An old town in Guangdong China, a combination of Chinese and western culture

Xian Gang Town is located in Kaiping City, Guangdong Province, China. It's an old town in Guangdong China, a combination of Chinese and western culture, a place to discover the history of oversea Chinese in the past hundreds of years. Here we can get a glimpse of what life was like a hundred years ago, and how the life is like right now.

[@marescha]

Thank you for this little trip. It makes you feel a bit melancholy to see the old houses and the stories of the former inhabitants. But that's the way things are, time doesn't stand still. I like the morbid charm. Thank you for taking us with you.👍💚

[@mandymandarin]

Agree. It's sad to see the empty houses. But I guess that was the best solution that the former owners could make. We have an ancient poem in Chinese, saying: 今人不见古时月, 明月曾经照古人。 Meaning: Today's people don't see the moon in ancient times, and the bright moon once shone on the ancients. The houses have witness a lot, for sure. No matter how the world changes, people are trying to live a better life :)

[@johnwolf7073]

awesome place! i also really liked the restaurant that used to be theatre ! thank you for showing us these amazing places

[@johnwolf7073]

i also find very interesting that home/building you said belongs to the clan of huang. i heard before that in china there are big homes like that, that are for a big family to meet. it would be awesome if you could make a video explaining more, or showing more of houses like that. we dont have them in my country.

[@mandymandarin]

sure! great idea! I will make a video about that in the future😃

[@awfulgoodmovies]

Excellent. Thanks Mandy!

[@hokeatseng4094]

.....never got a chance to see Guangdong ....will try ....my grandfather when back to studies came back to Malaysia young never say much Maybe becos of war etc etc .....Somehow we feel connect to your Videos...We may never know what it was and still how it looks now💯💚⭐. Thanks Mandy

[@mandymandarin]

my grandfather had moved to Malaysia and most of my family from my dad's side are still living in Malaysia. I am glad that I can present this connection to you. You are always welcome to come visit Guangdong, now it's a place with a lot of history of oversea Chinese, and modern cities too.

[@kesiagonzalez7186]

Another fantastic video! 👏 Thank you Mandy.

[@gisslaboda6534]

👏👏👏🌹🌹

[@truthful3777]

I am an overseas Chinese and my Dad came from Taishan...we spoke Taishanese. Mandy it would be great if you covered Taishan too. Will like to hear Taishanese local language. I am the last generation in our family to speak Taishanese.

[@mandymandarin]

Sure will do. Taishan is not far from where I live now. I will try to make some videos about this city😀

[@truthful3777]

@@mandymandarin Yeah that be Great as most Taishanese actually go to USA to work on the Railway and most China towns are Taishanese folks back then. My grandmother don't like cold weather and decided to go to Penang Malaysia instead. Half of my relatives in USA

[@mandymandarin]

@@truthful3777 Oh my goodness, I just read about the history about oversea Chinese going to the US to build railway. I read about this story in the museum of oversea Chinese! and that museum is just half hour driving away from my place! I will definitely go there again and make a video :)

[@truthful3777]

@mandymandarin Huh???? You mean you don't know the legacy behind railway tracks in US? You should be proud as China now build the longest HSR track in the world.

[@mandymandarin]

well, I just learned this in the museum of overseas Chinese. We did learn some history of overseas Chinese from school, which can be traced back to Ming dynasty (BC 1368-1644), but we didn't learn much details. I guess it's because the history book would be way too thick if digging into details of every story(even though it already way too thick). Even though half of my family are living in Malaysia and been there for several generations. Unfortunately I am not very close to them ... for many reasons. Anyway, I am glad that I can learn more details about this amazing story. 😃

[@davidchung4691]

The old buildings looked rather dilapidated and in dire need of sprucing up to give it a fresher look! Interesting place to visit though.

[@hooikeatang8000]

A good setting for ghost movies

[@Pink-Sushi-jp]

Interesting but it is really a dilapidated crumbling town abandoned by young people. There are many like this in Japan and Europe. Thanks for showing, though. With declining population, there are going to be more like this.

[@edwarding4355]

They moved to America or Canada. They planned to go back. But after the communist revolution, like both my grandfathers, they were told not to go back but get there families out because they would be denounced as capitalists.