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Post by Kan Kin Mun on Feb 28, 2004 10:45:00 GMT -5
Posted on: Wed 18 Feb 2004 11:48:41 PM EST
Hi,
I've just come across your forum by accident. Good work!
I was lucky enough to be able to take my parents back to the village of Mujiang just outside Xinhui city in 2002. Luckily for me, my parents knew the name of the village even though no one had returned to China since my grandfather left in 1913. Yet, we found relatives! As you can imagine, it was a moving experience for us all. We were able to visit the grave of my great grandfather.
Looking forward to sharing this experience with others.
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Post by YinLizi2 on Mar 8, 2004 18:19:58 GMT -5
Was your village named Mujiang or Mulang? My family come from the latter and I understand that it too, is just outside Xinhui.
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Post by kinmun on Mar 10, 2004 18:56:30 GMT -5
Was your village named Mujiang or Mulang? My family come from the latter and I understand that it too, is just outside Xinhui. It is definitely Mu Jiang, Mu as in wood and Jiang as in river. Do you know the Chinese characters for your village name? I do have a good map of Xinhui and I can help you trace.
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Post by Administrator on Mar 11, 2004 3:11:43 GMT -5
... I do have a good map of Xinhui and I can help you trace. Jacky Li said his village is Luan Jia Wan in Xinhui (·s·|ù®aÆW). Could you look it up in your map? TIA.
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Post by kinmun on Mar 11, 2004 7:04:31 GMT -5
I have found a Luo Wan. I think you meant Luo and not Luan, but correct me if I am wrong. It is possible that the name has been shortened. Luo Wan is located a few kilometres west of Shuang Shui - which itself has been shortened as it was originally Shuang Shui Kou. The Luo name is quite common in that part of Xinhui, west of the town centre. In fact Luo Keng is now an important commercial centre. Tried posting Chinese characters but the wrong ones came out!
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Post by YinLizi2 on Mar 11, 2004 8:25:31 GMT -5
Kinmun
The village is Mukh Liang meaning clear/bright/beautiful wood. Al Chinn was kind enough to help me find it many years ago and emailed me a map of its location. It is located just slightly north and west of Xinhui. The chinese map didn't furnish much more detail, but I have since found from a topographical may that it appears to be located on the side of a 2700ft hill/mountain with a river/stream running nearby. Have you any other information, like population size etc...?
Thx
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Post by kinmun on Mar 11, 2004 9:46:42 GMT -5
Kinmun The village is Mukh Liang meaning clear/bright/beautiful wood. Al Chinn was kind enough to help me find it many years ago and emailed me a map of its location. It is located just slightly north and west of Xinhui. The chinese map didn't furnish much more detail, but I have since found from a topographical may that it appears to be located on the side of a 2700ft hill/mountain with a river/stream running nearby. Have you any other information, like population size etc...? Thx I'm afraid I can't locate any by that name. However there is definitely a hill Mt Guifeng which is a landmark of Xinhui to the north of the old town. Xinhui is now highly industrialised and of course some places may have disappeared from the map. For a start the Foshan Kaiping expressway cuts through the north, beween the old town and Jiangmen. It could also be that my map is not detailed enough.
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Post by Administrator on Mar 11, 2004 10:08:23 GMT -5
I have found a Luo Wan. I think you meant Luo and not Luan, but correct me if I am wrong. It is possible that the name has been shortened. Luo Wan is located a few kilometres west of Shuang Shui - which itself has been shortened as it was originally Shuang Shui Kou. The Luo name is quite common in that part of Xinhui, west of the town centre. In fact Luo Keng is now an important commercial centre. Tried posting Chinese characters but the wrong ones came out! Yes, you are correct. It is Luo not Luan. My mistake. Have no idea whether the name being shorten or not. It is possible. Thanks for the info. As with the wrong Chinese characters could it be a browser encoding problem? I noticed every now and then the browser would switched from Traditional Chinese to Simplied Chinese.
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Post by Twoupman on Mar 11, 2004 12:06:23 GMT -5
Mulang is located just north of Xinhui City and northwest of Jianmen City in Duruanzhen (Town). What direction is Mujiang from Xinhui City?
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Post by twoupman on Mar 11, 2004 13:41:25 GMT -5
Found it! Mujiang is located just south of Shuangshui.
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Post by kinmun on Mar 11, 2004 20:19:36 GMT -5
Mulang is located just north of Xinhui City and northwest of Jianmen City in Duruanzhen (Town). What direction is Mujiang from Xinhui City? Isn't it amazing, I don't have it in my maps. Maybe we should get together and combine all our maps.....
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Post by YinLizi2 on Mar 12, 2004 20:19:37 GMT -5
there is definitely a hill Mt Guifeng which is a landmark of Xinhui to the north of the old town. Thanks KinMun that was very helpful. I will now start looking for info about Mt Guifeng. Can you tell me if industrialised Xinhui has spread that far yet? I was hoping to still find some traces of the ancestral village if and when I ever manage to return - looks like I'd better do it soon at this rate!
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Post by kinmun on Mar 12, 2004 21:36:16 GMT -5
Thanks KinMun that was very helpful. I will now start looking for info about Mt Guifeng. Can you tell me if industrialised Xinhui has spread that far yet? I was hoping to still find some traces of the ancestral village if and when I ever manage to return - looks like I'd better do it soon at this rate! The Xinhui harbour is to the south of the old Xinhui town centre and it connects to the Pearl River Delta. Industries are mainly concentrated that area. When I visited my gf's village two years ago at Mu Jiang not far from Shuangshui, many of the houses were vacant as the people had moved either into town or to Shenzhen. It is more hilly north of Xinhui old town centre and there are quite a few tourist sights there. Even there, at Duruan township for instance, which is north of Mt Guifeng National Park, there are quite a lot of industries. Generally I would say visit it as soon as you can because the growth in counties around the Pearl River is very rapid.
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Post by kenny chan on Feb 17, 2005 4:00:58 GMT -5
have anyone heard of a village call stone village "zer tou chuan" in xinhui. i plan to
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Post by twoupman on Feb 18, 2005 11:40:33 GMT -5
Kenny, there is a village called nutsou (stone head) located in Xinhui's northernmost township called Tangxiazhen. Even though it is in Xinhui, it is closer to Jiangmen City than Xinhui City.
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