Leo's very first birthday

Grandpa's potbless lunch gathering with ACS schoolmate & friends

Grandpa Grnd

my first grandson with my surname

This month is oth my son's birthday as well as his son's (meaning my grandson's) birthday. A very very big problem - they are boyh not here with me, so what to do?? Not too much of a problem if you know abit of magic to do some "magic tick

Chinese names - a funny atory?

Most Chinese names have 3 characters - surname, generation name followed by our personal name , my surname is c..., my generation is fun, my personal name is woo so my name should "c... fun woo" but those relatively uneducated police who were responsible for registering births in the early days of Malaya add an extra "g" so my generation name thus my name in "c... fung woo" but all my sisters' names were c... fun "this" and fun "that" my birth certificate brcame c... fung woo, while my other identification documents was c.. fung woo @ c... fun woo. I chose to use my other name c... fung woo in my communications to differentiate from my sisters Don't know if you find this story funny - whatever i will title this post "Chjinese names - a funny story. I wanted to add real gfunny but let us not overexaggerate

Grandma home in China

广东省，惠州市惠阳区，秋长镇，铁门扇村。 Pinyin equivalent. Guang dong sheng, Hui zhou shi, Hui Yang qu, qiu Chang zhen, tie men Shan cun. Guangdong Province, Huiyang District, Huizhou City, Qiuchang Town, Tiemenfan Village.

Longevity Celebration and Congratulations by the Descendants

Longevity celebration refers to important birthdays of old people. Common people began to celebrate this at the nominal age of 60 or 61. Birthday congratulation ceremonies for the Hakka elders in Longgang are arranged by their descendants. The hall is decorated with red-candled lanterns and streamers. A red silk sheet with a Chinese character of "Shou" (longevity) embroidered at the center is hung at the middle of the hall. The birthday gifts sent by relatives and friends are displayed. Upon ceremony starting, "Shou Xing" (the older person whose birthday is being celebrated) sits at the center of the hall, accepting congratulations of their descendants, relatives and friends. A banquet will be held after the ceremony. Having noodles is a must.

Ancient Chinese birthday celebrations

Highly fortified Hakka Dwellings

"All clansmen living together" is an important residing tradition of Hakka people. On the basis of absorbing the advantages of Hakka and Cantonese residence, Hakka residence in Shenzhen is of large scale, strong fortification and cosy environment. The front side of the fortified residences is built with gate tower, Daozuo (the south hall facing north), as well as the front and back courtyards. Main part of the construction include halls, transverse rooms, defending towers on the four corners, and back with belvedere. The whole construction is like a strongly-fortified castle. A Surrounded residence is a mini society of a clan, a "History Book of Ramming". There are over 100 large and medium scale castle-like surrounded Hakka residences survived in Longgang District.