Translator’s Note: If the dates in the below Chinese lanuage text are correct, then in 1954 Master Wu Gongyi would have been 76! This may be compared
Category: Hakka Ethnography
Remembering the Original ‘Dark Destroyer’ (Pre-1989)
The original ‘Dark Destroyer’ – all evasion and raw power! A year later Benn would have nothing but disrespect for his old trainer. I remember
Multicultural Sutton: Visiting the Chinese Ancestors – Qingming (清明) 7.4.2019
Sutton Cemetery We remember the Chinese ancestors in our family twice a year. In the Spring (at the beginning of April) it is the ‘Qingming’ (清明)
Gee Yau (芷邱) – My Partner’s Surname and its Historical Meaning
Gee (芷) – my partner – practising neidan meditation whilst life goes on around her. Thousands of years ago, her ancestors were servants of the
On Being a True ‘Friend of China’
One of my academic specialities is understanding Mainland Chinese culture, and the numerous cultural habits of the Chinese diaspora. This ability is the product of
Email: Where the Hakka the Original Han People of China? (8.3.2018)
The Han ethnicity certainly is not ‘pure’, and may be thought of as very diverse. This is true except in the case of the Hakka people, who althougth a sub-stratum of Han today, are in fact considered to be a unique body of people that preserve and convey a specific type of unsullied ‘Northern’ Chinese culture extant hundreds of years ago.
