Visiting a near-forgotten house in China


The writer (sixth from left) with his wife and cousins at the archway to Tangtou Village. — Photos: PAK YEW PUN

My late grandfather, Pak Chow Seng, was a descendant of the Pak clan of Tangtou Village in Nan Hai county, Guangdong Province, China. He migrated to Penang (then a British colony) when he was young to start a tannery business.

In his twilight years, he returned to his ancestral village, purchased land and built a house, intending it to be a future home for his offsprings.

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