Just discovered your video. Amazing! I am from Toisan but immigrated to Canada in 1958 at age 10. My family's home is in Dai Gong, Lung Pang. My husband and I will be visiting the village for the first time in April. My brother has been back three times and he and my s-i-l will be travelling with us and acting as our guide. We have our family home back from the government when the gov't re-classified our family as "overseas Chinese ". I am looking forward to seeing the house where I was born. This video is preparing me for the trip! Thanks! Sue-On Choy Hillman
hi, my mother was a Choi from Kei Liang Tun, Ai Kong, Toishan. Toishan dialect is extraordinarily difficult to understand. Dad was from Hoiping - much easier. when Ken Hom dropped into Hoiping for a TV cooking segment, I was startled to hear words from a distant past.
My Grandfather was wanting to go back back in 1947 but there was too much going on back in the Uk that prevented him from doing so, I hope I can make that journey for him before I die, I have to find out where the rest of my family are.
Only my grandpa was born in DuanFen , TaiShan. Followed Dr Sun Yet-Sen ‘s work in USA and later settled down in Guangzhou. He was one of the 40 high rankings inducted into the Sun Yet-Den memorial in GuangZhou . I still speaks fluent TaiShanese . The last time I I visited this place was in November 1989 . Glad to came across your channel. I am age 74 in 2022 . Thank you my brother . Happy 2022 .
@@jimmychanproduction most ABC or close to ABC they all speak Hoishan Talk. is not that they are good at learning but they just all speak it. if u get into the harder words thay just like as stupid as u can think.
Very interesting! I’m an ABC but my father was born in Toishan. Your Cantonese is very good, Jimmy. Unfortunately, mine is not as good as it once was. My sons and grandkids don’t speak any Chinese at all. It’s hard to keep up with the Cantonese dialect here where there aren’t many Chinese who speak it.
Hi Jimmy... nice to watch your documentary about your roots. Our ancestors came from Hoisan, Canton. We are in the quest to trace our chinese heritage whom our great grandfather migrated to the Philippines around 1890's. awesome documentary though...
I am trying to find my ancestors. My grandparents from my mom's side are from Taishan in Baisha. How do I get more information and go further back? Any help would be much appreciated!!
Thank you for such a great video jimmy. Im 28 in australia and searching for my info about my sze yap ancestry and wanted to know my roots. You now inspired me to also find my ancestors there. All i know is they were some big rich merchant owned alot of properties and my grandma mothers brother was a general in the army. Gonna be on a mission to find info on them.
My grandfather is also from Taishan . My mother too . She and grandma used to tell us about Taishan/Sinning . I hoped to go back . We are now in Malaysia since the late 19th century and we are third generation. Great video . Thank you for postin👍👍👍👍
I was fortunate to take my children and husband to KaiPing and see the house I lived until the age of 1 before immigrating to the States with my parents. Hopefully we’ll be able to go back, but my parents are getting older so not sure if we’ll have this opportunity soon. Thank you for sharing your journey.
My grandfather was also a doctor his name was Dr Chan Jick Gee memeber of Gee How Oak Tin Association Vancouver & Chan Wing Chun Vancouver he was Treasure @ these two societies
The 炮 樓,”cannon tower “ was not used for the Sun Yat Sin revolution. Rather was built to defend the village against bandits / robbers who were roaming the countrysides in those days.
My grandpa were also from Kaiping. I remember the first time I visited his village. So very happy for you to rediscover your roots. Kaiping is changing very fast. My advise is to visit as soon as possible if you want to see or meet people who can share their memories and recollections of your grandparents. Many of the older folk with memories of our grandparents are dying. Their children don't know as much and the original villages are going to be redeveloped soon. The diaolous is basically for protection from bandits. Not really revolutionaries. This part of China was kind of like wild wild west. There was also the Punti-Hakka wars .
I did this in April 2000, my cousin & I took my Mum and Dad back to Gu-Jing in Sze-Yup. Relatives there didn't like me as I am a boon-tong-faan and my Mum was a Gweipoh :(
Their point of views might changed these days over there . I understand what some of those people thought of . It’s a traditional old fashioned thinking amount some older people there . Many of them have never been outside of their circles .
Jimmy is very similar to me. My dad was born and raised in Baisha, Taishan. My grandpa came to Canada in 1923 and worked as kitchen help in Prince Albert, SK. Eventually, after my grandpa's last visit home to Baisha, he took my grandmother and my aunt back to SK in 1947 and bought a general store in Regina that they operated. My mom flew to Regina in 1965 via Vancouver to give birth to me. Finally we returned to Vancouver in 1967 from HK. if it was for me, my dad may not have come to Canada due to doubts about his political affiliation.
@@frederickma2193 my mom is probably lots older than your dad. If she were still alive, she would be a 100+. Ask your dad if he knew the Mars who used to have a travel agency
@@shanwnt1657 I don't if my dad knows any Mas; Mahs or Mars in Victoria. That's true. your mom would be quite a few years older than my dad. He was born in 1930 and just turned 90 on June 23rd. My aunt Peggy who is 10 years younger has several childhood friends her in Vancouver but she lives in Calgary and lived in Estevan when she got married after I was born in 1965. My dad has many childhood friends in Alberta and Saskatchewan that he has kept in touch with. He met some too around BC on Greyhound trips with my mom. In Princes George and Rupert for example.
Thanks Jimmy. A great journey. When I first got to know the Chinese people in NZ, I wanted to see where the families came from originally. I did work in the north of China for a while but was in Canton only briefly. Luck that you got there before the CCP Virus. Take care. The Communists are still in control, for a bit longer.
