My granduncle's tomb
My Grandparents' tomb
My cousin Ping
He's burning offerings to my grandparents
My uncle Qi's tomb, his daughter (Yin, Qi's third daughter) is paying respect to him
My mother's hometown -- Heng Shan Qiao -- a small town near Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. The picture shows a local delicacy there -- pancake with Chinese leek filling
The house belonged to my mother's grandma before she got married. It was confiscated during the Culture Revolution period
This house used to be my great grandfather's. Also confiscated at the same time. My aunt is standing there, think of the past
My great grandma's maiden house -- confiscated
My great grandfather's house -- confiscated by the government, now bought by another person, he transformed it into a shop selling weighing scales
My great grandfather's house, confiscated
Inside of that weighing scale shop
Inside the same shop
After our family houses been confiscated, my uncle's family was given such a shabby house and nine of them were living here until mid 70's. The persecution caused my uncle's early death
The same house -- his daughter (Wei, Qi' youngest daughter) and her boyfriend
A bridge over the grand canal in Heng Shan Qiao
The same bridge
Dinner gathering after the tomb sweeping at my cousin Ju's (Qi's eldest daughter) place. The standing lady is cousin Chun (Qi's second daughter), the girl sitting left to her is her daughter Jin (24)
The boy with white T-shirt is Zhong (cousin Chun's son, Jin' younger brother (20))
2 comments:
Is this house in Tianjin?
No, it's in my grandmother's hometown.
Hey, long time no see eh? How did you got my blog address? How are you now? Everything ok?
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