Ng Chiu Ying
Ng Chiu Ying
An overseas Chinese in search of family root
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Villagers often returned to the Nga Tsin Wai for festival gatherings
Villagers often returned to the Nga Tsin Wai for festival gatherings
Ng Chiu Ying often returned to Nga Tsin Wai for holidays with his father at every Lunar New Year and for Tin Hau and Jiao festivals during his childhood. This photo was taken during the village’s Jiao Festival in 1986-Provided by Ng Chi Wing
Villagers often returned to the Nga Tsin Wai for festival gatherings
Ng Chiu Ying often returned to Nga Tsin Wai for holidays with his father at every Lunar New Year and for Tin Hau and Jiao festivals during his childhood. This photo was taken during the village’s Jiao Festival in 1986-Provided by Ng Chi Wing
Many youngsters returned to the village to get red packets and burn firecrackers during Lunar New Year
After Ng Chiu Ying's family moved to Happy Valley, it was mainly thanks to his father that they maintained in touchconnection with Nga Tsin Wai Village. The whole family subsequently returned there for holidays during every Chinese New Year, Ching Ming and Chung Yeung festivals and also the Birthday of Tin Hau. Ng Chiu Ying thinks that his happiest times at Nga Tsin Wai came during Chinese New Year festival holidays. On the second or third day of the Lunar New Year, he returned to the village with his father to pay his respects to his third and fourth uncles, po po, Kam Mui, the village headman and various elders. In those years, Ng Chiu Ying’s father often attended reunion gatherings with his clansmen, while Ng Chiu Ying and his brothers played nearby. In addition toThey liked setting off firecrackers in the open space in front of the village, . their activities included buyingThey also bought different toys using red packet moneys they had been given by generous villagers who they knew. Locals decorated their houses each Chinese New Year and many households fried festive rice and turnip cakes. Ng Chiu Ying went to the village with his family in the early morning and stayed for about an hour before leaving.