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Remembrance Discovering the Roots of Our Ancestors : 

Remembrance Discovering the Roots of Our Ancestors

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CHONG KUI Family, Hawaii, 1927

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Tracing Our Roots Back to China

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Historic Migration of Hakka People

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Eventually Reaching Guandong Province, Southern China

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Guandong Province Guangzhou (Canton) and the Pearl River Delta Area

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Hakka Walled Village and Typical Terrain

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Hakka Village on Mountainside

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Hakka Walled Village (Fortress)

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Interior of Hakka Walled Village; Residents Usually Have the Same Surname

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Interior of Hakka Walled Village Showing the Family Hall (Temple)

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Hong Kong Ancestral Villages Located Near Yuen Long

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Hakka Walled Village Rectangular Shape Common in Hong Kong

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Hakka Walled Village Museum New Territories, Hong Kong

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Interior of Hakka Village Museum. Note Hidden Drain System

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Hakka Museum Simple Furniture in a Dining Room

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Hakka Museum. Furniture Including High Chair and Suspended Cradle

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Hakka Museum Bedroom with Dresser, Bed and Loft

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Hakka Museum Interior Hallway

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Hakka Museum Interior Walkway. Note: Benches and Underground Drain (on right)

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Roger and Sharon at the Sam Tung Uk Hakka Museum, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong.

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Hakka Museum. Ancestral Hall

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Bridal Palanquin (Sedan Chair). Bride was Carried to her Fiancé's Village as Part of the Ceremony

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Hakka Museum. Hakka Woman Wearing Traditional Hat

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Closer View of Hakka Woman and Her Hat. Veil Provided Protection From Sun and Insects While Working in the Rice Fields

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Hakka Woman (OK, Hapa-Hakka!) Wearing Traditional Hat with Veil Lifted.

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Hakka Cloth Headgear. Worn Under the Traditional Hat or by Itself When Not Working in the Fields

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Side View of Hakka Woman Wearing Cloth Head Covering. Note the Woven Patterned Band Used to Hold it on the Head

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New Territories, Hong Kong. Location of Ancestral Villages of Ma Tin Tsuen and Kong Tau Tsuen (near Yuen Long)

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CHONG Kui (born about 1851-died May 9, 1935) Ancestral Village, Ma Tin Tsuen

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Ceremonial Entrance to Ma Tin Tsuen, 2007

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Rear View of Ma Tin Tsuen Gate Showing Proximity of Yuen Long

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Modern Apartments Surrounding Entrance to Older Part of Ma Tin Tsuen (Note Two Red Lanterns Over Doorway)

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Closer View of Entrance to Older Part of Ma Tin Tsuen

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Typical Narrow Street in Older Part of Ma Tin Tsuen

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Ancestral Hall (Room) and Temple in Ma Tin Tsuen

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Interior of Ancestral Hall. Note Altar in Rear and Food Offering for Ancestors on Table. Ornate Object on Right is Used for Parades and Ceremonies

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Mythological Creature on Wall behind Altar

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Sharon Chong Picquet Examining the Size, Color and Diversity of the Parade Float in Ma Tin Tsuen

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CHING Kyau (born about 1874-died about 1937, buried in Fook On Tong Chinese Cemetery, Kula, Maui, Hawaii). Ancestral Village Kong Tau Tsuen

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Kong Tau Tsuen is Located About One Mile from Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong

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Typical Scene in Kong Tau Tsuen. Note Raised Concrete Sidewalks Which Follow Meandering Footpaths Throughout Village.

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Kong Tau Tsuen is a Mixture of Very Old and Rural Buildings and a Few Two and Three Story Residential Buildings

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View of Typical Older Residences in Kong Tau Tsuen

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A Collection of What Appeared to be the Oldest Residential Structures in Kong Tau Tsuen. Unoccupied in 2007

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Rear View of the Same Buildings. The Doors and Windows Appear to Have Been Added after the Original Construction

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The Buildings Have Some Fascinating Features Including the Picturesque Friezes Along the Roofline

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Another View of the Roof Tiles and Friezes

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Another Side View of the Old Residences in Kong Tau Tsuen

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Hawaii CHONG Kui immigrated to Hawaii in 1886-1895 as a Contract Laborer and then Returned to China to Marry and Came Back to Hawaii With His Wife, CHING Kyau, in 1897.

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All Chinese Residents of Hawaii Were Required to Obtain a Certificate of Residence to Prove That They Were a Lawful Resident at the Time of Annexation to the USA

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Oldest Known Photograph of CHONG Kui, age 49, April 18, 1901.

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Alice (Ten Kyau) Chong (February 6, 1902-October 30, 1993). Photograph is From Her Certificate of Residence, March, 1909, age 7.

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Ten You Chong (born February 8, 1897). Photograph is From His Certificate of Residence, March 1909, age 12.

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Thomas (Ten Kui) Chong (born September 22, 1898-died May 1, 1957). Photograph Taken From His Certificate of residence, March, 1909, age 11.

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Ten You Chong. “Application of Alleged American Citizen of the Chinese Race for Preinvestigation of Status” (Form 430). Necessary in Order to Leave Hawaii for Visit to China, 1922

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Ten You Chong. Close Up of Photograph From His Form 430, 1922

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Thomas (Ten Kui) Chong. Photograph From His Form 430, 1922.

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Photograph of CHONG Kui From His Form 430, 1922. Age 71

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TENN Kui Kyau. Wife of Thomas, from Ancestrral Village (Ma Tin Tsuen). Age 16.

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CHING Kyau “Return Certificate-Lawfully Domiciled Chinese Laborer”, Form 432, 1930. Necessary to Return to Hawaii After Visiting China.

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CHING Kyau. Photograph From Form 432, age 56.

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Anthony (Ten Foon) Chong Photograph From His ‘Certificate of Hawaiian Birth”, 1922

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Lydia Kyau Chong, wife of Ten You (born December 3, 1899)

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Arthur (Yun Fung) Chong Natural child of Thomas and Kui Kyau Chong, adopted by Ten You and Lydia “according to the Chinese manner”

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CHING Kyau 1933, age 59, as she Looked Upon Her Departure for China With Her Husband. She Returned to Hawaii in 1935 After His Death in Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong

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CHONG Kui 1933, age 82 , as He Looked Upon His Departure From Hawaii to Return to His Ancestral Home in China (Ma Tin Tsuen, near Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong)

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CHING Kyau 1935, age 61, as She Looked Upon Her Return to Hawaii after Her Husband’s Death. She Died in Kula, Maui, Hawaii Two Years Later, 1937

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Edith (Yuen Kyau) Chong (Mrs. James Dvorak) “Certificate of Citizenship-Hawaiian Islands”, May 20, 1942, age 30. Chinese Exclusion Act Repealed in 1943

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To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.