Family Reference : Jia Pu - 家譜
Purpose of this site
This is a place to share family news, announcement and related stuff with the rest of the relatives and close friends.
The new stuff are moved to Wordpress now, by invites only.
Back to the "Land of the Dragon People"
Family root/genealogy/lineage is a matured field in Europe. China has extensive root tracing too, with population movement tracked closely; so that migration from villages to cities can be monitored closely (some sort of social engineering). However, in this part of the world (Singapore, Malaysia) this is a relatively green field.
As materials getting fewer and fewer I hope the community at large out there would provide some links and information to pursue this further. I try to collate materials related to Chinese genaelogy or culture, listing them here:
Chinese Zodiac
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac
The mandarin-english translation
Colourful rendition of the zodiac
There are heaps of China information on the web, mostly written in Chinese. Fortunately some have English sections. Check these out:
Chinese National Geography
China Culture, Society & People
China News Digest
China Today
Eastern Dragon (unique!)
http://www.enping.com/
Books
AsiaPac has been publishing some interesting books on the Chinese, check the list at AsiaPac website (One good read is the 'Origins of Chinese Names').
