well known village near by, Chuk Sau Yuen, Zhuxiuyuan of the Kwok or Gock clan. The Gocks as they are better known to some of us here, are very prominent early settlers. Two Gock brothers who made a name for themselves in Australia, founded the Sincere Company, a pioneering department store in HK and Shanghai. Minor correction; Sincere (先施) Company was founded by 馬應彪 of 沙涌. The Kwok brothers founded the Wing On (永安) Company. big5.news365.com.cn:82/gate/big5/www.news365.com.cn/wxpd/bhygb/shzd/201003/t20100322_2655052.htm
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