https://www.cchange-blog.com/new-blog daily 1.0 2021-12-08 https://www.cchange-blog.com/new-blog/2018/12/17/deciding-to-take-the-trip monthly 0.5 2018-12-31 https://www.cchange-blog.com/new-blog/2018/12/17/ancestors-amp-me monthly 0.5 2018-12-31 https://www.cchange-blog.com/new-blog/2018/12/25/zhujixiang-the-ancient-alley-fcn88 monthly 0.5 2018-12-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c29b2720e2e72e38d82c8b4/5c29b2b50ebbe85745e561e9/1546238891684/IMG_8432.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - The ancient gate at the top of the pass https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c29b2720e2e72e38d82c8b4/5c29b2bd21c67c143030c8dc/1546238866839/IMG_8428.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Almost to the top of the pass https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c29b2720e2e72e38d82c8b4/5c29b2c788251b49967ad45a/1546238482547/IMG_8417.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Ascending Plum Pass A steep and stony reconstruction of the Song dynasty road from Jiangxi to Guangdong, winding along a mountain stream, lined with plum trees, rockery, tea kiosks, wooden and stone signs carved with classical Chinese poems about plum blossoms. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c29b2720e2e72e38d82c8b4/5c29b2fa0e2e72e38d82cdc1/1546237668553/IMG_8427.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c29b2720e2e72e38d82c8b4/5c29b712032be425c684ee45/1546239224972/464better.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - View of the city below I think it’s Ganzhou. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c29b2720e2e72e38d82c8b4/5c29b72488251b49967af75f/1546239253142/461better.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - The shrines glow beautifully at night https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c29b2720e2e72e38d82c8b4/5c29b73ab8a0456c72cb6415/1546239418958/462+grant+your+wishes.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - To grant your wishes There were several colorful Buddhist shrines along the way as well. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c29b2720e2e72e38d82c8b4/5c29b75021c67c143030ebe8/1546238841715/463better.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - A Buddhist shrine https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c29b2720e2e72e38d82c8b4/5c29b8398a922d1c5ea3e953/1546238929604/466better.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - On the observation deck in Jiangxi Province https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c2844fd4fa51a03a88b23d2/5c2844fdaa4a995f08a4e6ae/1546144682254/IMG_8352.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Mom & me about to enter the heritage vilage Photos by my dad. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c2844fd4fa51a03a88b23d2/5c28452c2b6a28bef1985315/1546144999683/IMG_8337.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley Pressed geese for sale https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c2844fd4fa51a03a88b23d2/5c284542b8a0456c72be463a/1546144982138/IMG_8357.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley Southern Chinese cuisine is not typically spicy at all, which is weird cos chili peppers grow like crazy in the region. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c2844fd4fa51a03a88b23d2/5c284b048985832b1970a7c4/1546144908716/8390crop.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley Chicken and me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c2844fd4fa51a03a88b23d2/5c299fd34d7a9c2ebbf9123c/1546232119979/IMG_8362.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - If this tree could talk... Every village in this part of the world has a banyan tree near a pond— this is all established by feng shui principle. The banyan tree is a meeting place, a landmark, a social space, and in this case, a witness to a thousand years of migrating people. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/t/5c23056ac2241b2a02e95e08/1545794716499/DSC01660a.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley Panorama of the visitor center at Zhujixiang. Photo by Ron Chan, indeed a distant relative of mine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c283db5032be425c67788da/5c283db540ec9ab2ea223c22/1546226954863/IMG_0456.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Looking up your clan https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c283db5032be425c67788da/5c283dbc4fa51a03a88ae26d/1546226848034/IMG_0427.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - The 183 clans of Zhujixiang Each of the large characters is the ancient script form of a clan name. If you know the modern (simplified) character for your surname, it’s the first word in the caption (smaller text) next to each ancient character. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c283db5032be425c67788da/5c283dd2c2241bc8b4e3d3e5/1546227375518/IMG_0455.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Can you find "Chan"? It helps here to know the simplified (modern) character for Chan (which, by the way, is also spelled Chen, Chun, Tan, Tin, Tran, etc depending on all kinds of circumstances.) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c283db5032be425c67788da/5c283ded6d2a73e6a9a54657/1546227292062/IMG_8398.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - This is the one that says Chan. “Chen surname, Yingchuan Hall, from Henan (province), Xuchang (city).” Yingchuan was an ancient region of what is now called Henan Province. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c27ac2888251b499666d631/5c27ac65575d1f0c316c1bac/1546109471187/IMG_0458.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Red gateway to the ancient alley Beyond the gate, you can just start to see the beginning of the heritage village. Note that the paving-stones of the alley are natural shapes and sizes laid with the edges up in a randomly irregular way. This hard and bumpy style, they tell us, is true to the historic construction of the path. It undoubtedly has practical reasons but feels very unfamiliar to modern feet. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c27ac2888251b499666d631/5c27ac55352f53619ac62adb/1546109270818/IMG_0457.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Approaching the village gate The feng shui of villages (as i am just starting to learn) places great significance on the village gate, and the village gate (as you will see in future posts of my own family going to our home villages) is always a great spot for a group shot. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c27ac2888251b499666d631/5c27ac36758d46566defd114/1546109637398/IMG_0426.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - On the other side of the path, the people travel by boat. I think this might be an artistic reference to subsequent out-migration of overseas Chinese from this region. More men, fewer women and babies, no animals. I did even worse at trying to google translate this one. Something about an “opening in the haze” for multitudes of Chinese people. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c27ac2888251b499666d631/5c27ac28575d1f0c316c1873/1546109174671/IMG_0425.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Two gorgeous, heroic stone sculptures flank the entrance to the ancient alley. With a style seamlessly evoking both the Qin terracotta army 兵马俑 and socialist realism, these detailed figures represent a beautifully idealized group of Chinese people of diverse ages and occupations, accompanied by their smiling livestock and pets, at the “southern border on the dusty road leading to the world beyond” — my attempt at google translating the carved title. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c2971382b6a28bef1a38c74/1546223782163/IMG_0447.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - One of two door guardians Looking back out from the door just entered https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c29715fc2241bc8b4ee6efb/1546229640985/IMG_0433.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Entrance to the Chan Ancestral Hall Sign above the door: “Chen shi da zongci” = Chen clan great ancestor temple. Red sign to R of door: “Chen shi zuju jinianguan” = Chen clan ancestral hall memorial. The gold leaf inscriptions on either side of the doorway are a poem where the R line begins with Ying (bright, talented) and the L line with Chuan (river), which together form Yingchuan, the name of the region where the Chen clan emigrated from. The poem itself says (maybe— my best attempts at google translate) something like “bright water is family that gives back from afar, a river that continues to flow long.” Just inside the doorway (where the other people from our tour group are gathered) is a small display of Chan genealogical document books for sale. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c2971771ae6cf9b884b9ecb/1546230214433/IMG_0434.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Other door guardian https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c2971924d7a9c2ebbf7195c/1546226259299/IMG_0431.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Sculpture in front patio of the Chan Ancestral Hall https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c2971b1f950b760dd5593da/1546227666505/IMG_0432.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - One of the lions outside the entrance to ancestral hall proper. The handwritten sign says you can take incense to worship your Chan ancestors. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c2971d2b8a0456c72c8ad26/1546226499409/IMG_0435.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Photos of generous Chans Donors who helped fund the Chan Ancestral Hall. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c29725488251b4996783e8f/1546228025487/IMG_0436.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - My mom in the inner courtyard of the ancestral hall The hall is a square, composed of four roofed walkways with the center courtyard open to the sky. The entrance gate is in the center of one side, with plaques displaying names of hundreds of donors on the walls to either side. Across from the entrance are ancestral shrines, altars, portraits and historical display (just visible in the background of this photo, shown better in subsequent photos). The two adjoining sides include some rooms with mostly empty display cases and wall space for future donor names. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c297273b8a0456c72c8b45a/1546228025616/IMG_0446.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - View from the lookout tower … down into the ancestral shrine area, where other Chans from our tour group are exploring. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c29729aaa4a995f08af437c/1546228025610/IMG_0445.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - View from the top of the lookout tower … looking across the rooflines of the Chan Ancestral Hall and into the distance at an adjacent ancestral hall. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c2975616d2a73e6a9b0b03c/1546221247717/8367con.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Approaching the Chan Ancestral Hall That’s distant relative Ron Chan who was also part of our tour group. All photos with date stamp are from my dad. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c298ed70e2e72e38d817492/1546228067939/IMG_0438.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Portraits of ancestors in the shrine The one in yellow is an emperor. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c2990f6f950b760dd56f000/1546228002992/8383+crop.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Mom and me and dad In this photo and the next, you can see the spiral staircases leading up to the lookout tower. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c297138c2241bc8b4ee6d18/5c2997948a922d1c5ea2bd7a/1546230741519/ronchan.png Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Another piece in a genealogical puzzle Our distant relative Ron was able to buy genealogical documents here to help fill in the gaps of his knowledge of his family history. Photo and comment from Ron: “This regional book is called a ‘zupu’ (族谱). I bought the two volume zupu, 6” thick, current to 2016, all written in Chinese. The books are updated every three generations, or 100 years. I hand carried this heavy, but precious cargo in my luggage for the next three weeks across China and Japan.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c23056ac2241b2a02e95dfc/5c230c6ab8a045b33ddca09c/1545802560821/IMG_0460.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - A fascinating comic-style info display on how to spot mobsters There was a campaign going on in the region to encourage citizens to report organized crime. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c23056ac2241b2a02e95dfc/5c230b0e1ae6cf1d5ec211ee/1545802448889/closeuppost.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - An empty former China Post office. In the background, you can see some of the buildings of the strange little town outside the heritage village. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c23056ac2241b2a02e95dfc/5c23056ac2241b2a02e95e05/1545802523844/IMG_0423.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Organic agricultural product on display. I couldn’t figure out if anything was for sale in this hall, but there were lots of nicely-packaged healthy looking things like this around. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c23056ac2241b2a02e95dfc/5c23056ac2241b2a02e95e03/1545801050654/IMG_0422.jpg Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - A kind of trade-show like exhibition hall inside the visitor center. Nobody was around to sell us anything in this hall, though. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c23056ac2241b2a02e95dfc/5c23056ac2241b2a02e95e01/1545802485113/IMG_8343.JPG Ancestors & Me - Setting foot on the ancient alley - Obligatory group shot. Taken by one of our tour guides. https://www.cchange-blog.com/new-blog/zili-h4fyf monthly 0.5 2019-02-13 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/t/5c6116c31905f4fc9c310345/1549866750376/IMG_0658.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination If i ever travel to the Kaiping Diaolou and Village sites again, I hope to take the advertised bike tour along the “green lane” connecting several of the sites. There just wasn’t time for it this trip. I can’t find any info about it online so i guess it’s pretty new. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/t/5c6115efb208fc722ad8eefb/1549866508457/Screen+shot+2019-02-10+at+10.14.09+PM.png Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c60f8b94785d3966118c58a/5c60f8c3e5e5f0cc901403d0/1549861609530/IMG_0693.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Photos of the Fang family in the 1920's https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c60f8b94785d3966118c58a/5c60f8c27817f71b5beab02e/1549860066977/IMG_0694.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Picture a ship Ships (and eagles) are frequent subjects of popular art in the homes of families whose members emigrated abroad. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c60f8b94785d3966118c58a/5c60f8c09b747a2840833622/1549860115641/IMG_0695.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination Tagged as “Wall Hat Rack.” I think it might be elk. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c60f8b94785d3966118c58a/5c60f8bfc83025b45f6bc74d/1549861623072/IMG_0696.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination The tags say the photo on the left is of Fang Runwen’s eldest son, and the one on the right is of Fang Runwen’s mother. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c60f8b94785d3966118c58a/5c60f8bee79c703cac2c78e0/1549859383231/IMG_0697.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination You feel like the Fang family might walk right back into their old house. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c60f8b94785d3966118c58a/5c60f8baee6eb02f534f22f3/1549859900169/IMG_0698.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Panorama view of a long, narrow bedroom I loved seeing the old teak furniture and hammered iron light fixtures in these tower rooms. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c60f8b94785d3966118c58a/5c60f8b9eb39311832ff335d/1549860151621/IMG_0700.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Closer to heaven The highest story houses an ancestral altar for remembrances and offerings to dead family members. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a8aec4785d39089ff5678/5c5a8aece5e5f0b652cd25c2/1550034413070/windowview.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - View of neighboring mansions Looking out through iron shutters at the neighbors’ mansions— though by neighbors, we really mean members of the extended family. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a8aec4785d39089ff5678/5c5a8aec9b747a56b266316d/1549861258516/towerview.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Surprisingly clear view of the surrounding land. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a8aec4785d39089ff5678/5c5a8af61905f4ec8c1615a2/1549863551193/colonnade.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Behind the pediment The other side of the pediment bears the name of the diāolóu, Míngshílóu (銘石樓). I believe those are lightning rods on the tops of the three finials. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a8aec4785d39089ff5678/5c639a2024a69452356e2514/1550034258481/IMG_0705.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a8aec4785d39089ff5678/5c63a65b9b747a3bc616ff48/1550034532047/IMG_0705.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a7d380852295a80ee363a/5c5a7d399140b7ef4c3a539f/1549436536147/Screen+shot+2019-02-05+at+10.16.39+PM.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Fading splendor All along the road to the historic village sites, you see other villages of similar vintage in various states of repair and disrepair. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a7d380852295a80ee363a/5c5a7d39fa0d606e5b739e17/1549436525986/Screen+shot+2019-02-05+at+10.15.22+PM.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Fading splendor All along the road to the historic village sites, you see other villages of similar vintage in various states of repair and disrepair. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a7d380852295a80ee363a/5c5a80c1a4222f883e303d4f/1549436560937/Screen+shot+2019-02-05+at+10.30.28+PM.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Fading splendor All along the road to the historic village sites, you see other villages of similar vintage in various states of repair and disrepair. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a7d380852295a80ee363a/5c5a80c14785d39089ff195e/1549436547844/Screen+shot+2019-02-05+at+10.29.38+PM.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Fading splendor All along the road to the historic village sites, you see other villages of similar vintage in various states of repair and disrepair. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a898c9140b7ef4c3aa328/5c639eeb1905f49eaaba6612/1550033864416/IMG_0685.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination Carved stucco and fresco painted ornaments above an entranceway https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a898c9140b7ef4c3aa328/5c639ee5ec212d9ee026de9b/1550039862170/IMG_0684.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination An ancestral shrine opposite the skywell, in a loft (storage attic) above the back half of the central room. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a898c9140b7ef4c3aa328/5c639ee28165f519cbbc484c/1550039777090/IMG_0682.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination Village houses of the region feature a skywell over the front of the center room for light, ventilation, rainwater collection, and gazing heavenward. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a898c9140b7ef4c3aa328/5c639edc6e9a7f300ab79b92/1550033353593/IMG_0679.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination - Open to heaven https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a898c9140b7ef4c3aa328/5c5a8999eef1a1173afd5aa7/1549437545600/path.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a898c9140b7ef4c3aa328/5c5a899724a6942cff41d540/1550033955712/tour.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/5c5a898c9140b7ef4c3aa328/5c5a898cc830258ffda54c4d/1550033741268/tour3.jpg Ancestors & Me - Villages of historical imagination Dr. Tan led our morning tour of Zilicun, explaining architectural features, typical home design, history, and overall feng shui aspects of the village. https://www.cchange-blog.com/new-blog/2021/11/7/in-the-year-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-11-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bfe2403372b9663952275d1/618c4caa7a22cd5fd3620b0a/618c4df74815cb12071920cd/1636585880325/IMG_0442.jpeg Ancestors & Me - Approaching the end of 2021... - 梨娘恨 Lí niáng hèn (Lady Lí hates) I took photos of all the rekkid labels too. 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