Visit To Grandparent's Village In China 開平 Kaiping (Hoiping Near Toisan) 中国小村

Visit to my mom's parents house in China. 中国小村 My mom used to send our family pictures to her parents in Hoiping, China. 開平 When we first walked in, I was surprised to see the pictures on the wall.
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[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Thanks for sharing your family history. Thanks for viewing my video Visit To Grandparent's Village In China.

[@imhelenzhou]

Thank you smmmm!! I haven’t been to China yet, but hearing 开平话 from where my parents came from is sooo nice! Thank you for sharing!!👏👏

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

I'm sure you will enjoy visiting China when you get a chance to. Be sure to enjoy all the delicious food and ask the locals where the best places to go eat. Thanks for checking out my video.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

You're very welcome. Thanks for viewing my video on Visit To Grandparent's Village In China (In Hoiping, Near Toisan).

[@liminliu5736]

I am from Guanghai Tashan,Living in Singapore .Half years ago ,my grandma passed away but I could not see her last face.this is one of the regretted thing in my life ,and always talk to myself that is our fate .im working in Singapore airport ,I will see so many people from different countries.i can’t couldn’t help thinking myself is the one of them when I saw them leave their country ,leave their family..so what I can do just don’t forget where I’m from and just get more time and opportunities to stay with my family and friends.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Sad to hear you didn't get a chance to see your grandma at the time of her passing. It is important to remember your roots and stay close to your roots. Thanks for viewing my video on Visit To Grandparent"s Village In China.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

You are right when you say people living in village are full of wisdom. I managed to talk to some of them when I visited different villages in China. I'm sure you do miss your grandparents. Thanks for checking out my video on "Visit To Grandparent's Village In China (In Hoiping, Near Toisan (Taishan). Your support is greatly appreciated.

[@bmwvintageprincess]

The love, the caress, the look, the touch that u get from ur love ones worth millions of millions. With all the money of the world u cannot get back the smile or the look from ur grand mama n papa BACK. At the end of the story we have lots of money but what for. On whom to spend they r already gone.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Thanks for viewing my video on Visit To Grandparent's Village In China. (Hoiping Near Toisan).

[@bmwvintageprincess]

I love china and its people.

[@Raphmatic5000]

I believe my mom's family is from Hoiping and my dad's is from Toisan, I'd love to go back one day and see where they both came from. Dad died 10 years ago, and mom took my little brother 15 years ago, I had started a new job at the time and couldnt get the time off to go.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

I hope you do get a chance to go visit in the future. I think there is a fast train that connects there now from Hong Kong. Thanks for checking out my video.

[@momooe1289]

the old people who are living in village are full of life wisdom...i miss my grandparents they also speak Cantonese with some village accent XDXDXD!!!

[@ameee3300]

Thanks for sharing! I remember walking into my family’s village and having a similar experience - locked door, someone coming to open, kitchen with a huge cast iron wok, one large room with pictures, altar and old relics. I’m also a Mak from hoiping “chekhom” with Situ roots.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Thanks for sharing! Great to hear your roots are from the same area. Thanks for viewing my video on Visit To Grandparent's Village In China.

[@NightcoreArtistry]

situ is a strong root. my mom from chekhom too.

[@pokelegocuber]

Very nice video! The benefits of knowing Taishanese.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

PokeLegoCuber Great to hear you can understand the local dialect. Tha nks for checking out my video on Visit To Grandfather"s House In China.

[@MsRAWRMUFFINS]

I also know this dialect, my granny is a seto

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

I have regrets but I have relatives who have even greater regrets. I know they put money ahead of love. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Thanks for checking out my video on Visit To Grandparent's Village In China (In Hoiping Near Toisan).

[@vegasnative83]

My Grandfather's property is the Li yuan Garden in Kaiping, so I appreciate your video.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Great to hear your grandfather's property is the Li yuan Garden. I have been there once. You must have lots of stories about the Li yuan Garden. Thanks for checking out my video on my Grandparent's Village.

[@vegasnative83]

@@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV I finally visited for the first time today. I learned a lot about my family's history, and looks like there is much to learn as well.

[@brandensoutdoorb-channel8084]

My family is also from Kaiping and settled in Los Angeles.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Great to hear your roots are from Kaiping (Hoiping). I almost had a chance to visit Los Angeles a few years back. I have been to San Francisco for dragonboat competitions before. I'm always interested the migration patterns of people when they leave China. Thnaks for viewing my video on Visit To Grandpa's Village In China.

[@lezcheung3043]

Hi Dan, I'm from Australia but born in Papua New Guinea. My maternal grandfather is a SEETO. When I watched your video...you spoke in a dialect I know as "see yup". I am trying to find out where he comes from. It's a bit hard as he was adopted out together with his brother when they were 8 years old. Anyway enjoyed your clip. There are many Seetos that lived and were born in PNG and I never knew what other countries they ended up in.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Great to hear your roots are from Hoiping China. More than likely your grandfather was from one of the villages in the area. I'm very much interested in where Chinese immigrated to, including Papua New Guinea. Is there still a lot of Chinese people living in PNG? Thanks for checking out my video on Visit To Grandparent's Village In China.

[@glenfinau]

Hi, my maternal grandfather is a Yee and my maternal grandmother is a Seeto. They settled in Fiji. I'm also now applying for PR to China.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

There were many hardships in the family. No budget for swords or dragons. Thanks for having a look at my video.

[@prettypurple7175]

SUCH TYPICAL SETTING! FAMILY PHOTOS FOR ALL THE BRANCES OVERSEAS!

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

A lot of the villages look similar. Thanks for checking out my video.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

I'll be sure to mention your comments to my parents. I talk to them all the time when viewers post their comments. Thanks for your well wishes and all the best to your family as well. Thanks for checking out this video.

[@prettypurple7175]

WOW////

[@Kevindude8868]

This is incredible my family speaks the same exact language

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Great to hear your roots are from the same area. Hopefully you can join me when I do some live teaching of our dialect. Thanks for viewing my video on Visit To Grandparent's Village In Hoiping (Kaiping), China.

[@adrianasaad4360]

Você é muito lindo queria muito te conhecer.

[@heidiwluv]

Stumbled across your videos and they make me so happy! My parents are also from Kaiping (Chiak Ham, more specifically) and immigrated to Canada in the 90s. I haven't visited since 2012 and would love to go back soon. My mom's side of the family is also Situ! Super cool to see places that I actually recognize in your videos :) You've shot some location clips where my parents actually lived after they got married!

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Great to hear your roots are from Kaiping and your mom's family more than likely crossed paths with my relatives. The town of Chiak Hom has been closed for the last few years for total renovation. Almost everyone has moved out. Hopefully they will reopen soon. Thanks for viewing my vdieo on visit To Grandparent's Village in China. Take care and stay safe.

[@NightcoreArtistry]

hi my last name is situ too my mom's parent also live near Chiak Ham. but travel to the US 2009. and i would love to go back soon.司徒惠容。that is my name!

[@TurboVinny617]

hi, my dad is from Hoiping he's a Soohoo!! cool videos

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Great to hear. We might be related. Depending on when your dad moved out, our relatives might have crossed paths. Thanks for checking out my video.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Do you have a chinatown in your area? I always visit chinatowns whenever I travel. Thanks for your comments and thanks for your support.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

The same in our Chinatown, with more and more people speaking Mandarin. I feel fortunate that I was able to visit my roots. Thanks for your thoughtful comments and thanks for your support.

[@fabianma1580]

I have a dream to one day visit my father's birth place Shandong.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

I hope you get a chance to visit your father's birth place in Shandong. I'm sure you will enjoy it. Thanks for viewing my video on Visit To Grandparents' Village.

[@ngeric7250]

Mr Szeto dou know any Szeto who is enginer family living in San Jose

[@stevenzheng5459]

Wow, the Hoiping dialect of Cantonese sounds very different to the Guanzhou-Hong Kong dialect!

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Yes, very different and more so over time. Thanks for checking out my video.

[@SuiLiF]

Where can I find your book? It's not on Amazon. Thanks Dan.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

I'll update you on how to buy the book soon. Thanks for your patience.

[@SuiLiF]

Good hearing from you. I really miss your videos..

[@davidseeto3757]

Wow! so glad I stumbled on this video. My mother and father would always tell me stories of village/farming and from "Hoiping". For a long time I got stuck on Kaiping. My mother has passed away just this year and my father has wanted to revisit. However, he says he too old for the trip now. So, I'm trying to find out as much about the people from this area -their motivations etc. My mother is Cheung and father is Seeto and he too grew up in Papua New Guinea before ending up in Australia. Is there any other resources on the web about these Chinese migrants? Great video!!

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Wu, David Yen Ho 吳燕和 1982 The Chinese in Papua New Guinea: 1880-1980. There might have been a presentation about this book at a conference that I was a guest speaker. I didn't go to this presentation but I think it was on the agenda. The conference is called WCILCOS (International Conference Of Institutes And Libraries For Chinese Overseas) I believe there was also a presentation about Situ (Seto, Seeto) connection to Papua New Guinea from 1920 to 1930. Google search WCILCOS to find out more information. Unfortunately I wasn't directly connected to this conference so I don't have access to this information. You might try to contact University of British Columbia because they were the host for this conference in 2012. Thanks for checking out my video. Good luck in your research.

[@joshuaszeto]

Hey I know I am commenting on a fairly old video but you and I share a last name. I'm not sure if we are related or not but my grandfather spent the last 25 years of his life looking into our family line. I believe my father holds the master pdf file that the book is printed from. From what I see in the book, we have traced it back as early as 1324. I'm sure we have a common link somewhere in there. If you want, i can try to get a copy of this file to add to your records. I would be curious to add to ours if you are willing to.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Great to hear your grandfather was so dedicated in researching his roots. High probablity our families may have crossed paths at some point. If you can get a copy of your file for me, that would be great. If you like, check my video called "Visit Szeto Clan In Hong Kong", where the Hong Kong Clan discusses their research of the family tree.

[@kfmfmvjfk3054]

Joshua Sze

[@Pszetorad]

Hi Joshua, I myself am a Szeto. Do you happen to have access to that master pdf file? I don't know much about my Szeto side, and I'm hoping to learn more. I'd like to discuss it with my father if possible.

[@NightcoreArtistry]

I also shared the same last name too, but my mom settle down in US, my mom's family is also from that area too, she told stories about it, where she and her brother grow up (my uncle).

[@wyhomhui]

Stumbled onto this video 10 years later, my mother's side of the family came from Hoiping, also with the last name Seto. My grandparents on my maternal side immigrated to Canada in the late 60s, I've always wondered how the village looked like. I doubt things look the same now but still awesome to be able to get a glimpse of what it was 10 years ago.

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Great to hear your roots from your mother's is from Hoiping. More than likely, our previous generations came across each other. Some of the villages are virtually unchanged but a lot of them have been abandoned. Thanks for checking out my video.

[@bmwvintageprincess]

Then y do u leave them and ur country that is so wonderful in rich(not money) in some ways, i mean wise and nice people. with lots of love to share. y do we always run after money. let money run after you. China is a wonderful country. I am not chinese. but china is my favourite one.

[@amyseto8232]

what is name of village

[@lunghingyuen6141]

hi dan how are you its me Lung iwant toknow are you from want to let you know are you from ChonglouFu'an Village Township, Taishan County, Guangdong Province

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

My roots are from Hoiping, which is a short distance from Toisan (Taishan). Thanks for viewing my video on Visit To Grandparent's Village In China.

[@kelvinshiang4791]

Do any of them speak English, Mandarin, or Standard Cantonese ?

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

From what I understand, In Hoiping (Kaiping), students study Mandarin in school. Most young people can speak fluent Mandarin. Some young students told me they start studying English in grade two. By and large English is not very prevalent in everyday speech. Standard Cantonese not so much from what I heard. Thanks for checking out my video on Visit To Grandparents' Village.

[@wam4985]

this is really cool! been trying to figure out a way to show my wife where my family is from. also was your grandfather's last name Mak? that's mine too!

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

+Wesley Mak Great to hear your roots are from this village. Grandfather`s last name was Mak. Since it is a small village, we may even know your family. Not being snoopy, just curious. Thanks for checking out my video on visit to Grandparent`s village.

[@joey88906]

Hey does your name mean horse?

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Joey Man Mak means wheat in our dialect. Ma means horse. Thanks for checking out my video on Visit To Grandparent's Village In China.

[@joey88906]

Oh I know alot of who spelled Ma as Mar or Mak.

[@lezcheung3043]

Hi Dan, Well after my last note to you, I'd been doing a little research and am going to Taishan and Hoiping next week! Apparently my paternal grandfather's (Cheung) village has now been located in Taishan and my uncle is accompanying me there. As I was making that journey, I thought I'd dig around a little more and locate my grandfather's (Seeto) village and my wife's grandfather (also a Seeto). It so happens my Seeto grandfather is from Sai Tau Tsui (West Head Point). So I'm going to look for it when I get there. Any suggestions as to how I can get to the village?

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Great to hear you are going to find your roots. If you could write the Chinese characters, I can check through some Seto villages for you. Most of the villages are close to Chiak Hom Village. In Mandarin known as Chikan. Some names of villages change over time, so some people and drivers may not know the old names, but generally local people would know anyway. Does your uncle speak the local dialect?

[@lunghingyuen6141]

hi dan how are you its me Lung i want to know are you from chonglau fuan villges Taishan, Guangdong and also i want to let you know that my father passaway on october13/2011 he did at the beth israel hospital and also my father is from chonglau fuan villges Taishan, Guangdong i been to taishancity with my father me and borther long time ago june13/2008 do you under stand what they saying in toisan ? and also i do not speak toisan because i was born in new york city i wish i was in toisan haning out with thoes beauti ful toisan girls and also how fore from hoping to chonglau fuan villges ? you guys near toisan ?

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

Hoiping is a short bus ride to Toisan. The Hoiping dialecty and the Toisan dialect are very similar, so I would be able to understand what people are saying in Toisan. Things have changed so much since your last visit. Thanks for viewing my video on Visit To Grandpa's Village In China.

[@ngeric7250]

Kent Szeto

[@ngeric7250]

enginer in San Jose

[@DanSetoChineseCanadianRootsTV]

If he's a younger person, probably not. If his name Seto has the "z" as in Szeto, he probably has roots from Hong Kong. Prior to that, we would have to trace back to his ancestor's village or town in China. I know prior generations from both my mom's and dad's villages went to different areas in California. Thanks for viewing my video on Visit To Grandparent's Village In China.