Professor Marlon Hom, Chair of Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University , will again lead this successful CHSA travel-study program to southern China . The program's focus will be on the trans-Pacific Chinese American cultural linkage and ancestral heritage, and will feature Cantonese American ancestral homes and resettlements in the Pearl River Delta. Participants will visit historical and cultural sites pertinent to Cantonese emigration to the Americas .

The tour will consist of site visits to trace the original Cantonese migratory path from Meiling Pass (Tang dynasty, 12 centuries old) and Nanxiong's Zhujixiang Settlement (Song dynasty, 900 years old) in northern Guangdong , to historical sites relevant to Chinese American immigration, such as:

•  History Museums in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou , and other places
•  Opium War Memorial & Museum in Humen
•  1893 Gold Mountain Charity Cemetery in Xinhui
•  Sun Yatsen Residence & Museum in Zhongshan
•  Yellow Flower Hill 72 Martyr Memorial (“ Canton Uprising”) in Guangzhou
•  Chun Afong (married to a Hawaiian princess) Residence & Exhibits in Zhuhai
•  Chin Gee Hee (railroad builder from Seattle ) Estates & Moy Clan Esates in Taishan
•  Xie Weili ( Chicago merchant) Garden Villa in Kaiping for his extended family
•  Classic North American emigrant villages in Xinhui, Taishan, and Kaiping

Pending time availability, there will also be visits to a few participants' ancestral homes in Toishan/Toshan, Sunwui/Xinhui, or Hoiping/Kaiping, for empirical investigation and observation.

For tour information and registration, please contact Jeannie Woo (415-391-1188 ext. 103; jwoo@chsa.org). Space is on a first come first serve basis. Last day to register is Friday, November 5, 2004.

Retrace Our Cantonese American Ancestors' Migratory Experience in the Old Country !!!

Narrative: CHSA Chinese American Migration History Tour 2004
See pictures from last year (2004)
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