Comments on: Ocean View Chinese Cemetery http://legacy1.net/ocean-view-chinese-cemetery/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:15:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: May Yan http://legacy1.net/ocean-view-chinese-cemetery/comment-page-1/#comment-295 May Yan Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:32:52 +0000 http://legacy1.net/?p=1141#comment-295 One clue to determine if the usage of Chinese calendar is presence: In mainland China following the Imperial tradition of using the sovereign's era name and year of reign Chinese born after 1911 often used the prefix "min guo" 民國 until the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Of course, that is if you can read Chinese. If not, consult someone who can. One clue to determine if the usage of Chinese calendar is presence: In mainland China following the Imperial tradition of using the sovereign’s era name and year of reign Chinese born after 1911 often used the prefix “min guo” 民國 until the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

Of course, that is if you can read Chinese. If not, consult someone who can.

]]> By: May Yan http://legacy1.net/ocean-view-chinese-cemetery/comment-page-1/#comment-294 May Yan Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:19:11 +0000 http://legacy1.net/?p=1141#comment-294 Having studied some of older tombstones photos I begin to appreciate the full details of the date of birth and death in old Chinese calendar system in addition to the ancestral information included on the inscription. There is no second guess if the year was pre-Cultural Revolution or a Gregorian adoption. The remaining challenge is interpreting the month and day! Having studied some of older tombstones photos I begin to appreciate the full details of the date of birth and death in old Chinese calendar system in addition to the ancestral information included on the inscription. There is no second guess if the year was pre-Cultural Revolution or a Gregorian adoption.

The remaining challenge is interpreting the month and day!

]]> By: Hazel Wong http://legacy1.net/ocean-view-chinese-cemetery/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Hazel Wong Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:52:29 +0000 http://legacy1.net/?p=1141#comment-285 Wonderful pictures, thanks for sharing. Hazel, Liverpool,UK Wonderful pictures, thanks for sharing.

Hazel, Liverpool,UK

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