Preface Hoisanva 台山話 occupies a unique position in Chinese dialects. According to Professor Horowitz, a visiting professor of Chinese Classics in Columbia University in 1958, it is probably the only dialect that is very close to the dialect that was spoken during the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history, about 2,500 years ago....
With great pleasure we would like to announce that Gene, a renowned linguist, has agreed to share the lessons he developed on Hoisanva or Taishanese (台山話). Each lesson is accompanied by an audio file which the student can listen to while following the lesson....
This site is devoted to the genealogy of Chinese families from an area of Guangdong, China (中國廣東)commonly known as Siyi (四邑) or four counties. The counties are Xinhui (新會), Taishan (台山), Kaiping (開平), and Enping (恩平). The families in this area have much in...
The Chinese have been known for keeping detail genealogy records. It is generally accepted that the longest continuous Chinese genealogy record belongs to descendants of Confucius. It is not...
Over the years visitors to our forums had contributed many maps of Siyi and the surrounding regionals. The biggest contributor, however, is Henry Tom, one of our moderators. The...
In early November received an email from my friend John. It was one of those forwarded emails with a string of email addresses. That day I did something out...
More Traditional Celebrations Besides Chinese New Year, we have more traditional celebrations. They include Tëin Mẽin/, Pã Lũng Jiü, Tīt Ngùt...
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Breakfast at City Cafe Grandpa: Good morning. Ä-Yẽh: Dāo sĩn. Grandma: Good morning. Ä-Ngĩn: Dāo sĩn. Grandpa: Would you like to have...
