Hakka villages are a treasure trove of culture, history, and community spirit. Their stories, traditions, and architecture ...
Lai Chi Wo is one of Hong Kong’s oldest settlements — and one of its most biodiverse. Abandoned in the last century, it ...
The reconstruction of local memory is essential for fostering a shared community identity and a deeper understanding of cultural roots In Taiwan often referred to as an island with amnesia this task c ...
Pink-walled Lo Wai Public School in Tsuen Wan was swathed in a mauve blanket of bauhinia flowers last Wednesday. During its heyday during the 1960s and 1970s, 800 noisy students from Hakka ...
The Hakka have been called guests, gypsies, nomads, barbarians, outsiders, even Mongolians. Among their progeny they claim the likes of Sun Yat Sen, Deng Xiaoping, Singapore’s Lee Kwan Yew and ...
Just 10 years ago, Yim Tin Tsai was one of the many islands in Hong Kong that had been left by the villagers who once lived there. Houses were rotting, with trees growing through walls and ceilings.
Hakka chef Pang Kok Keong has reworked the ancient delicacy in his Singapore kitchen for a new generation of healthy eaters.
On a recent trip to China, I visited a “tulou” in Fujian province. As I stood in the centre courtyard of the centuries-old circular building, I was awestruck by the architectural edifice.
The Hakka people are a Chinese subgroup (of which I am!) Unlike other Chinese ethnic groups, Hakka (which means "guest family ...
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Its location is no accident: it draws on the traditional philosophies of the Hakka people, one of Hong Kong’s pre-colonial indigenous groups, who built the settlement. “We maintain what is ...