Meaning of Sunwui | Babel Free

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Synonym of Xinhui: the Cantonese-derived name

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“In 1918 the senior writer visited southern China in continuance of citrus canker studies. At Sunwui, Kwangtung Province, near Hong Kong, fruits were observed which very closely resembled one strain of the Valencia as grown in California, and fruits were collected as specimens for identification in Washington.”

“Within a few months, the regional grapevine carried news of these "red-haired devils"—a Chinese term for Caucasians—who restored life and hope to the lepers in the graveyards of Sunwui.”

“As a little girl, whenever I bowed to my ancestors in our ancestral hall in the Big House, I was fascinated by the plaque on the altar that related the origin of our family I had thought that my family came from Hong Kong, but in fact we came from Honan province in north China. My ancestors moved first to Sunwui in south China, and then to Hong Kong.”

“Among quite the most striking of the assembled poems has to be “Aerogrammes,” a five-part sequence developed from Leong’s visit from Los Angeles to Sunwui County, Guandong^([sic – meaning Guangdong]), in 1984.”

“The extensive menu is big by design. The “loh wah kiu favorites” takes grandparents back to the Cantonese villages in Toisan, Sunwui, Enping, and Hoiping.”

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